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Biofuel project near India’s rhino heartland sparks protests

...floods, when Kaziranga’s swampy lowlands are inundated, the park’s marooned wildlife seeks refuge in the neighboring Karbi hills, and sometimes migrates as far as the Deopahar wilderness. “Deopahar fo...

23 Nov 2017

Biofuel project near India’s rhino heartland sparks protests

News / Policy & Finance

Host nations must drive China's Belt and Road towards sustainability. Here's how

By the time the Laos leg of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is completed in 2021, thousands of Laotians would have been pushed off their land. In place of these villages, concrete structures an...

14 Sep 2018

Host nations must drive China's Belt and Road towards sustainability. Here's how

News / Policy & Finance

Pioneering climate fund for developing world gets a boost at UN talks

From protecting coastal slum dwellers on Pacific islands against floods to helping poor farmers keep up harvests battered by drought in Africa, a global fund to help developing countries adapt to clim...

21 Nov 2017

Pioneering climate fund for developing world gets a boost at UN talks

Opinion / Energy

Can solar diplomacy green the Belt and Road?

China has pledged to fill the global infrastructure development gap with more than US$4 trillion in “sustainable” projects through its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). But China is not delivering on it...

31 Jan 2019

Can solar diplomacy green the Belt and Road?

If my parents don't pay the price then my kids and i will

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Addressing challenges and seizing opportunities: Why carbon pricing matters

The hurricanes that pummeled the Caribbean, Texas, and Florida this year left highways submerged, homes and businesses demolished, and lives lost. The floodwaters have since receded, but the images of...

20 Nov 2017

Addressing challenges and seizing opportunities: Why carbon pricing matters

Bananas from a better time in Aleppo, Syria

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Why the food revolution must begin now

...floods will “dwarf all other drivers of migration,” with as many as one billion people displaced globally by 2050. Even the lowest estimate of 25 million climate-change migrants, the report warns, “wo...

16 Jul 2018

Why the food revolution must begin now

News / Carbon & Climate

'Trump Forest' hits a million trees in bid to curb climate change

...floods, droughts, storms and sea level rise. “ Climate change has no boundaries, so the decisions made by the White House affects us all around the world. Adrien Taylor, activist, "Trump Forest" At ...

22 Feb 2018

'Trump Forest' hits a million trees in bid to curb climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

Food shortages due to climate change could fuel violence, unrest - research

Food shortages caused by climate shocks like drought or floods could exacerbate violence and riots in politically unstable countries, researchers say. Fragile states that are poor and depend heavily o...

16 Jun 2017

Food shortages due to climate change could fuel violence, unrest - research

News / Policy & Finance

UN: Ignore Trump on climate

...floods across Bangladesh, India and Nepal have made life miserable for some 40 million people. More than 1,200 people have died and many people have lost their homes, crops have been destroyed, and ma...

19 Oct 2017

UN: Ignore Trump on climate

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Don't let President Trump distract from urgent action needed at climate talks

The floods, hurricanes and wildfires that have devastated millions of people's lives and dominated world headlines demonstrate the destructive force of climate change and the urgent need for action. ...

7 Nov 2017

Don't let President Trump distract from urgent action needed at climate talks

News / Carbon & Climate

Empathy will help the world change course on climate change

...flood coastal cities such as Jakarta and Shanghai by the end of the century if global warming is not stopped. Photos and documentary From Asia to Antarctia are on display at the Green Pavilion in the...

6 Jun 2018

Empathy will help the world change course on climate change

News / Food & Agriculture

Tailor climate insurance to needs of poorest - experts

...floods or other changes in climate, according to the U.N. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). With climate change threatening to slow or roll back development advances in some coun...

4 May 2018

Tailor climate insurance to needs of poorest - experts

News / Policy & Finance

Rising disaster risk but little insurance interest in Pacific islands

...floods from heavy rains in 2014, as the rainfall was unrelated to a cyclone. The PCRIC should add coverage for excess rainfall as well as a lack of rain, said Maybelline Andon-Bing of the Ministry of ...

2 Jul 2018

Rising disaster risk but little insurance interest in Pacific islands

News / Food & Agriculture

New UN agency projects to boost farming practices, improve farm animal health

...floods and droughts as well as a rise in sea levels leading to increased soil salinity and lower soil fertility in coastal areas. “By using nuclear and isotopic techniques, scientists can help farmers...

2 Jan 2018

New UN agency projects to boost farming practices, improve farm animal health

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Why blowing the 1.5C global warming goal will leave poor tropical nations sweating most of all

Almost all of us are going to be worse off as climate change takes hold, whether through heatwaves, changing rainfall patterns, sea level rise, or damage to ecosystems. But it’s the world’s poorest pe...

30 May 2018

Why blowing the 1.5C global warming goal will leave poor tropical nations sweating most of all

News / Policy & Finance

New climate insurance solution gives Filipinos calm before the storm

...floods around the world, two insurance companies have jointly unveiled a groundbreaking solution for businesses and local government units (LGUs) in the Philippines that covers costs incurred for prep...

15 Sep 2017

New climate insurance solution gives Filipinos calm before the storm

Dr Tiun Ling Ta, Seberang Perai Municipal Council Councillor (far left) moderates a panel discussion with Phee Boon Poh, chairman of Penang’s State Welfare, Caring Society and Environment Committee, Dato Maimunah bt. Mohd Sharif, Penang Island city council mayor and Dato Sr Haji Rozali bin Haji Mohamud, Seberang Perai Municipal Council president

News / Energy

Are vested interests slowing Malaysia’s shift to renewables?

...floods that affected large parts of the city, added that her district was tackling climate change at a local level through measures including a bicycle sharing scheme, cycling lane infrastructure that...

14 Sep 2017

Are vested interests slowing Malaysia’s shift to renewables?

News / Carbon & Climate

Seven regions poised to feel climate change pain -- and what they're doing about it

...floods. Fifteen of the 16 hottest years have been recorded since 2000. Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions steadily climb. Oceans are warming and glaciers, ice caps and sea ice are melti...

18 Jul 2017

Seven regions poised to feel climate change pain -- and what they're doing about it

News / Policy & Finance

China’s ministerial shake-up may change South-South climate cooperation

...flooding. CIDCA’s mission, make-up and responsibilities are still being defined so it’s unclear precisely how it will affect China’s overseas aid, the Belt and Road Initiative, and wider South-South c...

26 Jun 2018

China’s ministerial shake-up may change South-South climate cooperation

News / Cities

Philippine resort city chooses 'morally correct' low-carbon path

...flooding. A growing number are taking action. Leaders of some of the biggest cities recently vowed to make all buildings carbon neutral by 2050. More than 70 cities have pledged to become zero carbon ...

8 Oct 2018

Philippine resort city chooses 'morally correct' low-carbon path

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