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Press Releases / GlacialTech Inc

New exterior flood light for LEDs up to 150 W: GlacialTech's Igloo SS8

...flood lighting and other outdoor applications, the Igloo SS80 PLUS features single, dual and triple LED options, with an IP65 rating for weather protection and dual stainless steel bracket mounting co...

10 Oct 2016

New exterior flood light for LEDs up to 150 W: GlacialTech's Igloo SS8

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

DiCaprio’s documentary calls for a green future, but his vision isn’t radical enough

Leonardo DiCaprio’s new climate change documentary, Before the Flood, began streaming online this week. As a disaster risk scientist, I watched with intrigue. While it doesn’t cover a lot of new mater...

7 Nov 2016

DiCaprio’s documentary calls for a green future, but his vision isn’t radical enough

Opinion / Water

Indus cascade a Himalayan blunder

...flooded. The floods also brought down, and continue to bring down, huge sediment loads that reduce the working lives of dams. To build more large dams in this situation appears dangerously short-sight...

25 May 2017

Indus cascade a Himalayan blunder

News / Policy & Finance

Combating climate change could boost G20 economies, OECD says

...flooding or storm damage are taken into account, it said. Experts say private sector financing is key to achieve these investments. The OECD report called on development banks and financial institutio...

24 May 2017

Combating climate change could boost G20 economies, OECD says

News / Water

Downstream from a coal mine, villages in Indonesian Borneo suffer from water pollution

...flood their fields and fishponds. Villagers “regularly hold traditional ceremonies to honor the river and the resources,” Iskandar added. Now, Iskandar said, the people are abandoning the river becaus...

24 Mar 2017

Downstream from a coal mine, villages in Indonesian Borneo suffer from water pollution

A walk through primary rainforest in Costa Rica

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Conserving forests could cut carbon emissions as much as getting rid of every car on earth

...flood prevention amidst the extreme rainfall expected to increase with a warming climate. Embracing natural climate solutions More research organisations are campaigning to increase awareness and im...

4 Dec 2017

Conserving forests could cut carbon emissions as much as getting rid of every car on earth

News / Food & Agriculture

Lentils, chickpeas can help reverse dangerous trend of soil erosion - U.N.

...flooding. A layer of healthy soil also reduces harmful greenhouse gases. The first metre of soil contains as much carbon as exists in the atmosphere and all vegetation combined. If it is poorly manage...

6 Dec 2016

Lentils, chickpeas can help reverse dangerous trend of soil erosion - U.N.

News / Carbon & Climate

Europe’s floods come as no surprise

...floods. There have been graphic recent warnings too, spelling out the growing likelihood that the warming climate will make bouts of flooding and other extreme weather more frequent. Last March a stu...

6 Jun 2016

Europe’s floods come as no surprise

Opinion / Policy & Finance

4 signs to watch at COP23

...floods and wildfires in developed and developing countries alike—drives home the urgency to move full speed ahead at the 23rd Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, kn...

2 Nov 2017

4 signs to watch at COP23

News / Water

Companies hit by rising water costs

...floods linked to climate change, plus a tightening of water regulations, are costing companies billions of dollars. In a new report, Thirsty business: Why water is vital to climate action, CDP says da...

29 Nov 2016

Companies hit by rising water costs

News / Carbon & Climate

As carbon dioxide levels hit 15 million year high, UN urges action to curb greenhouse gas emissions

...floods and storms. “Much more vigorous action is necessary for a reasonable chance of limiting global warming to 2 degrees C while the Paris Agreement recognises that limiting global warming to 1.5 de...

4 Oct 2016

As carbon dioxide levels hit 15 million year high, UN urges action to curb greenhouse gas emissions

News / Cities

Cities face flash flood hazards

...floods linked to climate change, and in 2010 so much rain fell on the continent that it made a measurable difference to sea levels. The Australian authors had already predicted that floods in some pla...

16 May 2016

Cities face flash flood hazards

Press Releases / GlacialTech Inc

GlacialTech shows off new luminaires, heatsinks, and drivers at Hong Kong International Lighting Fair

...Flood Light GlacialLight will demo a new amber color for its recently released GL-FL55 Flood Light. The amber GL-FL55 has a color temperature of 2200k and outputs 6000 lumens using a mere 55W –...

25 Oct 2016

GlacialTech shows off new luminaires, heatsinks, and drivers at Hong Kong International Lighting Fair

News / Carbon & Climate

The top 5 carbon and climate stories in 2016

...floods in Central Europe killed 18 people while landslides and flash floods in Indonesia killed 64. In August, floods in north India took at least 300 lives, and forced some 200,000 residents of Bihar...

20 Dec 2016

The top 5 carbon and climate stories in 2016

Research / Global Canopy Programme

Aceh and the archipelago economy: Protecting forests for water, energy and food security

...flooding, demonstrates how understanding the interdependencies between the environment, and in particular forest ecosystem services, and the agricultural economy can support effective development plan...

25 Jul 2016

Aceh and the archipelago economy: Protecting forests for water, energy and food security

News / Policy & Finance

US insurance aid props up climate-risk homes

...flood plains and in coastal areas exposed to mounting risks related to climate change. According to a report in London’s Financial Times, Lloyd’s says the US government’s National Flood Insurance Prog...

25 May 2016

US insurance aid props up climate-risk homes

News / Cities

In Jakarta, solving problems with new tech tools and people power

...floods that frequently befall this megacity of more than 10 million people. But defying the clichés that surround it, the capital city of Indonesia also is beginning to earn its spurs in urban innovat...

16 Oct 2017

In Jakarta, solving problems with new tech tools and people power

Press Releases / Conergy Asia & ME Pte Ltd

Harnessing the sun for energy independence in Northern Australia

...flooding and limited logistics and transport infrastructure. As one of the region’s leading solar companies, Conergy has extensive experience in the delivery of highly complex large-scale solar...

31 May 2017

Harnessing the sun for energy independence in Northern Australia

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Weathering the violence of climate change

...floods, hurricanes, landslides, and typhoons will increase in frequency, intensity, and duration, undermining individual livelihoods and the broader economy. Governments must work together to mitigate...

16 Aug 2017

Weathering the violence of climate change

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Videos / Food & Agriculture

Shaking up farming in rural Nepal

...floods and earthquakes. How can they build resilience to climate extremes, and take advantage of economic opportunities? This story was published with permission from Thomson Reuters Foundation, the c...

30 Jun 2016

Shaking up farming in rural Nepal

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