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Opinion / Water

New study shows significant impact of Chinese dams on Mekong

...flood pulse. The flood pulse transports large amounts of sediment and nutrients along the river and has created diverse floodplain habitats. As the river flow changes, we have observed an increased va...

7 Feb 2017

New study shows significant impact of Chinese dams on Mekong

News / Carbon & Climate

Humans may learn to survive climate change

...floods and storms, which are expected to increase as a result of climate change. “Therefore, with more educated younger generations replacing the older ones through the demographic metabolism process,...

16 Mar 2017

Humans may learn to survive climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

El Niño over, but its victims still need help

...floods many times in the past. But there has been something new during this El Niño. Scientists working on the report concluded that the El Niño effects were considerably worsened by record high tempe...

14 Nov 2016

El Niño over, but its victims still need help

News / Policy & Finance

To make financing sustainable agriculture work, farmers' terms must be met

...floods and fires that could wipe out their harvests. Just as these schemes need to address issues for the producers, they also need to assuage the concerns of investors. Those who might otherwise be i...

5 Jun 2017

To make financing sustainable agriculture work, farmers' terms must be met

News / Cities

How a city in Spain got rid of its cars

...flood the streets of Pontevedra during the second half of the 20th century. By the end of the 1990s, about 52,000 vehicles circulated in the city every day. Then, something happened. In 1999, a leftis...

31 Aug 2017

How a city in Spain got rid of its cars

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Keeping faith in forests

...floods, fires, and pestilence that accompany a warming planet are beginning to look apocalyptic. To cite just one example, the 2015 fires in Indonesia—fueled by damaged forests and peatlands—are estim...

3 Aug 2017

Keeping faith in forests

News / Carbon & Climate

Six ways to stay cool without air conditioning

...floods. The houses have a high-pitched gable roof of "attap", a thatch made from palm fronds, which insulates against heat. In parts of the world like Mali, where mud has been used to build from about...

25 Sep 2017

Six ways to stay cool without air conditioning

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate action 'a necessity and an opportunity,' says UN chief

...floods and hurricanes will be even more destructive. Impacts of these catastrophic events, Mr. Guterres noted, would be felt in all corners of the world and in all sectors of the economy. Informing ...

1 Jun 2017

Climate action 'a necessity and an opportunity,' says UN chief

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Unnatural disasters: how we can spot climate's role in specific extreme events

...flooding in France and nearby countries in 2016. The floods – which forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes and caused damage estimated at more than a billion euros in France alone – were m...

1 Nov 2016

Unnatural disasters: how we can spot climate's role in specific extreme events

Opinion / Transport

Using high-tech infrastructure to fight climate change

...flooding. In the energy sector, solar power is now widely used in many projects, and the International Energy Agency forecasts solar power to account for 16 per cent of global electricity generation b...

31 May 2017

Using high-tech infrastructure to fight climate change

Press Releases / Eco-Business

Changing Course, a film and photography exhibition, opens to the public at the Singapore Botanic Gardens in Singapore’s Year of Climate Action

...flood coastal cities from Jakarta to Shanghai by the end of this century. Higher tides could bury every shoreline across the globe and create hundreds of millions of climate refugees. Asia will bear ...

4 Jun 2018

Changing Course, a film and photography exhibition, opens to the public at the Singapore Botanic Gardens in Singapore’s Year of Climate Action

News / Carbon & Climate

Girl, 9, sues Indian government over inaction on climate change

...floods and landslides in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, where Ridhima lives, killed hundreds of people and left tens of thousands homeless in 2013. The devastation affected Ridhima, the daughter ...

12 Apr 2017

Girl, 9, sues Indian government over inaction on climate change

News / Water

Mangrove-planting drones on a mission to restore Myanmar delta

...floods in coastal areas, he added. “ Mangroves grow very fast. We will see results in a year, but we will know what's working or not in six months, so there is time to modify the technology and the p...

23 Aug 2017

Mangrove-planting drones on a mission to restore Myanmar delta

News / Cities

Criticism of India’s Smart Cities Mission is mounting

...floods, a lack of jobs in rural areas and failed land reform. The report says the Mission does not focus on the specific needs and rights of women, children, and marginalised groups, minorities, migra...

23 Aug 2017

Criticism of India’s Smart Cities Mission is mounting

News / Food & Agriculture

Palm oil culprits apprehended in the Leuser Ecosystem. Who sent them?

...floods in the denuded Aceh Tamiang district in 2006 were so devastating that they were termed a “second tsunami,” after the actual tsunami that struck Aceh in 2004. Tens of thousands of people were di...

25 Nov 2016

Palm oil culprits apprehended in the Leuser Ecosystem. Who sent them?

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate-threatened Bangladesh to impose carbon tax in June

...floods, droughts and other climate change impacts, has made a name for itself as an international leader in climate action, particularly in terms of innovative adaptation to climate change. "Although ...

25 May 2017

Climate-threatened Bangladesh to impose carbon tax in June

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Nexus thinking for a secure and sustainable future

...floods – all of which increase vulnerabilities for water, food and energy resources already under strain. A nexus approach Our experiences throughout Australia and the Asia-Pacific region demonstrate ...

15 Sep 2017

Nexus thinking for a secure and sustainable future

Press Releases / GlacialTech Inc

GlacialLight announces 190 watt LED high-bay light with 23,000 lumen

...flood light, spot light The GL-BL190 offers a variety of mounting and beam shaping options, allowing it to be used in bay lighting, flood lighting or even spot lighting applications.For bay light ins...

17 Jun 2016

GlacialLight announces 190 watt LED high-bay light with 23,000 lumen

News / Carbon & Climate

C40 launches guides for cities to tackle climate change

...flood control system to alleviate flooding in Singapore’s low-lying areas; and is being used by residents for recreational activities and community activities. It is an example of how cities can build...

7 Apr 2016

C40 launches guides for cities to tackle climate change

News / Food & Agriculture

Hundreds sickened in Indonesia’s Aceh as peat fires burn

...floods come.” The fires are a result of slash-and-burn land clearing practices by local farmers and companies, according to Muhammad Nur, director of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi), ...

9 Aug 2016

Hundreds sickened in Indonesia’s Aceh as peat fires burn

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