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Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Mother nature vs climate change

...floodplains, peatlands, mangroves, and coral reefs – that are covered with water, either seasonally or permanently. Peatlands are particularly important. Though they cover only 3 per cent of the world...

17 Nov 2016

Mother nature vs climate change

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

The Food Tower: Looking up to solve the global food crisis

...flooded high rise towers. This way, sunlight can be captured boosting growing yields across the 1 hectare site to some 400 times that of traditional farming. The Food Tower concept takes a major step ...

5 Oct 2017

The Food Tower: Looking up to solve the global food crisis

News / Policy & Finance

What has happened to the Philippines' climate funding?

...flooding in the city. Leyte Normal University, where Chan was a college student, helped fishering communities in Cancabato Bay learn how to sustainably farm oysters, clams, mussels, and scallops using...

4 Oct 2017

What has happened to the Philippines' climate funding?

News / Carbon & Climate

2016 slated to be hottest year ever, with record-breaking emissions and melting Arctic ice

...flooding are becoming more regular. Sea level rise has increased exposure to storm surges associated with tropical cyclones.” Indeed, 2016 has witnessed major impacts from extreme weather events, with...

15 Nov 2016

2016 slated to be hottest year ever, with record-breaking emissions and melting Arctic ice

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change causes killer heatwaves

In southern Asia, mortality is likely to rise with the thermometer. Researchers have established a direct link between global warming and heat-related deaths from killer heatwaves. A tiny rise of 0.5°...

15 Jun 2017

Climate change causes killer heatwaves

A child in Leyte Philippines, aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan

Videos / Policy & Finance

Loss and damage, here and now

...floods and droughts more severe and frequent and raising the sea level. Going by this, countries — especially in the tropical zone — have been facing loss and damage due to climate change since at lea...

14 Jul 2016

Loss and damage, here and now

Solar panels on street lamps in Dali, China

News / Policy & Finance

China increases climate change aid to developing countries

...floods swept Pakistan in 2010, affecting one-fifth of the country and 20 million people. The floods were then followed by droughts for three consecutive years, Tariq said. “ We will help build up 10 ...

11 Nov 2016

China increases climate change aid to developing countries

News / Carbon & Climate

Spend climate cash smartly to make it stretch, experts urge

...flooding, the agency sent cash to families living downstream so they could move out of the expected flood path. It also provided simple protection, such as plastic bags in which to keep birth certific...

9 Nov 2016

Spend climate cash smartly to make it stretch, experts urge

Videos / Carbon & Climate

Film captures global citizens innovating for a greener tomorrow

...Flood" - came from the realisation that it failed to spur people into action, Dion said. "When we focus on catastrophe, and on things that raise fear, it triggers mechanisms in the brain of rejection,...

24 Apr 2017

Film captures global citizens innovating for a greener tomorrow

News / Carbon & Climate

Rich states urged to dig deeper to help poor respond to 'climate crisis'

...floods, and the spread of tropical diseases threatening public health and food security. "We lack the resources and capacity to adequately protect our communities from the devastating impacts of clima...

8 Nov 2016

Rich states urged to dig deeper to help poor respond to 'climate crisis'

Kids play on their bilibili or traditional raft made from lashed together bamboo, just outside of Lami, west of Suva in Fiji

News / Carbon & Climate

UN talks tangle over cash to ease climate pain for poor

...floods, droughts, storms and rising seas brought by climate change, negotiators and development agencies fear. Negotiators sparred on Thursday over the future of the Adaptation Fund to help vulnerable...

18 Nov 2016

UN talks tangle over cash to ease climate pain for poor

News / Carbon & Climate

Asia must invest more in disaster risk reduction - Red Cross

...floods, Asian nations must step up investment in disaster risk reduction before it is "too late for too many" in a region regularly battered by disasters, the International Federation of Red Cross and...

11 Aug 2016

Asia must invest more in disaster risk reduction - Red Cross

News / Policy & Finance

States urged to target disaster aid at the poor as climate risks rise

With the world's poor predicted to bear the brunt of more frequent extreme heat and worsening coastal floods in a warmer world, aid agencies are calling on governments to direct more funding into prot...

18 May 2016

States urged to target disaster aid at the poor as climate risks rise

Opinion / Waste

Waste management in Asia: 1 goal, 5 cities, 5 lessons

...flooding, which can endanger lives and compromise livelihoods particularly for the poor and marginalized. Despite these impacts, managing solid waste remains a low priority for most Asian cities, espe...

23 Jun 2017

Waste management in Asia: 1 goal, 5 cities, 5 lessons

News / Waste

Plastic Fantastic? Indonesia plans to turn plastic waste into road tar

...floods and heat, have many fans. They also have detractors among the conservation community. Since Indonesia announced plans to follow in India’s footsteps, local researchers and activists like David ...

15 Aug 2017

Plastic Fantastic? Indonesia plans to turn plastic waste into road tar

News / Water

New Assam government vows to oppose big dams

...flooding in the state. Sarbananda Sonowal, now Assam’s chief minister, had stated repeatedly on the campaign trail, “If voted to power we will take steps to curb the problem of flooding in all the urb...

3 Jun 2016

New Assam government vows to oppose big dams

News / Water

A new, free, online tool helps citizens assess mega dams' economic and environmental viability

...flooded, the vegetation types that will be submerged, projected costs, dam generating capacity, and the price at which the electricity will be sold. Default values for several factors, such as vegetat...

14 Aug 2017

A new, free, online tool helps citizens assess mega dams' economic and environmental viability

News / Carbon & Climate

Living with the changing weather

...flooding and storm surges by improving existing infrastructure as well as researching and building floodwalls and putting up other coastal flood protectors. This came in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, w...

7 Mar 2016

Living with the changing weather

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Peatlands matter for Indonesia, and globally

...floods, droughts, fires and haze pollution over the last 20 years have pounded the ecosystem. Indonesia hit rock bottom in 2015. Millions of hectares of peatlands burned, millions of tons of greenhous...

22 May 2017

Peatlands matter for Indonesia, and globally

News / Transport

How the mobility revolution will change your life

...floods. Graeme Whickman, president and chief executive officer, Ford Australia and New Zealand, told the 150-strong audience at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art that in Australia, mobility is alre...

19 Jun 2017

How the mobility revolution will change your life

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