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Five years on from Rana Plaza, has the fashion industry changed its ways?

...flood of concerned consumers post photos of their clothing labels and demand to know where and how their garments were made. The coordinated call for transparency is meant to demonstrate to fashion br...

25 Apr 2018

Five years on from Rana Plaza, has the fashion industry changed its ways?

News / Carbon & Climate

Powerful El Niño intensifying in Asia and the Pacific region: UN

...flooding caused by heavy rainfalls, some Pacific islands – Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and Vanuatu, among others – have been experiencing a serious drought, causing water shortage and food insecuri...

11 Dec 2015

Powerful El Niño intensifying in Asia and the Pacific region: UN

Press Releases / GlacialTech Inc

GlacialLight announces new high bay lights with up to 16,000 lumens

...floodlight or spotlight It’s not just a bay light – the GL-BL150 can also be configured to work as a flood light or even powerful spot light. Besides the standard 60 degree lens for bay l...

16 Oct 2015

GlacialLight announces new high bay lights with up to 16,000 lumens

News / Policy & Finance

New study analyses biggest threats to Southeast Asian biodiversity

...flooding terrestrial habitats and causing regional droughts. “The Mekong has the highest freshwater diversity in the world, and the potential extinction of so many species represents a global catastro...

16 Jan 2017

New study analyses biggest threats to Southeast Asian biodiversity

News / Food & Agriculture

Salt wounds Vietnam's rice crop

...flood as an El Nino began to grip the Pacific, he said. The drought and more upstream agricultural development in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam are pushing saline levels up, he explained. “Because of...

8 Mar 2016

Salt wounds Vietnam's rice crop

News / Cities

Sustainable urban planning is vital for cities and citizens

...flood defences. But can these examples be scaled-up to megacities in fast-growing countries like China? “Megacities have international dialogue among themselves,” Ian Klaus, senior advisor for globa...

19 Oct 2016

Sustainable urban planning is vital for cities and citizens

News / Carbon & Climate

New UN report reveals devastating human toll of disasters in 'hottest year on record'

...floods had the second-greatest impact in 2015, with 152 floods affecting 27.5 million people and claiming 3,310 lives. This compares with the 10-year average of 5,938 deaths and 85.1 million people af...

12 Feb 2016

New UN report reveals devastating human toll of disasters in 'hottest year on record'

News / Food & Agriculture

Bali farmers insure rice fields in defense against El Nino

...flooding or pest attacks. The premium is 180,000 rupiah ($13) per hectare, but the state has agreed to pay 80 percent of the cost. That means a farmer like Aslam only has to come up with 36,000 rupiah...

16 Mar 2016

Bali farmers insure rice fields in defense against El Nino

Press Releases / Cordillera Ecological Center

The next energy crisis

...flooded Campostela Valley, people are gathering wood more quickly than they can grow back. It is no different in Nepal, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand where trees once blanketed the lands, n...

30 Sep 2016

The next energy crisis

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

CSIRO cuts: Climate science really does need to shift its focus towards adaptation

...floods in 2011. Their mantra is “build it back better”. But the precise terms of their federal funding mean that they usually only replace infrastructure on a like-for-like basis. The funding rules re...

17 Feb 2016

CSIRO cuts: Climate science really does need to shift its focus towards adaptation

News / Carbon & Climate

Mangroves face struggle to survive in rising seas

In less than one human lifetime, some of the planet’s richest and most vital coastal habitats could disappear. Sea-level rise is expected to flood and drown the mangrove forests of much of the Indo-Pa...

21 Oct 2015

Mangroves face struggle to survive in rising seas

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate threatens Pacific with seesaw sea levels

...flood the atolls. And another group reports in Nature Geoscience that the alternating impact of a blistering El Niño and its chillier sister, La Niña, could bring more extreme flooding and more damagi...

29 Sep 2015

Climate threatens Pacific with seesaw sea levels

News / Carbon & Climate

2017: Climate focus shifts as Trump moves in, China charges ahead

...floods, for example, are forecast, giving people at risk the resources to prepare before disaster strikes. The rise of geo-engineering Scientists around the world start work this year on a special rep...

6 Jan 2017

2017: Climate focus shifts as Trump moves in, China charges ahead

News / Water

India joins climate water coalition in Paris

...floods and storms which affect all water systems and often trigger fatal impacts. The situation is worsened due to unsustainable use of water. The water pact encompasses individual commitments to impl...

10 Dec 2015

India joins climate water coalition in Paris

News / Carbon & Climate

Wise words rise from climate disasters

...floods, landslides, ice storms, wildfires and droughts. In 2014, the worst three affected countries were Serbia – hit by catastrophic floods that swept through southeast Europe that year – Afghanistan...

9 Dec 2015

Wise words rise from climate disasters

News / Carbon & Climate

Fighting China's war on pollution

...flood-prone urban centres - which have rapidly urbanised over the last two decades, as lakes, ponds and canals have made way for buildings - better at absorbing and retaining water. IE expo China will...

20 Mar 2017

Fighting China's war on pollution

News / Water

Floods cause acute water shortage in hundreds of Myanmar villages

...flood-hit parts of Myanmar, while distributing bottled water, chlorine powder and purification tablets as they struggle with diarrhoea outbreaks. Torrential rains since late June triggered floods and ...

20 Aug 2015

Floods cause acute water shortage in hundreds of Myanmar villages

News / Energy

Hydropower boom in China and along Asia’s rivers outpaces regional electricity demand

...flood control, ecosystem needs, transportation, etc.). As a result, thermal power plants are often better at meeting the base load that is always present on a grid with little fluctuation. Hydropower ...

2 May 2017

Hydropower boom in China and along Asia’s rivers outpaces regional electricity demand

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

How do we deal with the prospect of increased climate migration?

...floods in Bangladesh, it was found that people who felt adequately assisted and compensated were less likely to move on. The Platform on Disaster Displacement succeeds the Nansen Initiative on Disaste...

1 Dec 2016

How do we deal with the prospect of increased climate migration?

News / Water

Water remains largely marginalised in climate talks

...floods. And in the Arctic, whole villages are in danger, said Kerry, speaking at the Indiana University’s School of Global and International Studies on Oct.15. Despite Kerry’s admonition, the role of ...

22 Oct 2015

Water remains largely marginalised in climate talks

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