Eco-Business

Sort by

Relevance Date

Showing results 2601–2620 of 4165

News / Carbon & Climate

Inequalities exacerbate climate impacts on poor and vulnerable people – new UN report

...flooding. Climate change has the potential to worsen their situation and thereby worsen pre-existent inequalities. The report shows that structural inequalities increase the exposure of vulnerable gro...

6 Oct 2016

Inequalities exacerbate climate impacts on poor and vulnerable people – new UN report

Press Releases / Aid and International Development Forum

CDC Director Tom Frieden to speak at Global Disaster Relief Summit

...flooding or hurricanes…We’ve had to reduce funding for a range of emergencies to address the Zika emergency. That’s not a sensible way to do it, but it’s the only option we ha...

4 Aug 2016

CDC Director Tom Frieden to speak at Global Disaster Relief Summit

News / Policy & Finance

Mapped: How UK foreign aid is spent on climate change

...floods, drought and famine. Tackling global threats such as climate change is squarely in the UK’s national interests.” DFID says that climate finance is allocated to programmes that build climate res...

13 Oct 2017

Mapped: How UK foreign aid is spent on climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

Explainer: What is the Paris Agreement on climate change and what does it mean for cities?

...flooding, drought and disease if climate change spirals out of control. Cities are responsible for the bulk of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions. Private automobiles on city streets are a big culpr...

4 Apr 2017

Explainer: What is the Paris Agreement on climate change and what does it mean for cities?

News / Policy & Finance

Hurricanes wreak economic havoc as world warms

...flood, windstorms and heatwaves – has been on the increase for decades, but one explanation for this is population growth and economic development, even in the poorest regions. Human headcount The pla...

23 Oct 2015

Hurricanes wreak economic havoc as world warms

Fishermen on the way home in Sindh province Pakistan

Opinion / Energy

In China and Pakistan's coal romance, where's the love for the climate?

...floods, heatwaves, droughts, shifting weather patterns and declining ground water levels – and the list goes on. Agriculture, which comprises 21 per cent of Pakistan’s GDP, 60 per cent of exports and ...

31 Mar 2017

In China and Pakistan's coal romance, where's the love for the climate?

News / Policy & Finance

Climate and laws trap islanders

...floods and natural disasters with no claim on other states. In Europe, for example, they are classed as economic migrants. The study, conducted under the UN’s Pacific Climate Change and Migration proj...

3 Dec 2015

Climate and laws trap islanders

Opinion / Lifestyle

Communicating climate change: Focus on the framing, not just the facts

...flooding, farming, faith and the future. These issues that matter to the people with whom he’s communicating become an entry into discussing global warming. Now they can see scientific evidence as imp...

7 Mar 2017

Communicating climate change: Focus on the framing, not just the facts

News / Cities

Vietnam: Green cities project gets US$224m boost

...flood protection, urban sewerage, and urban solid waste management, the project aims to improve and expand traffic systems and infrastructure, promote socio-economic development and tourism and increa...

14 Mar 2016

Vietnam: Green cities project gets US$224m boost

News / Policy & Finance

Aceh citizens sue government to save Leuser Ecosystem

...floods that 23 mining operations have unleashed on his community. Abu Kari, an indigenous leader from coffee-rich Gayo Lues district, will discuss the sudden vulnerability of his people’s customary la...

29 Jan 2016

Aceh citizens sue government to save Leuser Ecosystem

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

8 simple rules for grappling with climate risk

The Committee on Climate Change isn’t the only organisation trying to draw attention to the risks associated with climate change. Here at Forum for the Future, as we grapple with the gargantuan challe...

30 Aug 2016

8 simple rules for grappling with climate risk

News / Energy

Private dam builders back out of Brahmaputra dams

...floods in the event of an earthquake, which is a major risk in the area. The NHPC official, however, assured that “fears are being addressed and work is in progress”. “Work will start full-swing once ...

29 Feb 2016

Private dam builders back out of Brahmaputra dams

News / Carbon & Climate

Scientists caught off-guard by record temperatures linked to climate change

...floodings, have become the new normal," Carlson said. "The ice melt rates recorded in the first half of 2016, for example - we don't usually see those until later in the year." He said sudden temperat...

27 Jul 2016

Scientists caught off-guard by record temperatures linked to climate change

News / Policy & Finance

Kashmir flood forces people to insure homes

...flood in Kashmir in September 2014, it is the change in public perception about property insurance. Everyone now wants to insure his or her home against disasters. The flood wrought havoc in this conf...

26 Jun 2015

Kashmir flood forces people to insure homes

News / Energy

Unlocking Southeast Asia's clean energy potential at SETA 2017

...floods and typhoons, while the agricultural economies of countries like Vietnam and Cambodia are increasingly threatened by droughts; climate change threatens to exacerbate these extreme weather event...

8 Feb 2017

Unlocking Southeast Asia's clean energy potential at SETA 2017

News / Water

Jakarta clips ‘Great Garuda’ wings

...floods and create 17 artificial islands that will be sold to private buyers. The plan remains on track despite a moratorium imposed this month on the project because of graft charges against a city of...

17 May 2016

Jakarta clips ‘Great Garuda’ wings

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change may increase world’s poor by 100 million, warns World Bank

...floods. Titled ‘Shock Waves: Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty’, the study says such shocks could wipe out hard-won gains, leading to irreversible losses and, driving people back into ...

11 Nov 2015

Climate change may increase world’s poor by 100 million, warns World Bank

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change means more fear, less fun for global middle class: UBS

...floods. "More fear, less fun is how we might sum it up," said the study. In places with high risks of climate-related shocks, people spend more on the upkeep of their properties. And homes may decreas...

13 Jan 2016

Climate change means more fear, less fun for global middle class: UBS

News / Food & Agriculture

Singapore Environment Council launches tougher eco-label for paper

...flooded state to prevent irreversible environmental damage. SEC's criteria on peatland management examines issues such as biodiversity protection, water management, and rehabilitation of damaged area...

12 Jan 2017

Singapore Environment Council launches tougher eco-label for paper

News / Carbon & Climate

Australia faces stormy future as temperatures soar

New research into storm patterns warns that flash floods are likely to sweep across the Australian landscape with increasing intensity, particularly in urban or residential areas. Peak rainfall is pre...

15 Jun 2015

Australia faces stormy future as temperatures soar

Page 131

News / Carbon & Climate

Press Releases / Aid and International Development Forum

News / Policy & Finance

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Policy & Finance

Opinion / Energy

News / Policy & Finance

Opinion / Lifestyle

News / Cities

News / Policy & Finance

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

News / Energy

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Policy & Finance

News / Energy

News / Water

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Food & Agriculture

News / Carbon & Climate

Most popular

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Water

News / Corporate Responsibility

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Policy & Finance

News / Policy & Finance

Transforming Innovation for Sustainability Join the Ecosystem →

Receive the latest insights daily or weekly.