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News / Policy & Finance

UN expects record first-day signatures for Paris climate deal

...flooding and severe drought, the agency said. "The world must act now to transform the global economy for low-emissions growth and to strengthen resilience to the inevitable changes to come, especiall...

24 Mar 2016

UN expects record first-day signatures for Paris climate deal

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Nature for all: Converging to save the planet

...floods. Despite the dire situation, there are glimmers of hope. As President Barack Obama has said, "We are the first generation to feel the effect of climate change and the last generation who can ...

1 Sep 2016

Nature for all: Converging to save the planet

Opinion / Water

World Water Day: How we can ‘unflood’ Asia

...flood management should be based on holistic planning. Flood resilience measures should be designed within the context of the broader ecosystem. Flood management should adopt multifunctional measures ...

24 Mar 2015

World Water Day: How we can ‘unflood’ Asia

News / Green Buildings

Future-proofing Australia's building industry

...flood resistant than conventional alternatives. A house made using TimberCrete blocks. Image: Ligna Group “Our proven product has the benefit of over 15 years of development and refinement, with ove...

7 Apr 2016

Future-proofing Australia's building industry

News / Water

Kashmir protects environment despite turmoil

...flood control departments in Anantnag and Pulwama, most encroachments on the banks of River Jhelum – Kashmir’s lifeline – came up between 1990 and 2005, when the violence was at its peak. Forests were...

30 Aug 2016

Kashmir protects environment despite turmoil

Young woman collecting tea in a farm in Asia

News / Food & Agriculture

Climate brings hard times for tea

...flood will affect crop yields overall is well-established, but what matters to farmers is what gradual global warming and subtle shifts in seasonal weather patterns will bring to specific crops in tra...

26 Apr 2016

Climate brings hard times for tea

Press Releases / Aid and International Development Forum

AIDF Asia summit highlights role of innovation in strengthening health

...Flood & Erosion Protection as well as Johnson & Johnson and SATMED (Sponsors). Media and event partners included American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand (AMCHAM), Asian Disaster Preparedness...

30 Jun 2016

AIDF Asia summit highlights role of innovation in strengthening health

News / Carbon & Climate

Millions of reasons to love mangroves

25 Aug 2015

Millions of reasons to love mangroves

News / Water

The top 5 water stories in 2015

The threats of climate change to the world’s water resources have never become more apparent than during this year, with record-breaking droughts in California and India to devasting floods in Bangkok...

30 Dec 2015

The top 5 water stories in 2015

News / Water

Water insecurity costs global economy billions a year

...flood threats while the United States has the greatest exposure to flood risk. The report comes as California cities endure water use restrictions due to its historic drought, the Atacama region of Ch...

14 Apr 2015

Water insecurity costs global economy billions a year

News / Carbon & Climate

Change and dispossession in western Nepal

...floods in 2010. The drought also led to a shortage of water for domestic consumption. In Maila-7 VDC (village development community, the administrative unit defining a village), in south Humla, all of...

26 Aug 2016

Change and dispossession in western Nepal

News / Energy

Germany's transition from coal to renewable energy offers lessons for the rest of the world

...flooding the old tunnels now has to be laboriously pumped out. Move toward renewables In Gelsenkirchen, locals experience some of the highest unemployment rates, hovering around 15 per cent. The city’...

2 Aug 2017

Germany's transition from coal to renewable energy offers lessons for the rest of the world

News / Water

Sri Lanka to harness wasted rainwater for crops, power

...floods interspersed with drought," Shanmugasivanathan said. "During floods we have no option but to release the water, because there is no infrastructure in place to retain it," he added. The new proj...

24 Jul 2015

Sri Lanka to harness wasted rainwater for crops, power

Opinion / Water

River project meets the challenge of climate change

...flooding. “ The ABC Waters programme looks to break down the traditional ‘concrete channel approach’ to create a naturalised waterway that is more resilient to the dangers of flash flooding and water...

14 May 2015

River project meets the challenge of climate change

News / Energy

Cambodian dam proceeds despite opposition over fish, ousted villagers

The Cambodian government has begun relocating some 5,000 villagers away from the flood site of the Lower Sesan 2 dam. The controversial project in the country’s northeast province of Stung Treng is si...

18 Aug 2015

Cambodian dam proceeds despite opposition over fish, ousted villagers

News / Food & Agriculture

Hungry world need not fell its forests

...flooding also presents a threat to agricultural yields. Demanding change So scientists around the world have worried about the interplay of changes in human diet and the responses of farmers and the c...

28 Apr 2016

Hungry world need not fell its forests

News / Carbon & Climate

How to create liveable, climate resilient cities

Gehl, the Danish urban research and design consulting firm, is known worldwide for its work in improving the quality of urban life by re-orienting city design towards the pedestrian and cyclist. As th...

9 Sep 2016

How to create liveable, climate resilient cities

News / Carbon & Climate

Deadly rains deluge Vietnam mines, spark contamination fears

...floodwater that environmental groups said is filled with potentially hazardous coal dust. Halong Bay, with its floating villages, vast caves and green-tinged limestone rocks, is a UNESCO World Heritag...

3 Aug 2015

Deadly rains deluge Vietnam mines, spark contamination fears

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The new climate-inequality nexus

...floods and storms and keep communities connected to health facilities and markets, and for water infrastructure to resist extreme flooding or water shortages, and for drainage systems to account for e...

8 Jul 2015

The new climate-inequality nexus

News / Policy & Finance

Philippines takes up complaint of human rights violations by oil firms

...floods surged through Manila. "We saw floating people, floating animals, floating coffins. We could not do anything, we could not help them. It was like watching a horror movie and the cruel part is w...

9 Dec 2015

Philippines takes up complaint of human rights violations by oil firms