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News / Carbon & Climate

Population increases flood and drought threat to cities

...flood would increase 2.7 times, while the area exposed to drought would double. “ Urban areas exposed to flood and drought hazards will increase considerably due to the sheer increase in their extent...

12 Mar 2015

Population increases flood and drought threat to cities

News / Food & Agriculture

81.27 per cent of illegal farm sites in Cameron Highlands cleared: NSC

...floods and landslides in Cameron Highlands, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin at the Perdana Putra Building, here, today. Despite positive developments, the NSC said as coordin...

14 Jul 2015

81.27 per cent of illegal farm sites in Cameron Highlands cleared: NSC

News / Green Buildings

Thailand tests floating homes in region grappling with floods

...floods during its monsoon season, the worsening flood risks became clear in 2011 as panicked Bangkok residents rushed to sandbag and build retaining walls to keep their homes from flooding. Vast parts...

6 Mar 2015

Thailand tests floating homes in region grappling with floods

News / Food & Agriculture

New ways to lower investment risk seek to propel climate action

...floods and other climate-related disasters could reduce the estimated $180 billion in annual losses around the world from natural disasters. It could also encourage investment in climate adaptation to...

4 Jul 2016

New ways to lower investment risk seek to propel climate action

Logging trees at a hill station in India

News / Carbon & Climate

Indian army helps battle climate change

...flooding and other problems. Forest department personnel also help train the army units in forest conservation and management. The ETF battalions were established in the early 1980s as part of a schem...

31 May 2016

Indian army helps battle climate change

News / Water

6 water-saving innovations to celebrate this World Water Day

...flooded with solutions that seek to clean up industrial effluent while minimising energy use and costs. Some inspiring examples in the sector include Dutch professor Mark van Loosdrecht's innovation A...

22 Mar 2017

6 water-saving innovations to celebrate this World Water Day

News / Carbon & Climate

Bamboo conservation along Ciliwung watershed can prevent floods

...flood prevention. "Bamboo can be a long-term alternative solution to flood prevention in Jakarta," Coastal Program Officer and Chairman of the Small Islands Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation (KEHATI)...

17 Feb 2015

Bamboo conservation along Ciliwung watershed can prevent floods

News / Food & Agriculture

The top 5 food and agriculture stories in 2016

...floods threatened the food security of some 21 million people in Sri Lanka in August. Scientists in October also warned that essential food crops such as wheat, rice, and corn were not adapting fast ...

27 Dec 2016

The top 5 food and agriculture stories in 2016

News / Cities

India’s new state capital on prime farmland

...floods and conserving the heritage sites. In addition to the Krishna river abutting the new capital there are streams, hills and protected forests inside what will become the city area. The planners p...

15 Feb 2016

India’s new state capital on prime farmland

News / Carbon & Climate

The climate risk to your business

...floods destroyed its car assembly plants in Thailand. Profits of Re-insurer Munich Re declined 38 per cent after it had to pay out more than US$350 million in claims because of the 2010 to 2011 Austra...

6 Nov 2015

The climate risk to your business

Videos / Carbon & Climate

Tree planting not always so green

...floods. “So there is an assumption that projects that seek to sequester carbon in the landscape are automatically a good thing – for example some of the projects funded by the Emissions Reduction Fund...

16 Feb 2016

Tree planting not always so green

News / Policy & Finance

Insured crabs, tea help China's farmers avoid extreme weather losses

...floods, droughts, typhoons and other natural disasters have caused annual economic losses of 200 billion yuan ($30 billion) a year, on average, since the 1990s. Chinese farmers, whose harvests rely on...

13 Oct 2016

Insured crabs, tea help China's farmers avoid extreme weather losses

News / Water

Rainwater harvesting could save Australia billions

...flood damage by “millions of dollars”. Dr Coombes said rainwater tanks were “storing water, rather than it being runoff into the system”, which also helped to protect waterways and wetlands. “So there...

16 Dec 2015

Rainwater harvesting could save Australia billions

News / Cities

The top 5 cities stories in 2016

...floods, and using technology to make cities smarter and more sustainable. But they urged Trump: “As our incoming President, as a businessman, and as a parent, we believe we can find common ground whe...

21 Dec 2016

The top 5 cities stories in 2016

News / Policy & Finance

Bangladeshi Prime Minister wins UN environment prize for leadership on climate change

...floods and droughts have long been part of the country's history, but they have intensified in recent years. “Through a number of forward-looking policy initiatives and investments, Bangladesh has pla...

18 Sep 2015

Bangladeshi Prime Minister wins UN environment prize for leadership on climate change

News / Food & Agriculture

Rice fields at risk in Western Cambodia with lack of rainfall

4 Sep 2015

Rice fields at risk in Western Cambodia with lack of rainfall

News / Food & Agriculture

Climate needs Africa’s farmers to change fast

...flood could put food security in Africa in jeopardy. But ministries of agriculture, communities and village farmers need detailed projections to help them plan for the future. The researchers looked a...

15 Mar 2016

Climate needs Africa’s farmers to change fast

News / Cities

The top 5 cities stories in 2015

...flooding, while North America experiences the most extreme temperature swings. As more people migrate to cities over the next 30 years, efforts to mitigate climate change will have to be concentrated...

30 Dec 2015

The top 5 cities stories in 2015

News / Energy

Pakistan turns to coal to keep factories running

...floods and droughts, and in the summer of 2015 more than 1,200 people died in a searing heatwave. Despite government declarations that it would prioritise climate change, Pakistan has shown little ap...

20 Jan 2016

Pakistan turns to coal to keep factories running

News / Carbon & Climate

Malaysian researchers head to Antarctica to study climate change

The world today is experiencing more of the devastating effects of global warming. The rising temperature has triggered many natural disasters such as floods, forest fires and the rise in sea level, r...

9 Dec 2015

Malaysian researchers head to Antarctica to study climate change