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New flood alert as warming raises sea levels threat

Europe could face a higher marine invasion than anybody anticipated. As polar ice melts, tides could be as much as 1.5 metres higher around the coasts of Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands and Engl...

23 Jun 2015

New flood alert as warming raises sea levels threat

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate deal more important for your health than you realise: WHO

...floods increase the risk of infectious diseases spreading, while air pollution in cities causes diseases such as lung cancer and strokes, said Maria Neira, the head of public health at WHO. The WHO es...

28 Oct 2015

Climate deal more important for your health than you realise: WHO

News / Water

Johor to gazette water catchments as protected areas

...flood mitigation in 1984 and managed by the DID, had been providing water for consumption since 1990. Hasni said all local authorities had also been told to be strict in approving the construction of ...

15 Apr 2015

Johor to gazette water catchments as protected areas

News / Policy & Finance

Investment fund CEOs call for long-term greenhouse gas cuts

...floods, droughts and rising sea levels. Net zero means that any lingering emissions of greenhouse gases would be offset, for instance by planting trees that soak up carbon dioxide from the air as they...

27 May 2015

Investment fund CEOs call for long-term greenhouse gas cuts

News / Policy & Finance

Bar calls for inquiry into enforcement of environ laws

...floods in the east coast. He said there was a need for statistical analysis on the nature and degree of enforcement weaknesses. “The inquiry is also to set the basis for a future blueprint to uphold e...

12 Jan 2015

Bar calls for inquiry into enforcement of environ laws

Press Releases / Designing City Resilience

Resilience – isn’t it just good plan making?

...flooding and a desperate need to reorganise the approach to storm water management. A powerful and positive outcome of these emergency works was the opportunity to restructure the city. The environmen...

15 May 2015

Resilience – isn’t it just good plan making?

News / Carbon & Climate

First six months of 2015 “hottest on record” since 1880

...floods but the consequences can be severe.” Over the past 50 years, according to WHO data, hot days, hot nights and heatwaves have become more frequent. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (...

22 Jul 2015

First six months of 2015 “hottest on record” since 1880

News / Energy

Charting the upsurge in hydropower development

...flood Other use of reservoirs – for irrigation, navigation and recreation Storage and base load – it provides efficient management of the electricity system and to support other renewables such as sol...

25 May 2015

Charting the upsurge in hydropower development

News / Carbon & Climate

CO2 levels hit record high for 30th year in a row: WMO

...floods, melting ice, rising sea levels and increased acidity of the oceans. This is happening now and we are moving into uncharted territory at a frightening speed." “ We are moving into uncharted te...

10 Nov 2015

CO2 levels hit record high for 30th year in a row: WMO

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The business case for disaster risk reduction

...flood control measure is usually based on a comparison of the costs of building a levy against the benefits of avoiding flood damaged homes and economic disruption. But does this ignore the benefits t...

18 Mar 2015

The business case for disaster risk reduction

Press Releases / Greenpeace Southeast Asia

Take ambitious climate actions for 2015 agreement, ASEAN member-states urged

...floods and droughts are becoming the region's new norm, and underscored the need for substantial action to address the causes and impacts of climate change. The group added that Southeast Asian gover...

7 Jul 2015

Take ambitious climate actions for 2015 agreement, ASEAN member-states urged

News / Carbon & Climate

July was hottest month recorded worldwide: US scientists

...floods, droughts, storms and rising seas. Earlier this month, the Obama administration unveiled the Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of its broader climate change strategy that aims to slash carbon e...

21 Aug 2015

July was hottest month recorded worldwide: US scientists

News / Carbon & Climate

Droughts, floods, food wars come to Singapore for Earth Hour

...floods, and a supermarket where scant food resources are extremely expensive. Videos in each booth show news coverage on the conseqences of these changes in climate, including a rise in vector-borne d...

13 Mar 2015

Droughts, floods, food wars come to Singapore for Earth Hour

News / Carbon & Climate

India should prepare to face extreme weather, warn scientists

...flooding and landslides induced by heavy rains and, in September 2014, from the flash floods in Srinagar, the deadliest to hit the valley in 60 years. The list of extreme weather events that crippled...

26 Mar 2015

India should prepare to face extreme weather, warn scientists

News / Carbon & Climate

Weather modification technology to anticipate flood threats ready for implementation

...flood threats in Jakarta, stated Chief of Assessment and Application of Rainmaking Technology Tri Handoko Seto. "Jakarta still needs weather modification to prevent flooding," he stated here on Thursd...

4 Dec 2014

Weather modification technology to anticipate flood threats ready for implementation

News / Carbon & Climate

Let nature play a role in climate adaptation, experts urge

...floods the fields, poor families in northwest Bangladesh once cut trees to survive or went hungry. Now, however, they are raising fish in the floodplains - a change that has helped protect the region'...

16 Dec 2014

Let nature play a role in climate adaptation, experts urge

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Costs of climate change will cut growth and create conflict

...floods. The financial costs of climate-related events for both governments and taxpayers are already apparent. But those added costs of climate change are set to rise further and impact on global econ...

25 Jan 2016

Costs of climate change will cut growth and create conflict

News / Carbon & Climate

Indian city offers way to beat the heat as 1,300 killed in heatwave

...flooding into hospitals and clinics, complaining of headaches, dizziness and fever. Most of the deaths have been of construction workers, homeless people and the elderly. But with the threat of more f...

29 May 2015

Indian city offers way to beat the heat as 1,300 killed in heatwave

News / Carbon & Climate

New UN-backed plan sets disaster resilience standards for hotels in Asia and Pacific

...floods, storms and earthquakes. Such events can result in closure of resorts and have a significant impact on tourism and employment. The hotel industry has a very important role to play in encouragin...

3 Aug 2015

New UN-backed plan sets disaster resilience standards for hotels in Asia and Pacific

News / Water

Asia-Pacific tagged as ‘hot spot for water insecurity’

...flood or surface irrigation to drip or sprinkler irrigation needs large economic investments and irrigation modernisation but that is possible if governments prioritise their policy towards sustainabl...

6 Sep 2016

Asia-Pacific tagged as ‘hot spot for water insecurity’

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