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Press Releases / Ashden

Green energy awards seek sustainable energy pioneers in Asia

...floods, war and terrorism". There are two new international awards in 2016, one recognising efforts to use sustainable energy technologies to increase access to water in areas where it is currently l...

8 Sep 2015

Green energy awards seek sustainable energy pioneers in Asia

News / Transport

India plans to overhaul rivers for shipping

...flooding. Besides, new constructions canalize the river altering its natural flow. River Gandak in Bihar is a perfect example of where canal-linked irrigation systems have lead to huge silt deposits w...

28 Jul 2015

India plans to overhaul rivers for shipping

News / Carbon & Climate

Unchecked emissions spell hotter, wetter days for Singapore

...flood risks, contributed to 22.8 per cent of annual rainfall from 1980 to 2009, this figure could be 44 per cent in the worst-case scenario by the end of the century. In the more moderate projection, ...

16 Apr 2015

Unchecked emissions spell hotter, wetter days for Singapore

News / Water

Pakistan floods not worsened by action in India

...flooding downstream.” Both upstream India and downstream Pakistan are facing a serious flood situation in the Indus basin, due to heavy rain in the Himalayan region from September 4. See Floods create...

8 Sep 2014

Pakistan floods not worsened by action in India

News / Carbon & Climate

China declares 'People's War' on pollution as smog envelops Beijing

...flooding back in again." Police harass environmentalists Environmental activist Wu Lihong said the responsibility for the smog ultimately must remain with the ruling Chinese Communist Party. "Of cours...

4 Mar 2016

China declares 'People's War' on pollution as smog envelops Beijing

News / Carbon & Climate

Plea for South Asia to unite in fight against climate risks

...floods, forest fires, cyclones, migration and sea-level rise.” said Huq, senior fellow in the Climate Change Group at the International Institute for Environment and Development. The South Asia region...

9 Dec 2014

Plea for South Asia to unite in fight against climate risks

News / Water

Cambodia deports activist leader...then suspends controversial dam

...flood at least 10,500 hectares and displace some 1,500 people. Locals, including indigenous groups, would then be resettled in the Central Cardamom Protected Forest, a major protected area home to As...

26 Feb 2015

Cambodia deports activist leader...then suspends controversial dam

News / Carbon & Climate

Carbon emissions from Indonesia’s peat fires exceed emissions from entire US economy

...flood cycles. Such steps could also help patch up relations with its neighbors — Singapore and Malaysia — which are besieged by haze nearly every dry season.

19 Oct 2015

Carbon emissions from Indonesia’s peat fires exceed emissions from entire US economy

News / Policy & Finance

Short, flexible UN climate accord sought for Paris summit: France

...floods and rising sea levels. Major emitters led by China and the United States have submitted national plans for cuts in greenhouse gases beyond 2020 to the United Nations, as building blocks for the...

20 Jul 2015

Short, flexible UN climate accord sought for Paris summit: France

News / Carbon & Climate

Hi-tech analysis pinpoints Antarctic ice sheet dangers

Scientists have used high-resolution computing techniques to calculate the future of the West Antarctic ice sheet over the next two or three centuries. The West Antarctic peninsula right now is about ...

26 Aug 2015

Hi-tech analysis pinpoints Antarctic ice sheet dangers

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Six burning questions for climate science to answer post-Paris

...floods, storm surges and cyclones, all with damaging consequences. Many of the negative impacts of climate change will occur through changes in the magnitude, duration and frequency of these extreme e...

2 Mar 2016

Six burning questions for climate science to answer post-Paris

Press Releases / GlacialTech Inc

GlacialTech presents DALI products and LED drivers at electronica 2014

...Flood Lights will also be on display. These rugged flood lights are energy efficient, environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional mercury based flood lights. GlacialLight Navi series flood li...

24 Oct 2014

GlacialTech presents DALI products and LED drivers at electronica 2014

News / Water

Mekong Delta feared to suffer from water shortage

...floodwaters this year, and that the freshwater reserve in the region is now at a low level. Floods usually rise to level 2 or 3 in September and October every year in the delta and help bring alluvium...

20 Oct 2014

Mekong Delta feared to suffer from water shortage

News / Policy & Finance

Climate pressures threaten political stability: security experts

...floods, which affected 2 million people, came on the heels of years of anti-government protests. After the disaster many people complained that state compensation had been unfairly distributed - and t...

25 Jun 2015

Climate pressures threaten political stability: security experts

Press Releases / Greenpeace Southeast Asia

Dolores farmers recovering from Typhoon Ruby, brace for onset of ElNiño

...flooded and the rice plants were submerged into the water for a few days. The water-resistant rice varieties were only the ones that survived,” said Mayor Villacarillo. Adriano Aclan, a local f...

30 Mar 2015

Dolores farmers recovering from Typhoon Ruby, brace for onset of ElNiño

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

When climate change hits our food supply, city foodbowls could come to the rescue

...floods of 2010-11 showed how a sudden extreme weather event could disrupt a city’s food supply. Major transport routes to Brisbane and other cities were cut off and supermarkets began to run short of ...

2 Dec 2015

When climate change hits our food supply, city foodbowls could come to the rescue

News / Water

Choked riverbeds worsen floods in Kashmir

...flood in Kashmir in six decades may become the new normal. With Uttarakhand government apparently having learnt few lessons after the devastating floods in that Indian Himalayan state last year, it is...

10 Sep 2014

Choked riverbeds worsen floods in Kashmir

News / Cities

City heatwaves more frequent, cold spells on decline: study

...floods compromise water supplies. The urban poor, who often live in flood- and landslide-prone areas bear a disproportionate burden of the effects of extreme weather. "Urban areas make up relatively s...

2 Feb 2015

City heatwaves more frequent, cold spells on decline: study

News / Policy & Finance

Financial markets ignore climate impacts at their peril: experts

...floods, droughts or earthquakes, the agency said. But that kind of downgrade could become more widespread, it warned, noting the energy and consumer products sectors were most at risk. In July, the Ba...

1 Jun 2015

Financial markets ignore climate impacts at their peril: experts

News / Energy

Vietnam moves towards a coal-free future

...flooded open pit coal mines and power plants in the region, causing a toxic slurry of chemicals from these facilities to flow into surrounding villages, sparking health and safety concerns. Greenpeace...

27 Jan 2016

Vietnam moves towards a coal-free future

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