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News / Water

China drives water cooperation with Mekong countries

...flood in the northern parts of Laos and Thailand was linked by some to China’s Jinghong dam on the river in Yunnan, which had begun to generate hydropower earlier that summer. In early 2010, China was...

2 Feb 2016

China drives water cooperation with Mekong countries

News / Policy & Finance

Experts warn governments to plan for climate change migrants

...floods and droughts linked to global warming are likely to oblige millions of people to move out of harm's way, with some never able to return. The issue is politically sensitive at a time when econom...

9 Jan 2015

Experts warn governments to plan for climate change migrants

News / Energy

Brahmaptura dams hold back silt, not water

...floods. The new thing is that now as the floodwaters recede, they leave behind sand instead of silt. This sudden drop in fertility is leading to distress and migration from the areas where the Brahmap...

9 Nov 2015

Brahmaptura dams hold back silt, not water

News / Cities

From Bangkok to Bhutan, growing cities race to outrun disasters

...floodplains. Experts estimate that by 2030, 55 per cent of the 3.7 billion people in developing Asian nations will be living in cities. "Asia-Pacific is the region of the world most affected by the im...

13 Feb 2015

From Bangkok to Bhutan, growing cities race to outrun disasters

News / Water

Thai city uses CCTV, web to warn of floods

...floods used to occur every 12 years. Then it became every 10 years. Since 2010, there have been flood risks and floods in some areas every year,” he added. “We have flood walls, but nowadays it feels ...

20 Jun 2014

Thai city uses CCTV, web to warn of floods

News / Policy & Finance

Islanders unite to keep Norwegian miner off its 'treasures'

...flooding as had happened in previous years. Meanwhile, Alfredo Ortega, the town mayor of Victoria, which will be directly affected by the mining operations said that Victoria does not need income fro...

19 Jun 2015

Islanders unite to keep Norwegian miner off its 'treasures'

News / Carbon & Climate

El Nino has emerged, Asia braces for crop damage

...floods in South America. This year, the El Nino arrived in spring and is likely to continue into autumn, said the Japan Meteorological Agency, which was the first bureau to project the emergence of an...

13 May 2015

El Nino has emerged, Asia braces for crop damage

News / Carbon & Climate

New mindset is needed to handle wildfire hazard

...floods, hurricanes and earthquakes Max Moritz, researcher, College of Natural Resources at the University of California, Berkeley The research paper concludes: “The ‘command and control’ approach ty...

7 Nov 2014

New mindset is needed to handle wildfire hazard

News / Energy

Threat to rivers as hydropower gets set for global boom

...floods in 2011 cost the country $16 billion in insured losses and $43 billion in overall economic losses. In parts of India, half the annual rainfall splashes onto the dusty soils in just 15 days, and...

29 Oct 2014

Threat to rivers as hydropower gets set for global boom

News / Water

Hydropower plants deplete Da Nang tap-water sources

...flooding in one month, when the rainy seasons begins. By that time, they will sustain not only “floods sent by God” but also floods sent by the hydropower plants when they discharge water.

18 Sep 2014

Hydropower plants deplete Da Nang tap-water sources

News / Policy & Finance

India’s green court punishes adventure tourists, ignores bigger polluters

...flood frequency data and earmarking zones where tourism activities can be conducted. “Also camp sites need to be auctioned in a proper manner. There needs to be a clear policy on who gets these and co...

23 Dec 2015

India’s green court punishes adventure tourists, ignores bigger polluters

News / Carbon & Climate

What will the world look like in 2100?

...flooding if no efforts are made to mitigate climate change. The frequency and intensity of flooding events in Southeast Asia is also set to increase by 77 per cent. Even as flood risks in the region i...

18 Jul 2014

What will the world look like in 2100?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Big polluters, pay up

...flood path of a glacial lake. And the signatories of the Peoples’ Declaration for Climate Justice from Pacific Island countries are committed to bringing a case against big polluters for activities re...

23 Oct 2015

Big polluters, pay up

News / Food & Agriculture

New seeds of hope for Nepal’s farmers

...floods. This is particularly good news for countries such as Nepal, where around 65 per cent of its more than 26 million people are involved in agriculture. Rice is the country’s most important crop, ...

31 Jul 2014

New seeds of hope for Nepal’s farmers

News / Carbon & Climate

Meeting climate goals: Four things companies can do

...floods, droughts, and other climate impacts. Mats Anderson, chief executive of the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, or AP4, shared that while institutional investors have long supported ambitiou...

8 Dec 2015

Meeting climate goals: Four things companies can do

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Big Oil, Big Tobacco, Big Lies

...floods – and acknowledging, finally, that human activity is propelling rapid climate change. But guess what? Exxon (now ExxonMobil) had an inkling of this as early as 1978. By the early 1980s, Exxon s...

12 Oct 2015

Big Oil, Big Tobacco, Big Lies

News / Cities

Co-creating the future city

...flood-risk mitigation. The other part of it is food security because climate change can also affect global food supply, and we will be vulnerable because we import most of our food. So we’re also look...

11 Aug 2016

Co-creating the future city

News / Manufacturing

Lahar export firm lauded by DENR

...floods. It also deepens the channel and provides passage for overflowing flood waters, Claudio said. “ Dredging and extracting lahar sand activity along the Zambales’ main Bucao river channel has dec...

11 Aug 2014

Lahar export firm lauded by DENR

News / Carbon & Climate

East Kalimantan reaffirms moratorium on new mining, logging concessions

...flooding which has cost the city millions of dollars in damages.

10 Mar 2015

East Kalimantan reaffirms moratorium on new mining, logging concessions

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Why 2016 will be the best year yet for climate justice

...flooding in some regions and dire water shortages in others have resulted in food crises, mass migration, and economic mayhem. And although the United States and much of Europe have also experienced u...

18 Feb 2016

Why 2016 will be the best year yet for climate justice