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News / Water

Are India's big dams safe?

...flooding led to the disintegration of the dam's earthen walls. At least 5,000 people died and thousands were displaced in Morbi and Rajkot towns. In 2008, a dam on the Saptakoshi river on the India-...

11 Aug 2014

Are India's big dams safe?

News / Carbon & Climate

Natural world feels the heat as temperatures soar

...flood, where did the moisture come from? Could it be linked to high ocean temperatures that in turn could be linked to human-induced climate change? Put like that, it might be possible to make connect...

13 Jul 2015

Natural world feels the heat as temperatures soar

News / Water

'Clearing of mangroves caused floods'

...flooded the inland areas," said Meor Razak yesterday. He said the mangrove forests acted as a buffer that "absorb" incoming tidal waves, effectively stopping the tidal floods from coming inland. "Thei...

5 May 2014

'Clearing of mangroves caused floods'

News / Corporate Responsibility

Are corporates coming on board to tackle climate change?

...floods and accompanying social upheavals. It makes sense to invest in stability. Lastly, this is the future of competitiveness. Either you do it now, or you will be left behind. Any business looking t...

13 Jan 2016

Are corporates coming on board to tackle climate change?

News / Carbon & Climate

Ban Ki-Moon joins 310,000-strong march for climate action

...flooded by Hurricane Sandy, New York political leaders and indigenous people fighting oil companies in Latin America, chanted, sang and danced in an appeal to global leaders to act on climate change. ...

22 Sep 2014

Ban Ki-Moon joins 310,000-strong march for climate action

News / Food & Agriculture

Why Australians are using sunblock to protect grape crops

...floods, to bushfires and a burning sun. A nation's prosperity could now depend on how it adapts to a warmer future. "The tyranny of extreme climate has shaped us," says Tim Harcourt from the Universit...

6 Jan 2015

Why Australians are using sunblock to protect grape crops

News / Policy & Finance

Pakistan court orders government to enforce climate law

...Flood Commission, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and others also failed to show that tangible progress has been made in delivering adaptation measures. In light of this apparent inaction, the judge obser...

28 Sep 2015

Pakistan court orders government to enforce climate law

Opinion / Water

Urban jungle: Jakarta’s Green Wall

...flooding. Most Jakarta residents claim that the flooding is caused by excess water flowing from Bogor, which is upstream from Jakarta. I think this perception is probably true to a degree, combined wi...

20 May 2014

Urban jungle: Jakarta’s Green Wall

News / Carbon & Climate

Ditch UN temperature target for global warming, study says

...floods, heat waves, droughts and rising sea levels. "Politically and scientifically, the 2 degree C goal is wrong-headed," David Victor and Charles Kennel, both professors at the University of Califor...

2 Oct 2014

Ditch UN temperature target for global warming, study says

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The Paris paradox

...floods, lower reservoir levels, drier weather exacerbating the annual haze; and an even more volatile world threatened with food, energy and water insecurity. The global effort to tackle climate chang...

9 Dec 2015

The Paris paradox

News / Food & Agriculture

New water-saving irrigation system tested in Xinjiang

...flood irrigation. According to Zhu Jun, a professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology and the inventor of TQI technology, the test project in Hami has achieved several breakthroughs in ...

3 Sep 2014

New water-saving irrigation system tested in Xinjiang

News / Policy & Finance

Climate change is the biggest risk: Lucille Sering

...floods and how to address them. Even as the Philippines embark on a low emission development strategy, including increasing the national budget for climate change actions and programmes, the cost of d...

3 Feb 2015

Climate change is the biggest risk: Lucille Sering

News / Carbon & Climate

Rising sea levels could affect one-fifth of HCM City by 2100

...floods caused by climate change are unavoidable, and added that the most urgent and effective measure for now is building a system of sewers to control the floods. However, Phi said the designed syste...

18 Jun 2014

Rising sea levels could affect one-fifth of HCM City by 2100

Research / Global Green Growth Institute

Unleashing Green Growth in the Mekong Delta

...flood and salinity intrusion to third rice crop cultivation, rapid urbanization and large-scale infrastructure. A smart, comprehensive solution is needed to counter and mitigate the negative impact of...

17 Jul 2014

Unleashing Green Growth in the Mekong Delta

Press Releases / Via Expo

Save the Life 2015 launched to respond to the climate change

...flood; first-aid medical equipment; ICT disaster management; personal protective equipment and clothing; civil protection, etc. EverGlow from Germany will showcase reliable and effective, non-electri...

15 Jan 2015

Save the Life 2015 launched to respond to the climate change

News / Water

Ladakhi villagers invent new ‘ice stupa’ water storage

...flooding. Cones of ice Wangchuk noticed that the speed of glacier melt was related to the surface area of ice exposed to sun and wind. If ice was stored in a cone shape, with vertical sides so only th...

23 Dec 2014

Ladakhi villagers invent new ‘ice stupa’ water storage

News / Policy & Finance

Can new climate finance numbers clear fog around $100bln goal?

New figures due out in early October are expected to show how much funding to help developing states address climate change needs to be drummed up to meet a 2020 pledge of $100 billion a year, dispers...

18 Sep 2015

Can new climate finance numbers clear fog around $100bln goal?

News / Carbon & Climate

Fall of ancient civilization offers climate warning

...floods, a fine rate of exchange…” to mark a new accession to the throne. But by 657 BC, another letter stated that “this year’s rains were diminished and no harvest was reaped”. In fact, Assyrian engi...

20 Nov 2014

Fall of ancient civilization offers climate warning

News / Carbon & Climate

Tree truths: Dense forests mowed down and new, sparse cover can't hold the soil

...floods and landslides in Uttarakhand may in reality indicate a trend likely to recur across the country - as over the years huge tracts of 'dense' forests having the capacity to hold soil and protect ...

1 Aug 2014

Tree truths: Dense forests mowed down and new, sparse cover can't hold the soil