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News / Water

Aquatic rafts aim to clean river

...floods. Also, aquatic plants are planted on the rafts. Deputy Director of the company, Hoang The Hung, said aquatic plants play a role in cleaning polluted water, due to their roots and bodies that fi...

5 Jan 2015

Aquatic rafts aim to clean river

News / Energy

Activists slam Taipower’s nuclear waste plan

...floods. He said that nuclear waste reprocessing is aimed at recycling and reusing fissile materials — which are resold to international companies and governments — and that highly radioactive remnants...

4 Mar 2015

Activists slam Taipower’s nuclear waste plan

News / Carbon & Climate

Muaro Jambi struggling to protect peatland forests

The tropical peatland forests in Muaro Jambi regency — which are integral to the local ecosystem as they preserve water resources and serve as a flood and biodiversity buffer — are depleting due to ba...

30 May 2014

Muaro Jambi struggling to protect peatland forests

News / Corporate Responsibility

What does climate change mean for business?

...floods in Thailand – which destroyed factories owned by multinational giants such as Seagate and Honda – as a reminder that even if extreme weather events do not happen in Singapore, they can have an ...

10 Sep 2015

What does climate change mean for business?

News / Cities

Infrastructure Australia audit reveals huge challenge of city sustainability

...floods alone was estimated at $5-6 billion.” The report said that due to projected population growth in our major cities and growth in the Australian economy, without investment in new transport capac...

26 May 2015

Infrastructure Australia audit reveals huge challenge of city sustainability

News / Carbon & Climate

Cut carbon now to avoid climate tipping points

...flooding in some places, more sustained droughts in others, and accelerate sea level rise. And, once again, they find that governments have underestimated the price to be paid by society for carbon di...

6 Apr 2015

Cut carbon now to avoid climate tipping points

News / Carbon & Climate

Scientists zero in on only solution to climate crisis

...floods. “We would never consider this level of risk in any other walk of life, yet we seem prepared to take this risk with our planet. Conversely, the scientific evidence shows that we can create a po...

23 Apr 2015

Scientists zero in on only solution to climate crisis

News / Corporate Responsibility

Business is about creating social value: Jan Peter Balkenende

...floods and rising sea levels. Image: Shutterstock.com Values: the DNA of a business Balkenende, who was in Singapore last month for the Ecosperity 2015 conference held by Temasek Holdings, has been a...

26 Oct 2015

Business is about creating social value: Jan Peter Balkenende

News / Water

India renews “disastrous” river-linking project

...floods in check: “Only one-fifth of the Ganga flow will be diverted. How can that prevent floods? There is no scientific basis to it.” Patkar also fears that the project could lead to the privatisatio...

21 Nov 2014

India renews “disastrous” river-linking project

News / Energy

World Bank to fund ecologically safe power projects

...flood in Uttarakhand was also blamed on hydro projects for intensifying the magnitude. Hydropower projects are generally made to generate electricity by making dams and reservoirs to provide hydraulic...

11 Aug 2014

World Bank to fund ecologically safe power projects

Press Releases / Witteveen+Bos South-East Asia Pte. Ltd.

Witteveen+Bos expands in Southeast Asia

...flood defences, land reclamation, urban planning, ports, hydraulic engineering, transport economics, and household and industrial wastewater. We are able to help develop comprehensive solutions that t...

8 Oct 2014

Witteveen+Bos expands in Southeast Asia

News / Policy & Finance

Insurance companies increase premium for hydropower plants

Insurance companies have raised the premium for hydropower plants across the country after last year's flash floods in Uttarakhand that led to huge claims. Companies like National Insurance Co Ltd, Un...

2 May 2014

Insurance companies increase premium for hydropower plants

News / Food & Agriculture

Farming on sand

...floods also bring invasive plant species that colonise agricultural lands. More than 40 per cent of Assam’s geographical area is designated as being flood prone: more than 1.5 million people were disp...

11 Mar 2014

Farming on sand

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The climate question in EU-China talks

...floods do not imperil the value of the assets they invest in. There are more immediate concerns. Efforts to reduce greenhouse gases, whether by pricing carbon emissions, incentivizing renewables or pr...

25 Jun 2015

The climate question in EU-China talks

News / Water

Pakistan has only 30 days of water reserves - researchers

...flooding in some parts of the country will continue to damage crops, increase soil erosion and delay planting and harvesting, he said. Pakistan ranks ninth among countries most affected by floods, acc...

9 Apr 2014

Pakistan has only 30 days of water reserves - researchers

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Asian businesses must accept the new risk reality

...flooding in the Himalayas to intense typhoons in Southeast Asia, evidence is mounting that our 20th century institutions and infrastructure are inadequate to deal with 21st century risks. The greenhou...

20 Oct 2014

Asian businesses must accept the new risk reality

News / Carbon & Climate

Australia sees chance of El Nino at 70 per cent, some signs ease

...floods and drought in different parts of the globe, hitting crops and food supply. US and Japanese weather forecasters also expect an El Nino to develop.

18 Jun 2014

Australia sees chance of El Nino at 70 per cent, some signs ease

News / Water

Govt inaugurates Rp 270b reservoir in East Kalimantan

...floods. "The Teritip reservoir plays an important role in Balikpapan because the city is a center for industry that will continue to develop," Public Works Minister Djoko Kirmanto said in a statement ...

14 Apr 2014

Govt inaugurates Rp 270b reservoir in East Kalimantan

News / Water

Jakarta Great Sea Wall to have serious waste impact: Walhi

...flooding by eight per cent. In essence coastal communities do not benefit from the project," he said. Walhi plans to conduct a study related to the development of JGSW. "We will conduct a study relat...

28 Oct 2014

Jakarta Great Sea Wall to have serious waste impact: Walhi