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Pakistan builds earthquake-resistant solar homes

...floods and earthquakes. “It is an investment to build disaster-resilient structures," he said. "And we should not compromise on human safety just to save a few hundred pennies."

16 Jun 2014

Pakistan builds earthquake-resistant solar homes

News / Carbon & Climate

Australia awaits still hotter summers

...flooding and devastating bushfires early this year – the southern hemisphere summer – were certainly not expected. “This extreme summer is not only remarkable for its record-breaking nature but also b...

8 Jul 2013

Australia awaits still hotter summers

News / Water

Penang state secretary Farizan to tackle floods with natural disaster team

The Penang state government has appointed state secretary Datuk Farizan Darus to lead the state's natural disaster committee to manage the flash flood in George Town. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said ...

8 Apr 2013

Penang state secretary Farizan to tackle floods with natural disaster team

News / Carbon & Climate

Philippines upgrades its disaster mitigating technology

...floods in Jakarta, Indonesia and it can be applied in the Philippines. Dr. Alfredo Francisco Mahar Lagmay of Project NOAH disclosed that InaSAFE will be integrated into Project NOAH to supplement exis...

18 Jun 2013

Philippines upgrades its disaster mitigating technology

News / Carbon & Climate

Pacific man seeks climate change asylum in New Zealand

...flooding homes. New Zealand's Immigration and Protection Tribunal accepted the genuineness of Teitiota's claims, but said he was in the same position as other residents of Kiribati, which was taking a...

16 Oct 2013

Pacific man seeks climate change asylum in New Zealand

News / Carbon & Climate

World Parks Congress: why parks are more than just pretty places

...floods or landslides. Over 90 per cent of listed natural sites provide income from tourism and recreation and create jobs, with the Great Barrier Reef WHA for example generating $5.2 billion a year in...

20 Nov 2014

World Parks Congress: why parks are more than just pretty places

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Sustainable Asset Management join the FT Ethical Investment Conference

...flood prevention schemes often extend beyond the plantations and into nearby villages. A patent pending organic inoculation system, to induce agarwood yield in the Aquilaria trees, also minimises the ...

24 Oct 2013

Sustainable Asset Management join the FT Ethical Investment Conference

News / Carbon & Climate

Haze back in Riau as farmers slash and burn

...floods across Java. The local authorities in Riau and affected areas of Kalimantan have appealed to residents to wear a mask outdoors. Dumai residents such as Rahimi, who is in her 30s, fear a repeat ...

6 Feb 2014

Haze back in Riau as farmers slash and burn

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Mandaluyong to implement total ban on plastic bags in 2014

...floods and flashfloods during heavy rains,” the ordinance read. The new ordinance repeals the one approved in 2011 which outlined the city government’s plastic ban policy.

17 Dec 2013

Mandaluyong to implement total ban on plastic bags in 2014

News / Carbon & Climate

Planning, mitigation plans ignore climate change, experts say

...flood reports from Queensland and Victoria. Her team analysed how effective flood mitigation strategies were and compared them to initiatives in China, The Netherlands and the US. Dr Hussey said she w...

21 Mar 2013

Planning, mitigation plans ignore climate change, experts say

News / Carbon & Climate

Impact on Asia: the IPCC climate change report

...flooding linked to extreme rainfall events and sea-level rise increases from around 40 per cent under 15 cm sea-level rise above present (which could occur by the 2030s).” Aside from flooding, the ris...

1 Oct 2013

Impact on Asia: the IPCC climate change report

News / Water

9 leaders sign Chiang Mai pact

Heads of state attending the second Asia-Pacific Water Summit yesterday jointly pledged to prevent their economies and societies from flood and drought disasters. The joint declaration was made at the...

21 May 2013

9 leaders sign Chiang Mai pact

News / Carbon & Climate

Philippines needs a climate change awareness campaign

...flooding yet for the year due to Tropical Storm Trami. The thirteenth tropical storm to hit the Philippines this 2013, Trami intensified the seasonal southwest monsoon rains, leaving at least 17 peopl...

26 Aug 2013

Philippines needs a climate change awareness campaign

News / Carbon & Climate

China approves controversial nitrous dioxide carbon offsets

...flooded with "junk" offsets with limited or no environmental value. "China should ban the use of credits from industrial gas projects, or discount their value," said Lin Jiaqiao with Beijing-based Gre...

24 Jan 2014

China approves controversial nitrous dioxide carbon offsets

News / Carbon & Climate

World suffered unprecedented climate extremes in past decade: WMO

The world suffered unprecedented climate extremes in the decade to 2010, from heatwaves in Europe and droughts in Australia to floods in Pakistan, against a backdrop of global warming, a United Nation...

4 Jul 2013

World suffered unprecedented climate extremes in past decade: WMO

News / Carbon & Climate

Emissions rate puts billion more at risk

...floods, droughts and a subsequent loss of crop production. Dire consequences The scientists use their findings to show that the current world leaders have the key to the fate of the planet. If they re...

9 Oct 2013

Emissions rate puts billion more at risk

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The President's climate policy should focus on renewable energy R&D

...floods and hurricanes in other parts of the country. The costs of firefighting have been growing. According to Davenport: In real dollar terms, adjusted for inflation, the Forest Service and Interior ...

25 Feb 2014

The President's climate policy should focus on renewable energy R&D

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

Growing economies while avoiding deforestation

...flooding on our agricultural supply chains to the way water scarcity affects our consumers. Combating deforestation through sustainably grown crops is one of the most significant ways we can help prev...

7 Oct 2014

Growing economies while avoiding deforestation

Press Releases / GlacialTech Inc

GlacialLight Introduces Lightweight LED Flood Light With 12V DC Or 24V DC Input - GL-FD30-V2

...Flood Light with Philips Lumileds LED chips. This DC flood light automatically detects and adapts to a 12V DC or 24V DC input. GL-FD30-V2 is an ideal solution for transport flood lighting, such as for...

8 Feb 2013

GlacialLight Introduces Lightweight LED Flood Light With 12V DC Or 24V DC Input - GL-FD30-V2

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Climate change will widen the social and health gap

...flooding, direct injury and damage to infrastructure, including housing, water and sanitation systems. Poorer households are usually at higher direct health risk due to weaker structures, less safe lo...

15 Aug 2014

Climate change will widen the social and health gap

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