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Anti-flood tank design tried and tested

...floods in the area is not the first in Singapore. It is likely to be similar to a smaller version built in Opera Estate near Siglap in 2001 to reduce the risk of floods there, according to plans unvei...

26 Jul 2012

Anti-flood tank design tried and tested

News / Waste

Jakarta passes sweeping waste management regulation

...floods in Jakarta,” he said.

22 May 2013

Jakarta passes sweeping waste management regulation

News / Carbon & Climate

Evidence for climate extremes, costs, gets more local

...Floods Another report last year indicated that floods 12 years ago in Britain - among the countries most easily studied because of it has long records - were made more likely by warming. And climate s...

27 Jul 2012

Evidence for climate extremes, costs, gets more local

News / Food & Agriculture

Climate action plan needed

...floods or droughts. We just see relief when there is damage. What we need is resilience help – requiring the government to build good irrigation channels so that when it floods or a drought happens, t...

12 Oct 2012

Climate action plan needed

News / Energy

Hydropower 2012: Gray picture

Consecutive earthquakes occurred in the Song Tranh 2 hydropower plant area with increasing intensity and frequency was the center of the press in 2012. As reported by the People's Committee of Bac T...

3 Jan 2013

Hydropower 2012: Gray picture

News / Carbon & Climate

Cost of combating climate change surges as world delays - study

...floods, heatwaves, droughts and rising sea levels. "If you delay action by 10, 20 years you significantly reduce the chances of meeting the 2 degree target," said Keywan Riahi, one of the authors of t...

2 Jan 2013

Cost of combating climate change surges as world delays - study

News / Water

How to climate-proof marine reserves

...flood runoff also move unpredictably. Marine protected areas, he said, should also be moved and configured so that they will not be affected by climate events. The findings come amid the ongoing clima...

27 Nov 2012

How to climate-proof marine reserves

News / Carbon & Climate

WMO: Above-average temperature for 2012 get relief from La Nina

2012 has so far witnessed bouts of high temperature, extreme weather events and an unprecedented melting of the Arctic sea ice, reported the World Meteorological Organization in a provisional statemen...

28 Nov 2012

WMO: Above-average temperature for 2012 get relief from La Nina

News / Water

World Bank returns to hydropower solution for poor nations' development

...flooded areas and destroy the livelihoods of the people the institution is supposed to help. A 2009 World Bank review of hydropower noted the “overwhelming environmental and social risks” that had to...

17 May 2013

World Bank returns to hydropower solution for poor nations' development

News / Carbon & Climate

Agriculture issues at the UN climate talks pushed to next year

...flood and drought, developed countries have been reluctant to provide adaptation funds. Due to these differing views, negotiators have been unable to come to a consensus on the issue of agricultural s...

5 Dec 2012

Agriculture issues at the UN climate talks pushed to next year

News / Green Buildings

Green buildings to help mitigate effects of floods

...flood zones but for some reasons, they are being converted into building zones.” One way to address flooding, he said, is to build reservoirs that essentially hold and store water for future use. “Hou...

29 Aug 2012

Green buildings to help mitigate effects of floods

News / Water

Urban water planning and city governance: An interview with Khoo Teng Chye

...floods. And we had severe pollution – our rivers were really open sewers. We had over-crowding and tremendous traffic problems. We had all the problems of urbanization gone wrong. “ It was an extreme...

5 Aug 2013

Urban water planning and city governance: An interview with Khoo Teng Chye

News / Carbon & Climate

Poor nations suffer worst impacts of climate change

...flooding that killed almost 900 and caused damaged worth more than $75 billion. Myanmar and Bangladesh are also among the top 10 countries that have suffered the most between 1992 and 2011. The US als...

27 Nov 2012

Poor nations suffer worst impacts of climate change

Press Releases / UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok

New resource productivity opportunities can save world up to US$3.7 trillion annually: report

...flooding. Farmers in India, Israel, Jordan, Spain and the US have shown that sub-surface drip irrigation systems can reduce water use by 30 to 70 per cent and raise crop yields by 20 to 90 per cent. T...

12 Jun 2014

New resource productivity opportunities can save world up to US$3.7 trillion annually: report

News / Food & Agriculture

Mining, plantations affect livelihoods of Kachin villagers, NGO says

...flood 766 square kilometers of farmland and forest. In recent years, the villagers were relocated to two sites, Aung Myin Tha and Mali Yan, where CPI constructed homes and community buildings for them...

29 May 2013

Mining, plantations affect livelihoods of Kachin villagers, NGO says

News / Carbon & Climate

Jakarta vulnerable to climate change, report says

...floods caused by climate change, along with the food insecurity that may arise as a result of these floods. Fauzi noted as an example the Jakarta flood of February 2007, considered the city's worst fl...

3 May 2012

Jakarta vulnerable to climate change, report says

News / Water

Thailand’s biggest water provider rises after profit gain

...floods in almost 70 years in 2011. Eastern Water is also benefiting from an increase in industrial activity in eastern Rayong province, where General Motors and Ford Motor have plants, after some manu...

10 Aug 2012

Thailand’s biggest water provider rises after profit gain

News / Carbon & Climate

Philippines calls for climate justice after world’s worst storm

...floods, typhoons, ground movement, storm surges, and such. It is much more a function of people's vulnerability: difficult socio-economic conditions, lack of livelihoods, lack of choice but to live in...

11 Nov 2013

Philippines calls for climate justice after world’s worst storm

News / Energy

Solar-powered school-boats in Bangladesh lauded

A solar-powered floating school project in Bangladesh has been nominated for an award at the World Innovation Summit in Education in Doha, Qatar. The proponents of the project – the non-profit organis...

19 Nov 2012

Solar-powered school-boats in Bangladesh lauded

News / Water

PUB to build detention tank, diversion canal at Stamford Canal Catchment

National water agency PUB will build a detention tank and diversion canal at Stamford Canal Catchment to better deal with intense storms and flash floods. The detention tank and diversion canal will b...

19 Jul 2012

PUB to build detention tank, diversion canal at Stamford Canal Catchment

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