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News / Carbon & Climate

UN green climate fund, aiding poor, to pick HQ in 2012

...floods, droughts, heatwaves and rising sea levels. The long-term goal of the fund is to "transform the livelihoods of people responding to the impacts of climate change," Zaheer Fakir of South Africa,...

25 Aug 2012

UN green climate fund, aiding poor, to pick HQ in 2012

News / Water

Dam set to displace 100,000

...floods. However, criticism grew after more than 5 million people were displaced or affected by floods in east and south China last year, while the worst drought in 50 years plagued Hubei, Anhui and Ji...

18 Apr 2012

Dam set to displace 100,000

News / Carbon & Climate

UN green climate fund, meant to aid poor, holds first talks

...floods, droughts, heatwaves and rising sea levels. Once up and running, the Green Climate Fund is meant to manage rising aid flows. Candidates to host the fund's headquarters are Germany, Mexico, Nami...

23 Aug 2012

UN green climate fund, meant to aid poor, holds first talks

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

A Tale of Two Treaties

...flooding, an almost negligible reduction in heat waves, and so forth – total roughly $1 billion annually. Thus, in terms of bang for the buck, each dollar spent on climate policy has so far done about...

18 Dec 2012

A Tale of Two Treaties

News / Policy & Finance

Analysis: Foes of Obama climate policy prepare battle over cost of carbon

...flood risk. Think makes it a contentious figure, all the more so due to the lack of transparency around how SCC is calculated. A panel of experts from nearly a dozen agencies, including the EPA, Energ...

21 Aug 2013

Analysis: Foes of Obama climate policy prepare battle over cost of carbon

News / Policy & Finance

Thai govt touts elaborate plan to prevent floods

...flood management plan, which is expected to take 21/2 years to complete, has a number of elements. It calls for a flood forecasting and warning system and for millions of trees to be planted in wat...

5 Mar 2012

Thai govt touts elaborate plan to prevent floods

Research / Eco-Business

Report warns of ways climate change threatens food security of urban poor

...floods, typhoons, heat waves and other impacts of climate change because they tend to be located in areas more exposed to these events, and because they lack the most basic infrastructure. Tacoli say...

28 Mar 2013

Report warns of ways climate change threatens food security of urban poor

News / Carbon & Climate

New project to test climate resilience of Asian cities

...flooding. The indicators, developed with the help of the United States-based Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (ISET), willact as guidelines for cities to monitor change in a number of...

23 May 2012

New project to test climate resilience of Asian cities

News / Policy & Finance

China warns of solar trade dispute spill-over

...flooding the market with solar products at below-cost, a process known as 'dumping' that is used to take market share away from competitors. Chong Quan called the solar industry trade between the two ...

16 Sep 2012

China warns of solar trade dispute spill-over

News / Policy & Finance

Singapore agencies need to work together in flood fight

...flood barriers to keep the water out. Arguably, it is a complete management system to tackle floods at various points of the rain-water chain. But the devil is in the details. Independent engineers to...

15 Feb 2012

Singapore agencies need to work together in flood fight

News / Energy

China to flood nature reserve with latest Yangtze dam

China's Three Gorges on Thursday marked the beginning of construction for a dam that will flood the last free-flowing portion of the middle reaches of the Yangtze, the country's longest river. The 30 ...

29 Mar 2012

China to flood nature reserve with latest Yangtze dam

News / Water

Thailand to speed up water projects

...flood-prevention plans. Yingluck said the government's policy was to prevent flooding in high-value economic areas and industrial estates. During the floods late last year, more than 1,000 factories i...

5 Feb 2012

Thailand to speed up water projects

News / Waste

Millions spent to clean up rubbish which cause clogging

...floods in urban areas. Government agencies and local councils face yearly battles to clean up the drains. Government sources said more than RM40mil was spent annually to clean up monsoon drains nation...

26 Mar 2012

Millions spent to clean up rubbish which cause clogging

News / Waste

Roxas Boulevard trash flooding a grim reminder of lessons not learned

A waste and pollution watchdog said Thursday that the mountains of garbage swept onto the Baywalk area along Roxas Boulevard in Manila Wednesday by a storm surge were proof that despite people’s unfor...

2 Aug 2012

Roxas Boulevard trash flooding a grim reminder of lessons not learned

News / Policy & Finance

Coal at risk as Obama seeks to revive emissions progress

...flooding, according to the U.S. Global Change Research Program. Gore blog “We are already paying the price of carbon pollution,” former vice president and global-warming activist Al Gore said in a blo...

26 Jun 2013

Coal at risk as Obama seeks to revive emissions progress

News / Policy & Finance

Act on environment, UN urges

...floods. District governor Mak Samphea said the district also experienced drought during the dry season, resulting in a high rate of migration to Thailand. Wahlström said floods and droughts posed thre...

27 Apr 2012

Act on environment, UN urges

News / Water

Jakarta to spend $190 mln on controlling floods

...floods in the capital under the Jakarta Urgent Flood Mitigation Project (JUFMP). "US$140 million of the funds will come from World Bank loans and US$50 million from the central government and the Jaka...

31 Jan 2012

Jakarta to spend $190 mln on controlling floods

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Oily dirt

...Flooding global markets with Canadian oil would constrain global oil prices. More important, it would advance the cause of peace. Addiction to Middle East oil distorts foreign policies, causes wars, a...

20 May 2013

Oily dirt

News / Energy

Solar prices expected to keep falling in 2012

...flooded the market with cheap solar systems. Analyst Amy Song said China appears committed to a "vicious circle" of aggressive investment despite international criticism and higher tariffs in the US T...

26 Jun 2012

Solar prices expected to keep falling in 2012

News / Energy

Nine hydro power projects cancelled

...flooded if the six hydro power plants are not annulled. He also explained the reason for the licence withdrawal of the three projects. "All of them are in slow progress due to lack of money and manage...

25 Sep 2012

Nine hydro power projects cancelled