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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

News / Water

100 bln yuan to improve water utilities

Shanghai is to invest up to 100 billion (US$16 billion) yuan over the next five years to improve its water utilities, city authorities said yesterday. The cash will be spent on an anti-flood system, t...

23 Mar 2012

100 bln yuan to improve water utilities

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Melting on top of the world, by Stefan Rahmstorf

...flooding along vulnerable coasts worldwide. Greenland’s meltwater accounts for one-fifth of the global sea-level rise over the last decade. If its ice sheet melted completely, sea levels would rise by...

10 Sep 2012

Melting on top of the world, by Stefan Rahmstorf

Press Releases / Eco-Business

Tiger conservation gains threatened by proposed dam

...flood and drought problems. These measures include better water management, improved irrigation, and building smaller dams outside protected areas. “Years of successful conservation efforts will be wa...

28 Aug 2012

Tiger conservation gains threatened by proposed dam

News / Carbon & Climate

Companies cooling on global warming

...flooding and other threats be assessed and made public at a federal level. For business, the institute calls for the disclosure of material climate risks and the strategies reviewed regularly and disc...

29 Oct 2012

Companies cooling on global warming

News / Energy

Da River closed for power plant construction

...flood prevention works and resettlement of residents in affected areas. EVN general director Pham Le Thanh said at the ceremony that the plant would add a huge amount of electricity to the national gr...

24 Apr 2012

Da River closed for power plant construction

News / Policy & Finance

South Korea picked as HQ of new UN Green Climate Fund

...floods, droughts, heatwaves and rising sea levels. So far, there has been no discussion by the fund about how to raise $100 billion, from public and private sources. The fund is now empty and the econ...

20 Oct 2012

South Korea picked as HQ of new UN Green Climate Fund

News / Water

HCM City to eliminate 10 flood spots

...flooding at 10 of 31 spots in the city by the end of the year. Speaking at a meeting on Tuesday, Nguyen Huu Tin, deputy chairman of the People's Committee, said the Steering Centre for Anti-flooding P...

5 Jan 2012

HCM City to eliminate 10 flood spots

News / Policy & Finance

UN chief urges Doha climate talks to deliver progress

...flooding and drought in all parts of the world. “Acting now makes better economic sense than allowing further delay. That is why it is imperative that we act now, with urgency and with clear purpose, ...

5 Dec 2012

UN chief urges Doha climate talks to deliver progress

News / Water

Underground caverns could solve flooding woes

Building rock caverns under reservoirs to capture storm water could be a possible solution to flooding and water shortage issues in Singapore. Such caverns would also reduce the energy spent on desali...

23 Mar 2012

Underground caverns could solve flooding woes

News / Water

Funds needed for dam inspections

...flooded whenever water rose to warning level 2. Dinh said that it took about VND400-500 million (US$19,000-23,800) to inspect each reservoir - funds which the locality did not have to spare. The compa...

24 Sep 2012

Funds needed for dam inspections

News / Water

Experts warn against sea dyke proposal

...flood prevention in HCM City. Speaking to Viet Nam News yesterday, Director of the agriculture ministrys Dyke Management and Flood and Storm Control Department Nguyen Xuan Dieu said the proposal had j...

19 Mar 2012

Experts warn against sea dyke proposal

News / Carbon & Climate

Anti-flood measures must also cater to droughts: Dr Balakrishnan

...flood protection should bear in mind, said Dr Balakrishnan. He said: "A prolonged drought is something which is of greater worry to me than a flash flood, which can be resolved over 15 minutes to half...

15 Jan 2012

Anti-flood measures must also cater to droughts: Dr Balakrishnan

News / Policy & Finance

Senators remind government to prepare for disasters due to climate change

...flooding with most of them found in Southeast Asian countries like the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar. Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, became a steady entry in global news recently after floo...

2 Apr 2012

Senators remind government to prepare for disasters due to climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

Bangkok heat stokes debate over mega-city planning

Five months after the worst floods in half a century, the Thai capital is facing a near record heat wave with temperatures at three-decade highs, stoking debate over the often chaotic urban planning i...

3 May 2012

Bangkok heat stokes debate over mega-city planning

News / Water

PUB to spend S$750m to improve drainage capacity

...flood protection guidelines for buildings within a year. It said this approach is in recognition that Singapore has to move beyond widening drains and building flood barriers to resolve its flood prob...

30 Jan 2012

PUB to spend S$750m to improve drainage capacity

News / Cities

Surbana's design footprints - red-dotting the world

...flood level. CleanTech One CleanTech One (CTO) condenses a usable floor area of almost half a million square feet into a compact capsule-like form. This is achieved through the use of the perforated s...

9 Dec 2013

Surbana's design footprints - red-dotting the world

News / Policy & Finance

Global CO2 price of $50 may avert climate catastrophe, MIT says

...floods and droughts across the world. “Not only will it be close to impossible to achieve the 2 degrees mark without China’s participation, but emissions reductions will also be more expensive,” accor...

25 May 2012

Global CO2 price of $50 may avert climate catastrophe, MIT says

News / Water

Government mulls tapping groundwater

...floods in Thailand end of last year will ever happen in Malaysia. "But some think that it is a very sustainable way of supplying water in the country," he said. He added that what was more pressing fo...

12 Apr 2012

Government mulls tapping groundwater

News / Energy

China adopts plan boosting nuclear security

...flood-control, and the design, construction and operation of nuclear power plants are all carefully managed, said the statement. These remarks derive from a series of security checks on China's more t...

1 Jun 2012

China adopts plan boosting nuclear security