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Director calls for prompt climate-change action

...flooding has occurred at 155 out of 322 wards around the city. During its peak, flooding occupied 110,000ha of urban land, affecting about one million residents. Kiet forecast that the frequency of fl...

23 Sep 2011

Director calls for prompt climate-change action

News / Food & Agriculture

Flooding in Southeast Asia may cause food shortages, UN says

...floodwaters, he said. Thailand’s main harvest, which typically accounts for 70 percent of annual production, was forecast by the government at 25.8 million tons before the floods. The Philippines lost...

23 Oct 2011

Flooding in Southeast Asia may cause food shortages, UN says

News / Policy & Finance

Hock Seng Lee to be a beneficiary of booming SCORE, Samalaju projects

...flood mitigation packages in Sibu worth RM250 million, the development of a port and additional water treatment plants at Samalaju and various road and rural water supply jobs. With the numerous large...

11 Feb 2012

Hock Seng Lee to be a beneficiary of booming SCORE, Samalaju projects

News / Water

Thousands being moved from China's Three Gorges - again

...floods, and raise them in winter. The change softens the slopes along its banks, Fan said. "It's like a person who's standing in place, if you push and pull him, he'll definitely not be as stable as b...

22 Aug 2012

Thousands being moved from China's Three Gorges - again

News / Manufacturing

Trina seeks partners in shift away from solar-panel production

...flood the market, economies stagnate and governments curb subsidies for renewable energy. The oversupply has dragged down prices, contributing to losses for Trina and triggering a move into power-plan...

11 Sep 2012

Trina seeks partners in shift away from solar-panel production

News / Policy & Finance

Minister seeks review of Gold Coast desalination operation

...flood by keeping Brisbane supplied with drinking water. "I understand, however, that the supply could have done so with its original 50,000 m³/d capacity," McArdle said. The plant is operated under an...

5 Jun 2012

Minister seeks review of Gold Coast desalination operation

News / Energy

Kudankulam nuclear plant can be shut if found unsafe

...flooding, as it happened in the case of Fukushima. KKNPP is a 3+ generation nuclear power plant and its design incorporates advanced safety features complying with current standards of redundancy, rel...

28 Sep 2012

Kudankulam nuclear plant can be shut if found unsafe

Opinion / Cities

Forging a greener tomorrow

...floods; these floods had afflicted parts of Singapore, causing deaths and millions of dollars in damages. The Anti-Pollution Unit (APU) was set up under the Prime Minister’s Office in 1970 to tackle i...

26 Sep 2012

Forging a greener tomorrow

News / Manufacturing

Siam Cement Group sees Philippines as a key market

...flood disruptions resulted to lower demand and higher logistics expenses.

8 Feb 2012

Siam Cement Group sees Philippines as a key market

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change hits home

Cambodia's deadly floodwaters, storms and droughts are the result of global climate change, Minister for Environment Mok Mareth told the Second National Forum on Climate Change yesterday. “In the last...

4 Oct 2011

Climate change hits home

Press Releases / Synergy Events Asia

Australia upgrading water grid infrastructure across states to improve water conservation and efficiency

...floods. In order to improve ageing assets as well as offset the effects of global warming, several Australian water utilities have recently been involved in projects towards the upgrading and optimisa...

9 Oct 2012

Australia upgrading water grid infrastructure across states to improve water conservation and efficiency

News / Carbon & Climate

Plan now for climate-related disasters: UN report

...floods and a probable rise in the intensity of droughts. Aimed largely at policymakers, the report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change makes clear nations need to act now, because increas...

28 Mar 2012

Plan now for climate-related disasters: UN report

News / Food & Agriculture

Wheat scientists seek to slow crop fungus in Africa, Asia

...floods and droughts -- like the one affecting the United States this year -- are likely to become more frequent because of manmade climate change. Scientists were also studying ways to limit a woody p...

30 Aug 2012

Wheat scientists seek to slow crop fungus in Africa, Asia

News / Policy & Finance

SolarWorld says unfair China policies rate import penalties

...flooded the global market, leading to a price collapse, Gordon Brinser, president of SolarWorld’s US unit, said today at an International Trade Commission hearing in Washington. “China’s massive gover...

4 Oct 2012

SolarWorld says unfair China policies rate import penalties

News / Carbon & Climate

Flooding rains plain truth of climate change: scientist

...floodplains subject to extreme weather events such as floods, storm surges, landslides and rising sea levels, unable to migrate because they are too poor or ill-equipped, or because they are restricte...

21 Oct 2011

Flooding rains plain truth of climate change: scientist

News / Energy

Call to scrap environmentally damaging hydropower projects

...flood seallasons, according to the Viet Nam Union of Science and Technology Association (VUSTA). Most hydropower reservoirs only focus on protecting themselves from floods and not on downstream areas....

10 Sep 2011

Call to scrap environmentally damaging hydropower projects

News / Carbon & Climate

Asia, Africa megacities top climate change risk survey

Rapidly growing megacities in Africa and Asia face the highest risks from rising sea levels, floods and other climate change impacts, says a global survey aimed at guiding city planners and investors....

25 Oct 2011

Asia, Africa megacities top climate change risk survey

Opinion / Energy

Malaysian leader lures investors with promise of 'responsible' dams

...flood an area of 388 square kilometers. Unless reforms are made, the risk of conflict remains high. By gaining the IHA’s support, Mr. Taib has succeeded in giving many investors the impression that th...

20 Jun 2013

Malaysian leader lures investors with promise of 'responsible' dams

News / Waste

EcoWaste Coalition wants waste-disposal facilities assessed by government

...flooding, soil erosion, leachate spillage, ‘garbageslide’ and other health and environmental hazards as we have seen in the past,” EcoWaste Coalition coordinator Edwin Alejo said. “It is possible that...

8 Aug 2012

EcoWaste Coalition wants waste-disposal facilities assessed by government

News / Energy

PLN ready to build Jatigede hydro power plant

...floods in West Java`s northern coastal areas, particularly between Cirebon and Indramayu. The construction of the hydro power plant will cost an estimated US$224.4 million. Bambang said PLN was in the...

15 Dec 2011

PLN ready to build Jatigede hydro power plant

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