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Climate change script reflects harsh realities

...flooding maps, initially developed for the Mekong Delta and HCM City, for the Red River Delta in the north as well as for coastal provinces in the central region. Viet Nam is presently known as one of...

8 Sep 2011

Climate change script reflects harsh realities

News / Policy & Finance

Going green for national development

...flood and drought—and generate millions of jobs and create livelihood opportunities for the poor who are worst affected by climate change. “Everything must be put in the context of climate change—[in]...

25 Feb 2012

Going green for national development

News / Water

South Asian experts urge for climate change adaptation

...floods and cause increased glacial retreat, leading to loss of water storage capacity, destabilization of slopes and glacial lake outburst floods, increased snowmelt and runoff, affecting river water ...

22 May 2011

South Asian experts urge for climate change adaptation

News / Policy & Finance

US solar tariffs on Chinese cells may boost prices

...flooding of the market with Chinese imports.” China will probably retaliate, said Dan Ikenson, director of the Washington-based Cato Institute’s Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies. “If...

18 May 2012

US solar tariffs on Chinese cells may boost prices

News / Food & Agriculture

Healthy ecosystems essential for future food security: global report

...floods. ‘The degradation of these other services has already caused the loss of soil nutrients and an increase of soil salinity, which in turn has decreased food production in many major cropping area...

6 Sep 2011

Healthy ecosystems essential for future food security: global report

Press Releases / Eco-Business

ADB annual meeting to gather ministers, experts to discuss key issues for Asia

...Floods and earthquakes in the region have added to the pressure. Meanwhile, environmental degradation and climate change, growing and ageing populations, and global economic rebalancing are among t...

14 Apr 2011

ADB annual meeting to gather ministers, experts to discuss key issues for Asia

News / Energy

Work begins on Song Tranh No 4 hydropower plant

...flooding in the lowlands.

25 Apr 2011

Work begins on Song Tranh No 4 hydropower plant

News / Carbon & Climate

Green programs axed to pay for floods

Green programs have been hit hard by spending cuts to help pay for rebuilding in flood-devastated parts of Australia. They include Julia Gillard's much derided $394 million “cash for clunkers” program...

27 Jan 2011

Green programs axed to pay for floods

News / Carbon & Climate

Singapore braces for climate change

...flooding. The project, which could take three years to complete, will find out how climate change impacts Singapore's biodiversity and public health. Besides the floods, there was also trouble offshor...

23 Dec 2010

Singapore braces for climate change

Press Releases / Eco-Business

FAO says traditional crops key to facing climate change

...floods, droughts, plant pests, plant diseases and other factors. "The effects of climate change on agriculture do not respect national borders, they cover entire agro-ecological zones," said Shakeel B...

14 Nov 2011

FAO says traditional crops key to facing climate change

News / Water

Thirsty South Asia's river rifts threaten "water wars"

...flood control. Hydropower is a critical part of India's energy security strategy and New Delhi plans to use part of it to reach about 40 percent of people who are currently off the grid. A severe powe...

23 Jul 2012

Thirsty South Asia's river rifts threaten "water wars"

News / Carbon & Climate

Singapore to have more climate specialists

...floods, it will become more critical to understand what the future climate and weather patterns could be. The Meteorological Service has about 40 meteorologists and the centre plans to have about 15 r...

22 Oct 2011

Singapore to have more climate specialists

News / Policy & Finance

China firm "shocked" by Myanmar dam halt

...flooded an area about the size of Singapore, creating a 766-square-km (296-square-mile) reservoir, mainly to serve China's growing energy needs. China would have imported 90 percent of its power. It h...

3 Oct 2011

China firm "shocked" by Myanmar dam halt

News / Policy & Finance

Cities told: plan for future water crises

...floods and other climatic shocks. Read the full story on The Australian: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/cities-told-plan-for-future-water-crises/story-fn59niix-1226034977358

7 Apr 2011

Cities told: plan for future water crises

News / Policy & Finance

Solar industry gloom over green scheme cut

...flood rebuilding effort. Wayne Petridis, general manager of hot water at Solargain, yesterday said this week's move to slash $160 million from the rebate scheme could potentially cripple the sector. "...

29 Jan 2011

Solar industry gloom over green scheme cut

News / Carbon & Climate

Tuvalu 'to run out of water by Tuesday'

...floods. Parts of the capital, Funafuti, and a number of outer islands, were the worst hit areas. Murray McCully, the New Zealand foreign minister, said a defence service C-130 plane on Monday flew ...

3 Oct 2011

Tuvalu 'to run out of water by Tuesday'

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Why development aid is not enough, by Erik Solheim

...floods, drought, dramatically reduced food production, and a great loss of our precious biodiversity. All of this would obviously lead to a dramatic increase in poverty around the world, but, as alway...

12 Jan 2012

Why development aid is not enough, by Erik Solheim

News / Carbon & Climate

Draft UN climate accord emerges, debate turns ugly

...floods, increased crop failures and sea levels could rise to levels that would submerge several small island nations, who are holding out for more ambitious targets in emissions cuts.

10 Dec 2011

Draft UN climate accord emerges, debate turns ugly

News / Food & Agriculture

Record high greenhouse gases to linger for decades

...floods. Delegates from nearly 200 countries will meet in South Africa next week for a U.N. summit but only modest steps toward a broader climate deal are seen as likely. Hotting up The WMO said greenh...

21 Nov 2011

Record high greenhouse gases to linger for decades

News / Carbon & Climate

S.Africa minister says Durban climate deal unlikely

...floods. "There is likelihood that it will be adopted," she said, dismissing concerns the United States and Saudi Arabia, who raised objections on the fund's design, might try to block it. "At the end ...

4 Nov 2011

S.Africa minister says Durban climate deal unlikely

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