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UN report: Cities ignore climate change at their peril

...flooding. These included sub-Saharan Africa, South and South East Asia, southern Europe, the east coast of South America and the west coast of the US. Time to act Dr Clos told BBC News that while cl...

29 Mar 2011

UN report: Cities ignore climate change at their peril

News / Water

Green tax urged over Jakarta water crisis fear

...Flood Canal, and dredge its rivers. “Besides, any kind of contribution from PAM customers would never be enough to conserve green space in upstream and watershed areas,” Mauritz said. He added that me...

23 Feb 2011

Green tax urged over Jakarta water crisis fear

News / Carbon & Climate

World Bank wants urgency from Philippines on climate change

...flooding in coastal and low-lying communities. The World Bank has also offered to provide an insurance facility for local governments that need funds to cope with disasters as well as in the recovery ...

28 Apr 2011

World Bank wants urgency from Philippines on climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

Talks on UN "green fund" set for late April

...floods, storms and rising sea levels.

24 Mar 2011

Talks on UN "green fund" set for late April

News / Water

Forests are key for high quality water supply

...floods, prevent soil erosion, regulate the water table and assure a high quality water supply for people, industry and agriculture." He was speaking prior to the UN World Water Day which will be ce...

18 Mar 2011

Forests are key for high quality water supply

News / Water

Experts discuss Dong Ho Lake conservation

...flood damage downstream of Giang Thanh River. All related departments and agencies had to begin working together soon on these goals, he said. However, Sa noted that no official scientific research or...

14 Nov 2011

Experts discuss Dong Ho Lake conservation

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Vietnam - the hazards of a changing climate

...flood, or one particular storm, is the result of climate change - after all, the country has experienced such phenomena for a long time. But research shows that floods and tropical storms are becoming...

16 Aug 2010

Vietnam - the hazards of a changing climate

News / Policy & Finance

World environment programs in budget crosshairs

...flood prevention in Nepal, wildlife preservation in Namibia and reef fishing in Indonesia have to do with the U.S. budget? Global conservation programs like these have all gotten help from the U.S. go...

7 Sep 2011

World environment programs in budget crosshairs

News / Water

Strategy on climate change to be done early June

...flooded. Related to a decision of Laos to postpone construction of Xayaburi Hydropower Dam, Ha of the environment ministry said that was a positive signal from the Lao government. He stressed that if ...

12 May 2011

Strategy on climate change to be done early June

News / Policy & Finance

Price of water set to rise

...floodmanagement at the national level. He said the inconsistency and lack of interest in both issues confused the business sector and affected their strategies. For instance, he said, the lack of regu...

16 Jul 2011

Price of water set to rise

Opinion / Water

China’s dam frenzy

...flood lands and forcibly uproot people – including, as with Myitsone, ethnic minorities – in other countries. But it is doing the same at home by shifting its focus from dam-saturated internal rivers ...

5 Dec 2011

China’s dam frenzy

News / Carbon & Climate

Indonesia works to be on right side of climate change

...floods, rising sea levels and unpredictable weather patterns could be potentially harmful to the Indonesia’s 17,000 islands. “Potential is always there, but willingness is the issue here,” Dwi Ardhana...

25 Jun 2011

Indonesia works to be on right side of climate change

News / Energy

Simulation shows perils of tsunami sweeping Korean nuclear plants

...flood barriers. "If a 10 m tidal wave sweeps in as depicted in the simulation, the Uljin nuclear plant could suffer the same fate as the Fukushima plant," Lee said in a parliamentary hearing on Wednes...

7 Apr 2011

Simulation shows perils of tsunami sweeping Korean nuclear plants

News / Energy

Hydropower driving social change in Laos

...flooding every year, and no electricity. But we were living with nature. We would go into the forest for our daily food,' she said. 'Now, it's more convenient in a way; our old village was not as tidy...

25 Jan 2012

Hydropower driving social change in Laos

News / Water

Intensive cleaning of rivers is necessary in improving the quality of drinking water

...flood mitigation measures are also a major factor. Intensive cleaning and flood mitigation works are the most crucial parts of the whole programme and will include rivers from upstream in Gombak and S...

2 Apr 2011

Intensive cleaning of rivers is necessary in improving the quality of drinking water

News / Carbon & Climate

Carbon tax will hurt housing affordability: Brickworks

...floods and Cyclone Yasi in January. He said he expected the recovery in the Queensland housing market to be slow as there was an over-supply of units in tourist areas and housing affordability compare...

24 Mar 2011

Carbon tax will hurt housing affordability: Brickworks

Press Releases / I P Management Pte Ltd

New invention on hydro power energy converter - Hydroelectric Inflow Dam System

...flooded. Field of Invention This invention relates to a hydroelectric power generating dam system by channeling hydraulic flow from a water catchment area into a hollow inflow column to generate hydro...

11 May 2011

New invention on hydro power energy converter - Hydroelectric Inflow Dam System

News / Green Buildings

Govt targeting two hectares for every 1,000 Malaysians

...flood victims, Chor said he would chair the panel together with Kedah deputy Umno chairman Datuk Paduka Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah and Deputy Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister Datuk Mohd Johar...

9 Nov 2010

Govt targeting two hectares for every 1,000 Malaysians

News / Policy & Finance

Axe to fall on small hydropower projects

...flooding, will be stopped,” Hoang said. The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) reported that it had erased projects to build 38 small hydroelectric plants in nine central provinces for these reason...

29 Nov 2010

Axe to fall on small hydropower projects

News / Corporate Responsibility

Making green buildings a norm

...floods and that flood-related damages in the urban area could reach as much as $2.5 billion, taking into account infrastructure and properties. Following the visit of Ondoy and Pepeng, the World Bank ...

21 May 2011

Making green buildings a norm

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