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Japan nuclear meltdown forces China review as India sees safety backlash

...flooding them with water and boric acid to eliminate the potential for a catastrophic release of radiation into the atmosphere. The station lost power to keep the reactor core cool after the March 1...

14 Mar 2011

Japan nuclear meltdown forces China review as India sees safety backlash

News / Food & Agriculture

The government weather report: what climate change means for you

...flood risk due to an increase in extreme rainfall events. Land-based species and ecosystems restricted to Kangaroo Island and the Mount Lofty Ranges are likely to be among the most vulnerable to clima...

17 Jun 2011

The government weather report: what climate change means for you

News / Policy & Finance

States call for solar subsidy cut

...flood of solar panel installations. Tasmania’s Aurora Energy had expected annual bills to increase by $60 from July 1 to cover the costs of the renewable energy scheme but now expected the increased c...

7 Mar 2011

States call for solar subsidy cut

News / Transport

Reuters summit-Carbon penalties said route to $100 bln aid

...floods, heat waves or rising seas. But they did not say how. Possible sources of the new cash include new national taxes, carbon trading, higher prices on plane tickets or shipping fuels, Stoltenberg ...

10 Oct 2010

Reuters summit-Carbon penalties said route to $100 bln aid

News / Carbon & Climate

Analysis: China's soaring emissions challenge climate split

...floods, heatwaves, droughts and rising sea levels. Annual U.N. climate talks in Cancun, Mexico, from November 29 to December 10, are likely to hear more insistent calls than in the past for a new scal...

11 Nov 2010

Analysis: China's soaring emissions challenge climate split

News / Policy & Finance

China officials push water plan

...floods and to provide energy to fuel China's economic boom. Critics argue that it cost too much, forced 1.4 million people from their homes unnecessarily and could increase the risk of landslides, ear...

10 Nov 2010

China officials push water plan

Opinion / Water

We have carbon footprints, now how about water footprints?

...flood of investment into water technology development. New technologies have been evolving to cater to such water supply and demand issues. Desalination or the conversion of sea water to fresh water ...

10 Jul 2010

We have carbon footprints, now how about water footprints?

News / Carbon & Climate

Bangladesh to allocate $100 mln in next budget to combat climate change

...floods and super cyclone Sidr in 2007 which claimed thousands of people's lives, and cyclone Aila in 2009 left 179 people dead and 3 million affected.

11 Jun 2010

Bangladesh to allocate $100 mln in next budget to combat climate change

News / Food & Agriculture

Climate change may cause 'massive' food supply disruptions, Verghese says

...flooding in Australia, excessive rainfall in Canada, and drier conditions in parts of Europe slashed harvests. 'Inflame' the market Corn may be the best-performing agricultural commodity, surging to ...

15 Feb 2011

Climate change may cause 'massive' food supply disruptions, Verghese says

News / Policy & Finance

Climate talks put top emitter China in hot seat

...floods in Pakistan and drought in Russia. "There is much at stake going into next week's Tianjin meeting and later in the year," wrote Jennifer Morgan of the World Resources Institute, a U.S. environm...

3 Oct 2010

Climate talks put top emitter China in hot seat

News / Policy & Finance

Business key to saving Indonesia’s forests, says Al Gore

...floods in Pakistan and Australia. According to the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2010 was the hottest year ever recorded in human history, Gore said, punctuating each piece of data...

10 Jan 2011

Business key to saving Indonesia’s forests, says Al Gore

News / Water

Vietnam Water Systems get ADB Boost

...flooding. The loan will fund education facilities to train engineers in water-related fields that are needed to meet the heightened demand of a rapidly growing economy. A total of 13,400 future studen...

23 Apr 2010

Vietnam Water Systems get ADB Boost

News / Carbon & Climate

Tweaking the climate to save it: Who decides?

...floods in neighboring areas, arousing suspicions and international disputes. "In some plausible but unfortunate future you could have shooting wars between your country and mine over proposals on what...

3 Apr 2011

Tweaking the climate to save it: Who decides?

News / Energy

China on path to clean energy leadership

...flood the world with cheap exports. The United Steelworkers petition accuses China of depressing its currency so that exports of clean energy products will sell cheaply abroad. It also charges that Ch...

31 Oct 2010

China on path to clean energy leadership

News / Policy & Finance

Presence of world leaders 'paralysed' climate summit, UN letter claims

...flooding," a spokesman said.

31 May 2010

Presence of world leaders 'paralysed' climate summit, UN letter claims

Opinion / Energy

Renewable energy, at what price? by Tilak Doshi

...flood of investments, accounting for more than 40 per cent of the world's total solar installations in 2008. The fiscal burden swiftly became unbearable and the Spanish government was forced to revise...

7 Jul 2010

Renewable energy, at what price? by Tilak Doshi

News / Carbon & Climate

Analysis: Soaring Chinese economy at odds with climate goals

...floods and extreme weather. Even without an absolute cap, China's carbon intensity target will be tough, government officials and advisers say. "Without a fundamental transformation of the development...

30 Sep 2010

Analysis: Soaring Chinese economy at odds with climate goals

News / Carbon & Climate

As seas rise, future floats

...floodwaters of devastating destruction. Floating cities could also be a practical solution to overpopulation and congestion, opening up the possibility of more space for civilian housing and public bu...

27 Oct 2010

As seas rise, future floats

News / Energy

Oil spills off Singapore's north and eastern areas

...flooding beyond the outer compartment. “Double hull does not guarantee there will never be a spill,” said Vautrain at Purvin & Gertz. “Double hull means it takes a bigger collision to create a spi...

27 May 2010

Oil spills off Singapore's north and eastern areas

News / Policy & Finance

Major economies focus on finance at climate meeting

...floods, droughts and stronger storms. It also outlined longer-term financing by developed countries of $100 billion a year by 2020. Talks on that are being held by a separate U.N. panel headed by Brit...

20 Apr 2010

Major economies focus on finance at climate meeting

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