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India struggles to get cash to farmers producing carbon credits

...flooding his rice fields in the northern Indian state of Haryana so they produce less polluting methane and he could get paid for the greenhouse gas emissions he saves, but three years on he has not r...

31 Jan 2025

India struggles to get cash to farmers producing carbon credits

News / Cities

Flood damage highlights ‘uncontrolled’ sand mining in northern India

...floods in Himachal Pradesh The neighbouring state of Himachal Pradesh was even worse hit than Uttarakhand in recent floods. The state government has estimated the damage caused by catastrophic rainfal...

29 Sep 2023

Flood damage highlights ‘uncontrolled’ sand mining in northern India

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The climate crisis is also an inflation crisis

...floods become more frequent and intense. These events also disrupt supply chains and energy production, pushing up the price of other essential goods. Climate-induced inflationary pressures are especi...

31 Dec 2024

The climate crisis is also an inflation crisis

News / Transport

As norms are ignored, Uttarakhand faces tunnelling disasters

...floods-related sediment transport problems in Uttarakhand. He told The Third Pole that muck from tunnelling – which is often illegally dumped into or along streams and rivers – could exacerbate flood ...

20 Feb 2024

As norms are ignored, Uttarakhand faces tunnelling disasters

News / Cities

Protecting Asia's coastal cities: How can vulnerable economic hubs better prepare for a beyond-2°C scenario?

...floods and storms, dense settlements are also particularly vulnerable to extreme heat. The resilience of large cities is being stretched by population growth, limited climate funding and in some insta...

20 Jun 2024

Protecting Asia's coastal cities: How can vulnerable economic hubs better prepare for a beyond-2°C scenario?

A farmer protesting in the city of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh.

News / Food & Agriculture

Indian farmers are killing themselves in record numbers. Is climate change to blame?

...flood-prone areas are becoming drought-prone, and drought-prone areas are becoming flood-prone,” said Mohanty. To manage farms in an increasingly unstable climate, technological and financial innovati...

2 Feb 2024

Indian farmers are killing themselves in record numbers. Is climate change to blame?

News / Carbon & Climate

How is climate change affecting people's health?

Concern is growing about the effects of climate change on human health - from air pollution to disease outbreaks linked to extreme weather such as floods, prompting the COP28 climate summit in Dubai t...

5 Dec 2023

How is climate change affecting people's health?

'Stop the chop': Demonstrators rally against deforestation in Sarawak, Malaysia

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

How Indigenous communities in Malaysia stopped the chop

...flooded the Samling chief executive’s inbox, ruffling some very wealthy feathers. The case drew condemnation from two United Nations Special Rapporteurs and more than 100 local and international organ...

20 Feb 2025

How Indigenous communities in Malaysia stopped the chop

News / Policy & Finance

Are reports of climate adaptation finance being exaggerated?

...floods or storms, introducing salt-tolerant crops and vegetables, or improving drainage systems for excessive rainfall. The United Nations Environment Programme said in a report last year that project...

23 May 2024

Are reports of climate adaptation finance being exaggerated?

News / Cities

Fast-growing Johor eyes Singapore power trade, electric vehicle opportunities in green economy drive

...Flood woes The Johor Green Deal will also seek to use urban biodiversity to better manage flash floods, which often inundate the state during the Northeast monsoon season, typically between November t...

15 Nov 2023

Fast-growing Johor eyes Singapore power trade, electric vehicle opportunities in green economy drive

Typhoon Khanun floods Bulacan Philipppines

News / Cities

Amid perennial floods, Philippines think tank chief calls for government to strengthen climate finance accounting for key projects

...flood control projects, even as it has been working on solving the flood issue for “a very long time”. “What does it mean when [a project] is a flood control project? Does it just involve building hig...

18 Aug 2023

Amid perennial floods, Philippines think tank chief calls for government to strengthen climate finance accounting for key projects

Opinion / Waste

Plastic treaty talks must protect countries like mine from pollution

...flooding due to plastic waste blocking drains and waterways. On current trends, these problems are going to get worse. In Malawi’s major cities, the amount of plastic waste produced is due to triple b...

30 Apr 2024

Plastic treaty talks must protect countries like mine from pollution

News / Carbon & Climate

Drought in the Amazon: How the world's nature is drying out

...floods. In 2024, southern Africa grappled with unprecedented drought, leading crops to fail and livestock to die, spurring the worst food crisis in decades with a record five countries declaring a sta...

20 Dec 2024

Drought in the Amazon: How the world's nature is drying out

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Inclusive finance is the key to climate action

...flood risks. And thanks to a mobile layaway product, smallholder farmers in Mali, Senegal, and Tanzania can pay in installments for climate-smart inputs and sustainable-agriculture training programmes...

18 Nov 2024

Inclusive finance is the key to climate action

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

An intelligent trade-off: AI as a double-edged sword in Southeast Asia’s climate battle

...flood preparedness. In Indonesia, AI is being used to monitor air quality in Jakarta, one of the world’s most polluted cities, and promote a healthier urban environment. The expansion of Generative AI...

26 May 2025

An intelligent trade-off: AI as a double-edged sword in Southeast Asia’s climate battle

News / Policy & Finance

Index-based insurance shrinks payout delays for flooded farmland in Nepal

...floods in Nepal In recent decades, landslides have claimed the most human lives in Nepal, but floods occur with a greater frequency and affect more people. Nepal, which accounted for less than 0.1 per...

11 Oct 2023

Index-based insurance shrinks payout delays for flooded farmland in Nepal

News / Food & Agriculture

Women in Indonesia sustain seaweed livelihoods in face of climate threats

...flooding and altered coastal infrastructure reshape the shoreline. During Covid-19, many women returned to seaweed cultivation as tourism collapsed in the area. Their harvests helped provide for famil...

18 Jun 2025

Women in Indonesia sustain seaweed livelihoods in face of climate threats

News / Policy & Finance

As climate adaptation flounders, more cash called 'no brainer'

The world is falling woefully short in helping poor nations to adapt to the impacts of climate change even though investments in flood protection or drought-resistant crops are a "no brainer" to save...

3 Nov 2023

As climate adaptation flounders, more cash called 'no brainer'

Podcasts / Lifestyle

'We've got each other's backs': A blueprint for shared resilience?

...floods or economic disruption. That idea – we've got each other's backs, regardless of race, language or religion – will be important as we face heat, flood resilience, and risks to our food and water...

12 Aug 2026

'We've got each other's backs': A blueprint for shared resilience?

A factory worker in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's commercial capital.

News / Manufacturing

Extreme heat and flooding could cost Asian apparel manufacturing hubs US$65 billion in earnings: study

...flood plains such as in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Vietnam could mean more dramatic flooding, exacerbated by sea-level rise, which threatens to interrupt apparel production and transport, and jeopardise...

13 Sep 2023

Extreme heat and flooding could cost Asian apparel manufacturing hubs US$65 billion in earnings: study

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