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An aerial view of the Southern Cardamom REDD+ project in Cambodia, image by Gabrielle See

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Bursa Malaysia faces scrutiny for auctioning renewable energy certificates linked to human rights abuses

...flooded and 1,500 Indigenous people displaced. The Murum reservoir is also a significant source of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, critics have pointed out. In an open letter published today, RimbaW...

25 Jun 2024

Bursa Malaysia faces scrutiny for auctioning renewable energy certificates linked to human rights abuses

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Can Pakistan break cycle of destruction in flood rebuilding?

...floods between 1950 and 2011 - almost one flood every three years - Pakistan lost about US$19 billion, according to an Asian Development Bank (ADB) study on devastating floods in 2010 that caused dama...

10 Feb 2023

Can Pakistan break cycle of destruction in flood rebuilding?

Opinion / Cities

Climate change has made the Hajj pilgrimage more risky

...flooding in regions such as Mecca and Jeddah. As climate patterns continue to evolve, the occurrence of such rainfall could align with the Hajj season, creating additional hazards for pilgrims. What c...

21 Jun 2024

Climate change has made the Hajj pilgrimage more risky

Press Releases / UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

Nations must close huge emissions gap in new climate pledges and deliver immediate action, or 1.5°C lost

...floods. “Today’s Emissions Gap report is clear: we’re playing with fire; but there can be no more playing for time. We’re out of time. Closing the emissions gap means cl...

27 Oct 2024

Nations must close huge emissions gap in new climate pledges and deliver immediate action, or 1.5°C lost

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change stress ‘can cause depression, anxiety’

...flooding, which portends worsening impact on our collective mental health,” Wahid says. Bangladesh faces multiple climate-related risks, including elevated temperatures and humidity, heatwaves and nat...

24 Feb 2023

Climate change stress ‘can cause depression, anxiety’

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Environmental laws ‘given pass’ in Kashmir’s tourism drive

...floods. In Uttarakhand, another Himalayan state in India, Mahar claims “mountains were cut indiscriminately” for the Char Dham road project, “ignoring environmental standards to bring more tourists...

23 Oct 2024

Environmental laws ‘given pass’ in Kashmir’s tourism drive

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Why India must account for climate adaptation in its budget

...flooding events may receive heavy rainfall and face floods. Further, some districts may face both heatwaves and flooding during the same year. Here are some areas that deserve priority in the budget: ...

31 Jan 2023

Why India must account for climate adaptation in its budget

News / Energy

China’s green certificate growth shows clean energy progress

...flood of GECs from generators still receiving subsidies, which now have a new source of revenue. This is part of the market’s price-discovery process, which reflects growing liquidity. For example, du...

18 Oct 2024

China’s green certificate growth shows clean energy progress

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Philippine research model targets ‘real-world solutions’

...flooding. “It has motivated the community to preserve the mangroves,” Sepeda explains during an interview with SciDev.Net. “Our researchers collaborated with the community in gathering scientific data...

11 Apr 2024

Philippine research model targets ‘real-world solutions’

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Renzo Guinto joins Singapore institute to explore links between health and climate in Asia

A Singapore-based global health institute has recruited Filipino academic Renzo Guinto, a key advocate of the emerging concept of "planetary health", and tasked him to set up a new Asia-wide network f...

20 Feb 2024

Renzo Guinto joins Singapore institute to explore links between health and climate in Asia

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Top 10 trends in responsible investment in China in 2025

...floods, cold waves and storms. Historically, mitigation strategies have dominated climate action, but there is now a growing emphasis on adaptation. In 2024, China released initiatives such as its Ac...

28 Jan 2025

Top 10 trends in responsible investment in China in 2025

"We are already at 1.1°C of warming – a matter of life and death for the Global South", says Professor Winston Chow, the recently appointed co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's working group on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.

Podcasts / Carbon & Climate

‘A 1.1°C warmer world is already a matter of life and death’: Climate scientist Winston Chow

...flood quite often and caused a lot of damage to infrastructure. Flooding was reduced as a result of what happened there. But what was interesting to me was how the applied research was funded, through...

16 Aug 2023

‘A 1.1°C warmer world is already a matter of life and death’: Climate scientist Winston Chow

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The Philippines will push to make loss and damage fund 'meaningful': climate finance rep

...flooding and heavy volume rain storms, which drastically affects their economies. As for African least developed countries, the difference between us and them is the population. They have big tracts o...

25 Oct 2024

The Philippines will push to make loss and damage fund 'meaningful': climate finance rep

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Explained: How forest fires worsen flash floods in the Himalayas

...floods. In 2022, as the country experienced its worst floods in a decade, flash flooding killed 185 people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The previous year 20 people died in flash floods in the province, and ...

19 Jan 2023

Explained: How forest fires worsen flash floods in the Himalayas

News / Carbon & Climate

Can climate lawsuits help to stop global warming?

...floods. A win for Luciano Lliuya in this case could lead the way to many similar cases around the world from plaintiffs facing other climate change-driven threats and that would represent a big risk f...

26 Apr 2024

Can climate lawsuits help to stop global warming?

News / Energy

Philippines fishermen worry solar farm on lake will hurt incomes

...flood reservoir and waste sink, as well for irrigation and hydropower. The LLDA believes the floating solar farms could actually boost Laguna fisheries in the future. “Based on studies … the bottom of...

13 Aug 2024

Philippines fishermen worry solar farm on lake will hurt incomes

Press Releases / Asian Development Bank

Asian Development Bank commits record climate finance of almost US$10 billion in 2023

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed a record amount of climate finance in 2023 to help its developing member countries (DMCs) in Asia and the Pacific cut greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to t...

5 Feb 2024

Asian Development Bank commits record climate finance of almost US$10 billion in 2023

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Under Anwar, Malaysia can 'do better' on climate, using global funds

...flooding in rural Kedah state, calling for better monitoring, after a government minister described the floods as an "act of God". WWF-Malaysia's Chan urged the new government to focus on protecting n...

25 Jan 2023

Under Anwar, Malaysia can 'do better' on climate, using global funds

Opinion / Cities

Why the conversation about eco-anxiety needs some heat

It’s well understood that extreme heat is bad for our health. As the earth warms — 2023 was the hottest year on record and 2024 is shaping up to be even worse — the risks rise too. Heatwaves exacer...

2 Sep 2024

Why the conversation about eco-anxiety needs some heat

News / Food & Agriculture

Farmers who lost crops in Pakistan floods struggle without compensation

...floods. A September 2022 report by provincial disaster management authorities suggested that around 35 per cent of households were engaged in cultivation in the flood-affected areas, and that 6.5 mill...

16 Jan 2023

Farmers who lost crops in Pakistan floods struggle without compensation

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