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Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Europe is fiddling while Rome burns

...floods becoming a fact of life, often in the very same places suffering heat waves. Since anthropogenic climate change is the cause of all this, zeroing out greenhouse-gas emissions is the route to st...

4 Aug 2026

Europe is fiddling while Rome burns

News / Water

Poor urban water quality threatens low-income communities in Sri Lanka

...flooding. “Floodwater can also enter dug wells and other household water sources, leading to bacteriological contamination. In such situations, water sources that were previously safe may turn unsafe ...

15 Sep 2026

Poor urban water quality threatens low-income communities in Sri Lanka

News / Cities

Displaced by typhoons, Taiwan’s Bunun people fight to preserve their culture

...floods and landslides primarily in mountainous Indigenous territories. At the time, Indigenous peoples accounted for only 2.1 per cent of Taiwan’s total population; yet in the aftermath of Morakot, ar...

28 Sep 2026

Displaced by typhoons, Taiwan’s Bunun people fight to preserve their culture

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Can adaptation accelerate climate action?

...floods dominate the news, forcing political engagement and serious policy responses and business decisions. Even climate skeptics have woken up to the danger. In a summer of apocalyptic headlines—such...

25 Sep 2026

Can adaptation accelerate climate action?

Much of Asia's infrastructure was built for a more predictable world, one that no longer exists

News / Green Buildings

How Asia must rethink the way it builds

...flooded-street in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Image: Dibakar Roy/Unsplash Increased energy demand Energy demand is also quickly increasing, and in more concentrated bursts, than many systems were de...

2 Jul 2026

How Asia must rethink the way it builds

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News / Cities

Rohingya camps in Bangladesh face growing landslide risk

...floodplain, with a mean slope of about 4° and an average elevation of 17 meters (56 feet) above global mean sea level. Its diverse geomorphological landscape includes flat floodplains, mudflats, dunes...

6 Oct 2026

Rohingya camps in Bangladesh face growing landslide risk

News / Carbon & Climate

Malaysian youths file climate lawsuit against government for failure to act on deforestation

...flooding and erode the rights of Indigenous people, who depend on forest resources for their livelihoods and cultural survival. Deforestation is a significant contributor floods in Malaysia, with floo...

10 Apr 2026

Malaysian youths file climate lawsuit against government for failure to act on deforestation

News / Water

Scientists warn US ocean sensor cuts could create climate blind spot

...flooding and more. It just doesn’t make sense. Chris Robbins, associate director of scientific initiatives, Ocean Conservancy While satellites can monitor the ocean’s surface, the OOI arrays provided...

9 Jun 2026

Scientists warn US ocean sensor cuts could create climate blind spot

News / Food & Agriculture

Climate disasters deepen food insecurity in the Punjab

...floods. But for India, the devastation this year has been reported as the worst since the severe 1988 floods. This time, an estimated 175,000 hectares of agricultural land was washed away in India alo...

3 Dec 2025

Climate disasters deepen food insecurity in the Punjab

News / Cities

Deadly floods affect millions across South and Southeast Asia, leaving over $4 billion in loss and damage

...floods have cost the island as much as 68.7 trillion rupiah (US$4 billion), nearly 0.3 per cent of Indonesia’s gross domestic product. This includes the costs of flooded palm oil fields as well as dam...

4 Dec 2025

Deadly floods affect millions across South and Southeast Asia, leaving over $4 billion in loss and damage

News / Carbon & Climate

Heat stress could trap Filipinos in poverty: report

...flood-control scandals showed, can open doors to graft and patronage and weaken, rather than strengthen, community resilience. Adaptation funding and climate resilience programmes are not reliably rea...

21 Jul 2026

Heat stress could trap Filipinos in poverty: report

News / Policy & Finance

Philippines pushes AI hub, gas, and nuclear to boost investment

...Flood control scandal revisited Marcos Jr. had earlier opened his address by saying his administration had already begun pursuing the key figures behind the 2025 flood control scandal, which involved ...

28 Jul 2026

Philippines pushes AI hub, gas, and nuclear to boost investment

News / Carbon & Climate

National data repository must help Malaysia with local climate adaptation, say policymakers

...flood mitigation projects based on current and historical floods,” he said. “But we don't have enough resources to look at future flood risks.” This is where the private sector could play a crucial ro...

20 Feb 2026

National data repository must help Malaysia with local climate adaptation, say policymakers

Press Releases / Zurich Insurance

75% of Southeast Asia’s future renewable energy’s generation capacity under threat – but US$82 billion in losses can be circumvented

...flood elevation, drainage, fire protection, corrosion resistance and redundancy into design and procurement standards, rather than treating them as optional upgrades. Treat system resilience as part ...

11 Jun 2026

75% of Southeast Asia’s future renewable energy’s generation capacity under threat – but US$82 billion in losses can be circumvented

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Sumatra’s flood crisis: How deforestation turned a cyclonic storm into a likely recurring tragedy

...flooding. When rain falls, the water is clear. But during floods, it turns brownish-yellow or even black — a sign that eroded soil has been carried away by the flow. Four days after the flash floods, ...

8 Dec 2025

Sumatra’s flood crisis: How deforestation turned a cyclonic storm into a likely recurring tragedy

A man shelters from the midday heat on the path at Robertson Quay, Singapore

News / Carbon & Climate

Singapore outlines first national climate adaptation plan

Singapore has outlined the foundations of its first climate adaptation plan, a whole-of-government strategy to prepare the country for escalating climate risks ranging from extreme heat and flash floo...

5 Mar 2026

Singapore outlines first national climate adaptation plan

News / Water

Climate change could worsen toxic mine waste pollution along coasts: study

...floodplains with potentially dangerous concentrations of metal mining pollution. But the global scale of the problem in marine environments — which billions of people depend on for their food and live...

20 Oct 2026

Climate change could worsen toxic mine waste pollution along coasts: study

News / Carbon & Climate

Past El Niños offer a warning as unprecedented event looms

...floods and landslides in past El Niños, has declared a state of emergency across 40 per cent of the country. Sri Lanka has arranged water deliveries to nearly 72,000 people across seven districts thre...

25 Aug 2026

Past El Niños offer a warning as unprecedented event looms

Changing Course - Climate Adaptation Hub

News / Carbon & Climate

Sentosa to host Asia's first experiential climate adaptation hub as Singapore seeks public feedback on national plan

...flood resilience, water and food resilience, urban liveability and infrastructure, biodiversity and greenery, and public health. MSE said that the platforms would "provide deeper conversations on adap...

30 Jul 2026

Sentosa to host Asia's first experiential climate adaptation hub as Singapore seeks public feedback on national plan

News / Carbon & Climate

DBS partners Climate Bonds Initiative as adaptation finance gains traction in Asia

...floods, extreme heat, rising sea levels and stronger storms. Unlike climate mitigation efforts, which focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions through projects such as renewable energy, adaptation i...

25 May 2026

DBS partners Climate Bonds Initiative as adaptation finance gains traction in Asia

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