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South Asia's all-female health workers fight for recognition

...floods and landslides exacerbated by climate change - when serving their communities. "Primary health is a huge economic benefit," she said. Balika Subedi, a 55-year-old health worker who earns 400 Ne...

9 Oct 2023

South Asia's all-female health workers fight for recognition

News / Carbon & Climate

IPCC: ‘Severe consequences’ of further warming in disaster-hit Himalayas

...floods and the drying up of springs. The report says that changes to the cryosphere will have “severe consequences” in most mountain regions, including the Hindu Kush Himalayas. At the report launch, ...

29 Mar 2023

IPCC: ‘Severe consequences’ of further warming in disaster-hit Himalayas

News / Energy

Carbon credits for coal phase-out likely not price competitive against wider market, need state buyers: CIX chief

...flood and destabilise the voluntary carbon market. Key coal phase-out initiatives today include an initiative led by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to retire a 660-megawatt coal plant in Indonesia. ...

17 Apr 2024

Carbon credits for coal phase-out likely not price competitive against wider market, need state buyers: CIX chief

Opinion / Lifestyle

Indigenous farming knowledge is science, not superstition

...Floods, if any, would occur during the monsoon season. However, in recent years rainfall has become unpredictable. Serious flooding in urban areas has been more prevalent in the middle of the year. Th...

20 Dec 2022

Indigenous farming knowledge is science, not superstition

A car floats down a flood torrent in New South Wales, Australia

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Floods are natural, but human decisions make disasters. We need to reflect on the endless cycles of blame

...flooding last week, the council moved rapidly to build a temporary earthen levee as others sandbagged. This kept some homes dry, likely worsened flooding in others, and prompted blame from many sides....

31 Oct 2022

Floods are natural, but human decisions make disasters. We need to reflect on the endless cycles of blame

Sea orchards developed on decommissioned oil platforms

Podcasts / Carbon & Climate

'Nobody wants to be the bad guy': Authors of optimistic climate novel say don't write off oil industry solutions

...flooding. Back in 2017, it was flooded up to the letter boxes. There's a large low lying area there, and whether it's eventually done or not, it's a great example of the scale of the work that needs t...

28 May 2024

'Nobody wants to be the bad guy': Authors of optimistic climate novel say don't write off oil industry solutions

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Loss and damage fund must deliver climate justice to affected communities

...floods and droughts, and suffering the consequences of steady sea-level rise. They are paying the price of the rich historical emitters who continue to expand their use of fossil fuels, further exacer...

30 Aug 2023

Loss and damage fund must deliver climate justice to affected communities

Opinion / Cities

Two ways to fight land subsidence

...flooding. When groundwater is extracted faster than the recharge rate of the aquifer system, it causes the land to subside, endangering buildings and urban infrastructure. In California’s San Joaquin...

22 May 2023

Two ways to fight land subsidence

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

It’s not just climate – we’ve already breached most of the Earth’s limits. A safer, fairer future means treading lightly

...floods in Pakistan and droughts in the United States and the Horn of Africa. At 1.5℃, hundreds of millions of people could be exposed to average annual temperatures over 29℃, which is outside the huma...

6 Jun 2023

It’s not just climate – we’ve already breached most of the Earth’s limits. A safer, fairer future means treading lightly

News / Food & Agriculture

El Niño to pile on suffering for Kashmir saffron farmers

...flood resistance, and strengthening early warning systems, Shahee added. Dwindling rainfall The saffron crop in Kashmir is totally dependent on rainfall, which farmers say has become erratic over the ...

1 Jan 2024

El Niño to pile on suffering for Kashmir saffron farmers

Opinion / Cities

Jakarta's floods are devastating – they don't have to be

...flooding that consisted of a macro-system divert of upstream flood water directly into the Java Sea (floodway), and a micro-drainage system of Jakarta, protected by the floodway. The draining system w...

7 Oct 2022

Jakarta's floods are devastating – they don't have to be

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Young voters care about climate change. Politicians don't.

...floods (83 per cent), rising sea levels (77 per cent), and extreme heat (69 per cent). These show that there is strong interest in climate change among Indonesia’s younger people. The same cannot be s...

14 Feb 2024

Young voters care about climate change. Politicians don't.

Opinion / Cities

How people can climate-proof their homes

...flood hazard areas. These standards aim to reduce the impact of fire and floods on homes on susceptible sites, for example, by requiring fire and ember proof shutters outside of windows. However, the...

14 Mar 2023

How people can climate-proof their homes

News / Carbon & Climate

New IPCC head says open climate 'toolbox' to keep 1.5°C goal alive

...floods, droughts, storms and higher sea levels. "If governments chose to put in place the kind of rapid and deep (emissions) cuts that we have said are necessary, who knows, maybe 1.5 will be possible...

31 Jul 2023

New IPCC head says open climate 'toolbox' to keep 1.5°C goal alive

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South Asia's poorest city dwellers bear brunt of worsening floods

...floodplains where roads, drainages and other infrastructure are generally poorly maintained," said Madhukar Upadhya, an independent watershed and climate change expert. "When floods enter the floodpla...

4 Oct 2022

South Asia's poorest city dwellers bear brunt of worsening floods

News / Carbon & Climate

New UN data platform highlights impacts of sand mining

...flood risk by removing natural barriers to storm surge and undermines support for biodiversity, fisheries and other blue economy activities. Apart from being used in construction and land reclamation,...

7 Sep 2023

New UN data platform highlights impacts of sand mining

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Java's eroding shoreline and surging tides overwhelm jasmine flower industry

For decades, Sobirin provided for his family by picking flowers here on the north coast of Indonesia’s Java Island. Now in his 70s, much of the farmer’s income used to grow near the beach on a large p...

1 Feb 2024

Java's eroding shoreline and surging tides overwhelm jasmine flower industry

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The Global South can lead on climate solutions but lacks resources: Quezon city mayor Joy Belmonte

...floods all over our city and we had never experienced anything like that. My father and the local government officials were at a loss as to how to handle the situation. I distinctly recall that when t...

14 Feb 2024

The Global South can lead on climate solutions but lacks resources: Quezon city mayor Joy Belmonte

News / Carbon & Climate

Kashmir avalanche: What is the link with climate change?

At around 1:30 PM on February 22, 2024, Showkat Ahmad Rather, a ski guide in the picturesque Gulmarg resort in Kashmir received a call from the local administration that an avalanche had hit the Khila...

1 Mar 2024

Kashmir avalanche: What is the link with climate change?

News / Food & Agriculture

Analysis: As farmers protest, India must urgently deal with its water crisis

...floods and drought exacerbation, fluctuating monsoons and degraded soils from excessive fertiliser use – while these laws might have lowered procurement costs for the government, they did nothing to d...

29 Feb 2024

Analysis: As farmers protest, India must urgently deal with its water crisis

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