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Climate change, migration, and South Asia: A way forward

...floods and hurricanes can lead to a short-term displacement of people, slow-onset climate change events like rising sea levels and desertification can drive a more permanent migration away from the im...

8 Mar 2023

Climate change, migration, and South Asia: A way forward

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Fearing more floods, residents protest Kuala Lumpur luxury development

...floodings in the area that affected thousands of residents. The Kuala Lumpur City Council (DBKL) had desilted the retention pond following floods in late 2021, but damaged bricks can still be seen ne...

14 Sep 2022

Fearing more floods, residents protest Kuala Lumpur luxury development

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'Start my life from zero': poor Pakistanis face heavy cost of floods

...floods, so they are not getting paid. They are suffering drastically," the student said. Floods also have contaminated most of the wells communities in his area rely on, he said, threatening a health ...

7 Sep 2022

'Start my life from zero': poor Pakistanis face heavy cost of floods

News / Water

Migrate to survive: Water woes clear out villages in hilly Nepal

...floods that wash away homes and even entire villages. Water shortages are a problem nationwide, but they are most acute in hilly areas, including those near the Hindu-Kush and Himalayan mountains, whe...

12 Jun 2023

Migrate to survive: Water woes clear out villages in hilly Nepal

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Philippines fishermen balk at land reclamation projects

...flooding and storms linked to climate change by depleting coastal wetlands and mangrove forests that slow storm surges and soil erosion. At the same time, research has linked increased groundwater ext...

16 Mar 2023

Philippines fishermen balk at land reclamation projects

News / Cities

No jobs, water for residents living near one of India’s earliest coal mines

...floods. It is comparatively safer. If the water dries up, there will be fire again,” says Dipak Aturia, a 35-year-old resident of Harishpur. No jobs, water or basic amenities The Raniganj coalfield (R...

7 Sep 2023

No jobs, water for residents living near one of India’s earliest coal mines

News / Carbon & Climate

Why are heatwaves getting worse?

...flooding and storms to droughts, but the change it is most clearly producing is more extreme heat. A record-breaking heatwave across India, Bangladesh, Laos and Thailand in April 2023, for instance, w...

19 May 2023

Why are heatwaves getting worse?

News / Cities

Young Bangladeshis push for climate action but workers left out

...flood-prone northern district of Lalmonirhat. Sharing climate concerns Among the few workers' bodies that have made an early move into the climate advocacy arena is the Awaj Foundation, a labour right...

2 Aug 2023

Young Bangladeshis push for climate action but workers left out

News / Policy & Finance

Climate-hit nations say their people expect help from COP27

Ministers from poor nations on the frontlines of fiercer floods, droughts and storms said the UN COP27 talks would let down their hard-hit people if they end without agreement on a fund to deal with ...

18 Nov 2022

Climate-hit nations say their people expect help from COP27

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

How does climate change threaten global food production?

In recent years, record-breaking heatwaves, droughts, and floods are becoming increasingly common across the globe. These extreme weather events impact supply chains, built infrastructure, people’s li...

6 Feb 2023

How does climate change threaten global food production?

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

News / Carbon & Climate

Australia floods are costliest climate disaster of 2022 so far as global insured losses hit $38bn

...flooding in the first six months of 2022, according to data from Swiss Re, a re-insurance company. A new record was set for insured losses to flooding in Australia in February and March, which is the ...

3 Aug 2022

Australia floods are costliest climate disaster of 2022 so far as global insured losses hit $38bn

Opinion / Cities

If your city is sinking, why not make it float?

...flooding rather than creeping sea level rise and eventual permanent inundation. With more than 40.5 million people already displaced as a result of the climate crisis, the need to relocate people, bus...

15 May 2023

If your city is sinking, why not make it float?

News / Carbon & Climate

Explainer: What warming oceans mean for our planet

...flooding and agricultural soil contamination. “Fire-ice”, or methane hydrate, a natural gas frozen deep beneath the ocean floor, could be thawed during ocean warming, releasing more heat-trapping meth...

19 Jan 2024

Explainer: What warming oceans mean for our planet

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Carbon credits may save the world – if they can be trusted

...floods into the climate-solutions space – the demand for net-zero offerings could drive US$12 trillion in annual sales by 2030, according to a McKinsey analysis – companies are at a crossroads on ESG ...

11 Mar 2024

Carbon credits may save the world – if they can be trusted

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Climate change is making us sick

...flooding have encouraged the spread of mosquitoes – carriers of diseases like dengue fever, malaria, and the Zika virus – well beyond their traditional breeding grounds. If nothing is done, Zika will ...

15 Dec 2022

Climate change is making us sick

News / Carbon & Climate

Can AI 'digital twins' help protect us from climate disasters?

...floods can unleash a wave of problems across key services. "The problem with the cascade effect is you're getting people in dry areas who are affected by strategic assets which are in flooded areas," ...

7 Oct 2022

Can AI 'digital twins' help protect us from climate disasters?

News / Food & Agriculture

Research highlights tenacious pastoralists of the Himalayas

The Gaddis are the largest pastoral community in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, with a population of 178,000 recorded in the most recent Indian census undertaken in 2011. Today, as climate chan...

20 Nov 2023

Research highlights tenacious pastoralists of the Himalayas

News / Policy & Finance

Climate-hit businesses pin hopes on Bangladesh's new plan to adapt

...flooded and my remote subcontractor workers there have to go looking for shelter, or when rainfall becomes irregular and it affects the quality of fibre that we use," Sultana said. The question of how...

7 Oct 2022

Climate-hit businesses pin hopes on Bangladesh's new plan to adapt

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Long-term impacts of ‘terrible’ fire season in Pakistan’s mountains

...floods The IUCN report notes that forest fires result in “the loss of biodiversity, soil and environmental degradation, enhances erosion and flash floods, dries up water springs, [and] causes sediment...

21 Sep 2022

Long-term impacts of ‘terrible’ fire season in Pakistan’s mountains

News / Cities

Dhaka 'plant doctor' regenerates urban spaces with green fingers

...floods in my home district of Netrokona (in central Bangladesh) would quite often result in crop failures - and the hardship in our family was difficult to endure. I chose to move to Dhaka about 10 ye...

11 May 2023

Dhaka 'plant doctor' regenerates urban spaces with green fingers

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