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Policy & Finance
We need creative solutions to the sovereign debt and climate crises
...
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s devastated the country last year, leading to thousands of deaths, damage and economic losses of more than $30 billion and costs of reconstruction estimated to be over $16 billion. A recent Inte...
10 May 2023
We need creative solutions to the sovereign debt and climate crises
News /
Carbon & Climate
Cases in Bhutan illustrate the increasing rise of scrub typhus
In October 2022, a 24-year-old patient arrived at Gedu Hospital in Bhutan’s Chukha district. She had been experiencing fever, body ache, cough and shortness of breath for 10 days. Doctors in the prima...
6 Mar 2024
Cases in Bhutan illustrate the increasing rise of scrub typhus
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Cities
Global South metropolises 10 times more likely to be affected by
flood
ing than rich cities: study
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flood
ing that nearby roads were prone to. Climate migration: key factor to coastal
flood
ing Asian cities are home to the most
flood
-prone people, and the region's population is set to increase rapidly...
29 Jun 2022
Global South metropolises 10 times more likely to be affected by flooding than rich cities: study
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Carbon & Climate
Will Pakistan
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s spur better climate disaster planning?
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flood
s were the inevitable result, they said. A lack of consistent government efforts to boost preparedness and cut risks were also a contributor to the losses, according to analysts. After heavy floo...
1 Sep 2022
Will Pakistan floods spur better climate disaster planning?
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Carbon & Climate
'Climate villains' that made headlines in 2024
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s hit Valencia and Americans “rooting for” 26-year-old gunman Luigi Mangione and his assassination of the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare – an insurance provider criticised for reportedly dis...
25 Dec 2024
'Climate villains' that made headlines in 2024
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Food & Agriculture
Climate-proofing India's daily bread: The race for resilient wheat
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flood
s - pose a major emerging threat to food security in India and elsewhere, accelerating diverse efforts to introduce crops that are better able to withstand shifting conditions. In India, the worl...
26 Jun 2024
Climate-proofing India's daily bread: The race for resilient wheat
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Policy & Finance
Investments in climate adaptation technology falling short as returns are still not measurable: World Bank execs
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-prone Colombia is coming up with its own set of metrics to measure the returns of climate finance. It also launched the Green Taxonomy which aims to provide clarity for those who invest in green...
26 May 2023
Investments in climate adaptation technology falling short as returns are still not measurable: World Bank execs
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Policy & Finance
What is China’s role at the Paris summit for a new global financial pact?
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s last summer that caused more than US$10 billion of damage and pushed it further towards defaulting. When countries struggle to pay off debt, they have less money to invest in decarbonisation,...
20 Jun 2023
What is China’s role at the Paris summit for a new global financial pact?
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Energy
Analysis: India and Nepal overlooking environmental issues while signing hydropower deals
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control. Meanwhile, several transboundary projects, ranging from railways to petroleum pipelines, were inaugurated in June. These included the second construction phase of South Asia’s first tra...
24 Aug 2023
Analysis: India and Nepal overlooking environmental issues while signing hydropower deals
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Policy & Finance
Ravaged by
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s, Bangladesh pitches plan to adapt to climate effects
...
flood
that inundated vast regions of Bangladesh's northeast, killing at least 102 people. "I could not have imagined that the
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water could rush in and rise a few feet in a matter of minutes," Sult...
7 Jul 2022
Ravaged by floods, Bangladesh pitches plan to adapt to climate effects
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Water
Residents reeling from construction projects in Jammu and Kashmir fear lithium mining
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s in 1988 and 1992, the latter of which washed away two bridges that had provided much needed connectivity in the region. The
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s not only impacted the dam project, but also forced many reside...
22 May 2023
Residents reeling from construction projects in Jammu and Kashmir fear lithium mining
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Cities
Mumbai turns to Twitter for help mapping India's monsoon
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s
...
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responses or alerts. When
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ing hit Australia's east coast this year, submerging entire towns, Brisbane-based tech startup
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Mapps posted a series of
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maps on its social media account...
5 Jul 2022
Mumbai turns to Twitter for help mapping India's monsoon floods
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Carbon & Climate
Q&A: Why methane levels are rising with no ‘hint of a decline’
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flood
ed rice fields. In 2023, the World Bank approved a US$255m loan to support a programme to reduce methane emissions and enhance “climate-resilient” rice production in Hunan province in China, one...
16 Sep 2024
Q&A: Why methane levels are rising with no ‘hint of a decline’
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Eco-Business wins gold for best news website at Asian Digital Media Awards
Eco-Business has won two journalism awards, including recognition for its coverage of the extreme
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s that devastated Malaysia last December. The Singapore-based media company was awarded gold unde...
4 Nov 2022
Eco-Business wins gold for best news website at Asian Digital Media Awards
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Cities
Cleaner air shown to have reduced suicides in China
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flood
s and droughts. Survivors may be traumatised, having witnessed others being injured or killed. A rapid needs assessment of residents returning to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, carr...
31 Jul 2024
Cleaner air shown to have reduced suicides in China
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Policy & Finance
UN climate talks: finance dominates once again
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s in Pakistan in 2022, which saw one-third of the country inundated. “I know that not one of you is willing to go back to your country and tell your people that while everything is happening as i...
28 Jun 2023
UN climate talks: finance dominates once again
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Water
Geographer Mark Wang: ‘Don’t overestimate water diversion under extreme weather’
...
flood
s in the south and the 2021
flood
s in the north, are making the impacts of climate change much more real for ordinary people. Meanwhile, China is speeding up the construction of a vast “national ...
13 Oct 2022
Geographer Mark Wang: ‘Don’t overestimate water diversion under extreme weather’
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Energy
India’s hydropower ambition dampened by protests, cost overruns and accidents
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s have repeatedly halted progress, the latest landslide in October 2023 severely affecting water flow through the river. The 800-megawatt (MW) Parbati II hydroelectric project in the Kullu distri...
1 Feb 2024
India’s hydropower ambition dampened by protests, cost overruns and accidents
Press Releases /
The British Standards Institution
The role of standards in supporting sustainability strategies
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flood
s, wildfires, droughts, and hurricanes, provide a stark preview of the increasingly frequent and severe consequences we face. The journey towards net zero can be both daunting and difficult for ...
7 Dec 2023
The role of standards in supporting sustainability strategies
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Cities
Maldives’ man-made islands offer answer to sea-level rise
...
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ing due to sea level rise and face storm surges, increased tidal
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ing or even permanent submergence. Maldives, picked for the study published February in Environmental Research: Climate, has ...
7 Mar 2023
Maldives’ man-made islands offer answer to sea-level rise
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Carbon & Climate
This year’s haze is set to cost Singapore more than 2015’s S$1.83 billion. Who pays for the losses?
Economists suggest the 2026 haze will cost Singapore more than the 2015 episode, while other estimates state that …
This year’s haze is set to cost Singapore more than 2015’s S$1.83 billion. Who pays for the losses?
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Water
Concerns raised as data centres go underwater in China
A Chinese firm is deploying data servers to the sea for natural cooling. Experts say more information on …
Concerns raised as data centres go underwater in China
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Corporate Responsibility
Singapore widens haze crackdown to Kalimantan, targeting 10 Indonesian firms
Singapore has targeted 10 Indonesian companies under its haze law in four days; three of them supply Asia …
Singapore widens haze crackdown to Kalimantan, targeting 10 Indonesian firms
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Carbon & Climate
AI wildfire platform seeks Indonesia partnerships as regional haze worsens
Earthshot Prize finalist Satellites on Fire uses AI, satellite imagery and ground data to detect blazes earlier, and …
AI wildfire platform seeks Indonesia partnerships as regional haze worsens
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Policy & Finance
Philippine president orders creation of carbon market framework
The framework’s contribution to Philippine climate ambition remains uncertain, as the country’s updated pledge lacks clarity on how …
Philippine president orders creation of carbon market framework
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Policy & Finance
Asean turns to World Bank to close clean energy, climate adaptation financing gaps
Southeast Asian finance ministers seek private capital, guarantees and technical support as region faces costly energy transition and …
Asean turns to World Bank to close clean energy, climate adaptation financing gaps
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