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...flood risks, which is triggering a de-risking trend. Further, BNM’s 2024 Stress Test cycle explicitly forced banks to model capital hits against a catastrophic 1-in-200-year flood event. Despite thes...

6 Jan 2026

Resilience and credible regulation key to unlocking the US$210 billion Thailand needs to decarbonise by 2035

...flooding disrupting production and supply chains – putting jobs and investments at risk. "Investment in water resilience needs clear, coordinated policy and a business case that reflects its fu...

24 Sep 2026

...flood infrastructure can be delivered with private sector financing and expertise. The dual purpose tunnel provides stormwater diversion during extreme rainfall and acts as a tolled motorway during no...

22 Apr 2026

...flood hazard areas for flood control projects,” said Jose Antonio Montalban, an engineer and public information officer of Propel. Propel found flood-prone areas in several towns in Bulacan lacked flo...

29 Sep 2025

...flood defences, cyclone early‑warning systems and drought‑resistant agriculture, closing the adaptation gap is beyond the capacity of governments alone and will require substantial participation from ...

21 May 2026

...floods that have been ongoing since June are worryingly reminiscent of the floods that devastated the country in 2022. As the country fights to keep its head above the rising floodwaters, many questio...

25 Sep 2025

...flood, they managed to install solar panels with the help of a solar energy company, becoming the first in the village to get power back. Their response to the flooding reflects how Chinese communitie...

19 Jan 2026

Rice farmers in the fields of Nueva Ecija

The Philippines has lost up to US$219 billion in agricultural damages from typhoons, floods and droughts from 2000 to 2010, climate scientists said in a recent report. Typhoons are one of the biggest ...

19 Feb 2026

...floods. They filed a climate lawsuit against Holcim, a large cement company, accusing it of contributing to global carbon emissions responsible for sea-level rise that is harming their island. Cl...

7 Jan 2026

...floods in Kerala, south India, in 2018, which devastated my hometown. But this time, the forecasts were largely accurate; the authorities knew the storms were coming, yet the devastation was still imm...

23 Dec 2025

...flooding and erosion can be reduced.” “ Seagrass creates additional resistance to fluid motion, which reduces wave energy. With lower wave energy reaching the shoreline, flooding and erosion can be r...

17 Mar 2026

Housing as climate resilience in Asia-Pacific cities

...flooding, extreme heat, landslides and sea-level rise. Urban informality reflects deeper structural weaknesses in urban systems, such as gaps in land governance, planning frameworks and service delive...

25 Mar 2026

AI network raises new demands for digital infrastructure across Asia and the Pacific

...flood-prone maps from simple prompts to speed up emergency response. It also features best practices for leveraging AI and digital technologies across early warning systems. The report was laun...

7 Sep 2026

...floods, food insecurity and disease.” The commission said that it aims to generate evidence-based, science-led policy recommendations to mitigate health risks, strengthen adaptation and resilience, an...

13 Apr 2026

Tengah, the site of the most secondary forest loss in Singapore's recent history.

...flooding risk were topics covered at AlterCOP, a local event that runs parallel to the actual COP conference from 10 to 22 November. But forest loss as a heat stress or flooding risk was not mentioned...

1 Dec 2025

...floodgates are mainly opened only during monsoon season when excess water aggravates conditions of flooding downstream. As climate change impacts worsen, these may become a larger issue for Bangladesh...

4 Jun 2026

...floods. Asia-Pacific now produces almost half of the world’s renewable power, and is expected to account for about 60 per cent of the growth in global electricity use up to 2050, scientists found. Ind...

22 May 2026

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...flood control. At least 150 were recorded dead in the province alone. “Cebu received P26.7 billion (US$452 million) in flood-control funding within the past three years. Yet, when the storm came, man...

12 Nov 2025

...flood control measures Impact of flood control scandal on international donor support Civil society’s role in corrupt climate finance-backed projects The Philippines is currently engulfed in a massiv...

6 Oct 2025

...flood defences. Lin said Taiwan’s approach has helped address chronic flooding issues during high tides and has attracted international attention, contributing to a joint workshop in 2024 with the Uni...

13 Apr 2026

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