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Two Sessions: What it means for China’s climate policy in 2024

“The foundation for China’s sustained economic recovery and growth is not solid enough,” stated Premier Li Qiang in the government’s work report published on 5 March. The report is the central part of...

18 Mar 2024

Two Sessions: What it means for China’s climate policy in 2024

News / Cities

Sea level rise now menaces even a Viking bastion of uplifted land

...flooding. "We’re lucky to have this post-glacial uplift," said Sofie Schöld, an expert on rising oceans at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. The country has gained about 10,000...

18 Oct 2022

Sea level rise now menaces even a Viking bastion of uplifted land

News / Carbon & Climate

Artists join with climate activists, scientists to paint a greener future

...flooded city drains. More artists are working with climate scientists, meanwhile, to turn their findings into poignant experiences that can be experienced by a wider community of people. Blane De St. ...

20 Oct 2023

Artists join with climate activists, scientists to paint a greener future

News / Carbon & Climate

Virtual reality games offer visceral taste of a climate-changed future

...Floodland, a survival game set in a world drowned by climate change, launched last month, for example, and SimCity, a long-standing world-building game, added climate change impacts as long as a decad...

12 Dec 2022

Virtual reality games offer visceral taste of a climate-changed future

News / Cities

Bangladesh's historic coastal mosques feel climate change's bite

...flooding, erosion and saltwater surges in Bangladesh's low-lying southern delta, cut by hundreds of rivers. In Mosque City such changes are undermining historic structures, causing the surface of agin...

7 Jun 2022

Bangladesh's historic coastal mosques feel climate change's bite

News / Food & Agriculture

Rice dwarfing virus threatens Indian yields

...flood their paddies with water and to monitor the plants for the presence of the vector on a weekly basis. They have also been asked to remove weeds and avoid the indiscriminate use of pesticides and ...

21 Sep 2022

Rice dwarfing virus threatens Indian yields

News / Policy & Finance

Why climate-change 'loss and damage' will be a hot topic at COP27

As large parts of the planet struggle with climate-inflicted woes, from floods in Pakistan to forest fires in the United States, the thorny issue of how to address "loss and damage" driven by global w...

26 Sep 2022

Why climate-change 'loss and damage' will be a hot topic at COP27

A village along the Tamiang river was flooded in 2007, affecting 200,000 people

News / Food & Agriculture

Could a landscape approach help palm oil farmers adapt to EU rules and protect forests?

...flooding. Land disputes between resource companies and local communities were common. But the ever-optimistic Putra, who was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2014 for his efforts to combat ...

7 Nov 2023

Could a landscape approach help palm oil farmers adapt to EU rules and protect forests?

News / Carbon & Climate

Eco-Business’ 10 most read stories of 2023

...flooding during construction have also prompted calls for mitigation measures. Despite zoning board approval, environmental clearance from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, however...

20 Dec 2023

Eco-Business’ 10 most read stories of 2023

News / Food & Agriculture

First crops, now animals: Climate change hurts Bangladesh farmers

Along Bangladesh's southern coast, farmers threatened by the impacts of climate change are striving to boost their resilience to rising salinity in the soil and water by growing salt-tolerant crops a...

25 Aug 2023

First crops, now animals: Climate change hurts Bangladesh farmers

News / Carbon & Climate

Analysis: ‘Greater than 99% chance’ 2023 will be hottest year on record

In the “likelihood” language of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), this means a new record year is “virtually certain”. After a cooler start to the year, the past four months have s...

31 Oct 2023

Analysis: ‘Greater than 99% chance’ 2023 will be hottest year on record

News / Policy & Finance

Economic crisis hits development progress in poor nations, UN says

...Flood-battered Pakistan, for instance, is likely to see its exports of key commodities like cotton and rice hit, which affects international markets and commodity prices. Making payments on its debt w...

11 Nov 2022

Economic crisis hits development progress in poor nations, UN says

News / Policy & Finance

G20 stops short of fossil fuel phase out as 'dark cloud' looms

Amid warnings that the world is failing do enough to slow climate change, the Group of 20 big economies has set a goal of tripling renewable energy capacity but faced criticism for spurning bolder st...

13 Sep 2023

G20 stops short of fossil fuel phase out as 'dark cloud' looms

News / Carbon & Climate

Dry season threatens peatlands restored by Sumatra villagers

...flooding. Heavy equipment could also remove organic matter from the soil, besides being costly to rent; clearing peatland in preparation for farming this way would cost about eight times as much as si...

28 Dec 2022

Dry season threatens peatlands restored by Sumatra villagers

News / Carbon & Climate

Can new Bangladesh chief heat officer bring relief to Dhaka?

Battling record temperatures fuelled by climate change, a new heat officer for Bangladesh's capital is tasked with bringing relief to the city of 10 million people - and hopes to restore the lost lak...

20 Jul 2023

Can new Bangladesh chief heat officer bring relief to Dhaka?

News / Water

How has the Ramsar Convention shaped China’s wetland protection?

Wetlands play a vital role in maintaining ecological balance. They act as flood control systems, helping to store and regulate water levels. They purify water and sequester carbon, helping to mitigate...

17 Jan 2023

How has the Ramsar Convention shaped China’s wetland protection?

malaysia flooding mentakab aerial 20 dec

News / Water

Tracking the Malaysia floods: a visual story

Peninsular Malaysia is experiencing one of its worst floods in decades. Authorities say they are dealing with a once-in-a-century downpour that has brought over a month’s worth of torrential rain, res...

28 Dec 2021

Tracking the Malaysia floods: a visual story

Opinion / Cities

Putting a floor under Asia's sinking cities

...floods. In addition, some infrastructural solutions to address floods are financially more attractive than some nature-based solutions that could provide flood protection while addressing climate chan...

11 Mar 2022

Putting a floor under Asia's sinking cities

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Debt cancellation: no quick fix to climate funding crunch

...floods, cyclones, rising seas and droughts. At the 27th conference of the parties to the United Nations climate change negotiations (COP27), taking place next week in Egypt, there will be renewed urg...

2 Nov 2022

Debt cancellation: no quick fix to climate funding crunch

News / Policy & Finance

Migrants share lessons with US to improve climate resilience

When Benetick Kabua Maddison moved to the United States from the Marshall Islands aged six, it was partly due to the effects of global warming: flooding had damaged his low-lying Pacific island home a...

24 Aug 2022

Migrants share lessons with US to improve climate resilience

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