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Without land, Bangladesh's Manta people live - and die - on boats

...floods earlier this month that stranded more than 4.5 million people and killed dozens in northeast Bangladesh - are battering Manta boats and incomes, he said. Without a permanent address, most Manta...

13 Jul 2022

Without land, Bangladesh's Manta people live - and die - on boats

Port Dickson beach sand - before and after

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Long overlooked, East Malaysia's disappearing shorelines in spotlight as government tackles coastal erosion

...flooded a road adjacent to the beach, affecting more than 30 beachside stalls. The "horsehead drinking water" rock formation, before and after its collapse on Tusan Beach, Miri in the East Malaysian...

22 Aug 2022

Long overlooked, East Malaysia's disappearing shorelines in spotlight as government tackles coastal erosion

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After excess rainfall, now poor prices leave Marathwada cotton farmers in debt

In addition to the heavy losses incurred by excess rainfall during monsoon months, farmers in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra are now forced to sell cotton at low price, eventually pushing them t...

6 Jan 2023

After excess rainfall, now poor prices leave Marathwada cotton farmers in debt

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Analysis: Will COP28 bring us closer to a global carbon market?

Carbon markets are increasingly important to efforts to control global warming. By pricing a tonne of carbon, markets encourage heavily emitting entities to innovate to reduce emissions. They can also...

29 Nov 2023

Analysis: Will COP28 bring us closer to a global carbon market?

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India bets on seaweed's future as food industry appetite grows

...floods - pose a major emerging threat to global food security. Interest in seaweed production comes as efforts ramp up around the world to figure out how to balance nature protection and farming, and ...

6 Sep 2023

India bets on seaweed's future as food industry appetite grows

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In crisis-hit Pakistan, rogue loan apps add to financial pain

Unemployed Pakistani software engineer Ali thought he had found a way to pay his overdue electricity bill when he took a small, 30-day loan from a digital lending app late last year. The money landed...

1 Jun 2023

In crisis-hit Pakistan, rogue loan apps add to financial pain

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Commonwealth hard hit by climate impacts

As King Charles prepares for his coronation this weekend, a study has highlighted the economic impact of climate change on the Commonwealth group of countries he heads as Britain's monarch - and rev...

5 May 2023

Commonwealth hard hit by climate impacts

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Struggling Thai fisherfolk gird for losses as another Laos Mekong dam looms

...flood pulse.” Nourished by these floods, the Mekong’s floodplains are a globally significant source of biodiversity. The Songkhram River, in particular, has provided such rich spawning grounds that th...

13 Jun 2022

Struggling Thai fisherfolk gird for losses as another Laos Mekong dam looms

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8 times extreme weather hit hard in 2021

...floods like the one this summer. The summer floods also exposed gaps in flood prevention measures that focus on managing floods from bigger rivers, instead of its smaller branches. Five months on, the...

30 Nov 2021

8 times extreme weather hit hard in 2021

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Bangladesh needs mangroves and embankments, say locals and experts

...flooding and erosion in coastal areas. Policymakers, experts, civil society and development agencies have long debated the merits of constructing embankments to protect land versus planting mangroves...

22 Jul 2022

Bangladesh needs mangroves and embankments, say locals and experts

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'Just transition' pushed by experts, activists and sectors amid record floods, droughts in Asia

...floods in Pakistan that have killed over a thousand people and cost US$10 billion in loss and damage to the unprecedented droughts in China drying up the Yangtze River which 400 million people depend ...

14 Sep 2022

'Just transition' pushed by experts, activists and sectors amid record floods, droughts in Asia

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The solutions to natural disasters are connected

...floods; the Mediterranean wildfires; food insecurity in southern Madagascar; the drought in Taiwan; the Tonga volcano eruption; the looming extinction of the vaquita; and the unusual migration of elep...

14 Sep 2022

The solutions to natural disasters are connected

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COP27: Calls for financial help come amid weak climate action

...floodwaters on a bike on a flooded street in Anyang city, central China's Henan province. Image: Chinaimages, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 Facing up to climate threats Countries on the frontlines of extreme weath...

2 Nov 2022

COP27: Calls for financial help come amid weak climate action

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Taste for meat, dairy in developing nations drives up emissions

...floods due to climate change are threatening to take bigger bites out of the world’s food basket, at a time when malnourishment is steadily increasing in the Global South. “Mitigating emissions at eve...

20 Jun 2023

Taste for meat, dairy in developing nations drives up emissions

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Modern slavery numbers soar to 50 million, driven by global crises

At least 50 million people worldwide are living in slavery - an increase of 10 million in five years - fuelled by conflicts, Covid-19, and climate change, according to new estimates. Compounding cris...

25 May 2023

Modern slavery numbers soar to 50 million, driven by global crises

A shoal of Pacific sardines in the open ocean.

Opinion / Policy & Finance

High time for a high-seas treaty

...floods, devastating droughts and wildfires, ocean dead zones, and food scarcity, demands for systemic change have reached a crescendo. Unless we embark on a new course, our crises will only deepen. De...

1 Mar 2023

High time for a high-seas treaty

Celine Lim delivering a letter to Buckingham Palace in January 2023

News / Food & Agriculture

Indigenous activist on how to confront powerful forces to protect Malaysian forests and people – and win

...flooded 40,000 ha of forest and cost 20,000 Indigenous people their homes. Save Rivers' protest on behalf of 26 communities of the Indigenous Kenyah, Kayan and Penan peoples involved one of the longe...

2 Feb 2024

Indigenous activist on how to confront powerful forces to protect Malaysian forests and people – and win

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Community pulls together to save medicinal plants in Indonesia

...floods can easily occur as the catchment area has shrunk,” said Ridho Saputra, chair of a youth environmental organisation in Muaro Jambi district. The frequency of floods makes the medicinal plants i...

2 Jun 2022

Community pulls together to save medicinal plants in Indonesia

News / Policy & Finance

What does China’s new methane plan mean for the climate?

Last week, China published its long-awaited action plan for controlling national methane emissions. After carbon dioxide (CO2), methane is the second-largest contributor to human-caused global warming...

20 Nov 2023

What does China’s new methane plan mean for the climate?

News / Carbon & Climate

Indonesia’s election matters for relations with China and the environment

...flooding due to mining activities. Both cases gave rise to prolonged conflict, accompanied by a repressive approach by the police towards communities who refused to be relocated. Ganjar has never comm...

20 Nov 2023

Indonesia’s election matters for relations with China and the environment

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