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Opinion / Water

When the political levee breaks

Swaths of Europe are flooded, and the American west is engulfed in heat, fire, and drought. Wealthy countries are experiencing what many developing countries have always known: a changing climate can...

14 Sep 2021

When the political levee breaks

News / Carbon & Climate

The COP26 climate talks saw progress on nature

...flood risk. The project is expected to benefit 10 per cent of the country’s population, who will see reduced flood risk and improved green spaces, decreased temperatures and more tourism opportunities...

11 Jan 2022

The COP26 climate talks saw progress on nature

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

What does China want from COP28?

...floods, causing close to 400 deaths and the evacuation of 815,000 people. Some weather stations registered daily precipitation normally only seen for the entire year. In August 2023, heavy rainfall st...

30 Nov 2023

What does China want from COP28?

News / Cities

As Nepal’s rhino population increases, are threats being overlooked?

...floodplains of lowland Nepal and northeast India – has been steadily on the rise for the past two decades. The 2021 census put the national population at 752, compared to 409 in 2005. Over 90 per cent...

12 Apr 2023

As Nepal’s rhino population increases, are threats being overlooked?

News / Energy

Evicted villagers pay a high price for India's hydropower push

...floods in the state in 2013 that killed about 6,000 people, according to state government estimates. A committee appointed by India's Supreme Court concluded that hydroelectric projects had exacerbate...

1 Jun 2022

Evicted villagers pay a high price for India's hydropower push

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Dread or hope at COP27?

...flooding across Pakistan this summer left one-third of the country underwater, and southwestern North America is suffering its worst drought in 1,200 years. In China, drought has crippled hydroelectri...

9 Nov 2022

Dread or hope at COP27?

Clearing forrests for the Lumbung Coal Mine, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.

News / Carbon & Climate

Mining linked again to another severe flood in Indonesian Borneo

...Floodwaters as high as 2 meters (6.5 feet) inundated 2,507 houses. The local disaster mitigation agency called it “the biggest flood in at least the last 10 years.” The flood also caused the failure o...

4 Jun 2021

Mining linked again to another severe flood in Indonesian Borneo

News / Policy & Finance

Poor nations seek to go green with debt swaps

...floods last year and tropical storms that have hit island nations' economies hard. Who is pushing debt-for-nature swaps and why? Developing nations that are struggling to pay back creditors or default...

20 Feb 2023

Poor nations seek to go green with debt swaps

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Reinventing food supply chains for a growing world

...floods in Bangladesh and Pakistan, and one of the deadliest tropical cyclones in the Philippines. All can be attributed at least in part to global warming. The urgency around repairing the global food...

5 Dec 2022

Reinventing food supply chains for a growing world

Opinion / Energy

Replace Russian oil and gas with renewables

...floods, storms, wildfires, heat waves, and droughts. All of these weather events are becoming more frequent, extreme, and deadly as a result of climate change, and all of them can increase the likelih...

29 Mar 2022

Replace Russian oil and gas with renewables

Podcasts / Policy & Finance

‘We do not just adopt global standards, we respond to domestic challenges’: Philippine central bank exec Lyn Javier

...flooding, landslides and volcanic hazards in bank locations. The results will lead to a circular guideline which will show the quantitative impact of climate change on banks and instruct them on how ...

11 Sep 2023

‘We do not just adopt global standards, we respond to domestic challenges’: Philippine central bank exec Lyn Javier

Opinion / Waste

South Asian leadership is needed for an equitable plastics treaty

...floods, while India announced its own ban on over a dozen single-use plastic items in June 2022. These bans may look like a logical policy response, but in reality they are very hard to implement. A...

19 May 2023

South Asian leadership is needed for an equitable plastics treaty

Surabaya has increased the focus on city greening

Opinion / Cities

Surabaya’s antidote to the rise of concrete jungles

...flood control, recreational space, CO2 sequestration, and food production are just a few of the services urban vegetation can provide. Indonesian law mandates that at least 30 per cent of urban areas ...

19 Jul 2022

Surabaya’s antidote to the rise of concrete jungles

News / Policy & Finance

Q&A: What does the EU ‘nature restoration’ law mean for climate and biodiversity?

...flooding and drought prevention, pollination and all this depends on healthy ecosystems. “It’s very cynical to tell people that you’re defending farmers and actually blocking one of the solutions for...

5 Mar 2024

Q&A: What does the EU ‘nature restoration’ law mean for climate and biodiversity?

News / Transport

Q&A: The global ‘trade war’ over China’s booming EV industry

...flooding” the UK market by emphasising that the country’s “robust” legal structure “will make sure that competition is fair and that there’s a level playing field”. Both new current trade secretary J...

2 Sep 2024

Q&A: The global ‘trade war’ over China’s booming EV industry

Opinion / Green Buildings

Measuring the real cost of sand mining in the Mekong

...floodplains, where a similar quality of sand can be obtained. Floodplains are the ‘natural sinks’ of sand where river sediments are deposited through annual flooding during wet seasons. It is not ful...

28 Feb 2022

Measuring the real cost of sand mining in the Mekong

News / Cities

India’s rural migrants face climate hazards in the cities

India has seen millions of people fleeing failing agriculture to megacities that are poorly equipped to handle the influx amid increased threats from climate hazards particularly floods and heat waves...

3 Aug 2021

India’s rural migrants face climate hazards in the cities

News / Carbon & Climate

Look beyond COP26 summit to real world for climate action, says top UK scientist

...flood risks around the world, for instance, and now fear as much as 90 per cent of Vietnam's key rice-growing deltas could be flooded annually by 2050 if temperatures keep rising on their current path...

11 Nov 2021

Look beyond COP26 summit to real world for climate action, says top UK scientist

News / Carbon & Climate

Methane, a threat and an opportunity

...flooding of paddies. However, the potential to cut emissions from livestock is less certain, as it relies more on behavioural changes such as a reduction in meat consumption, according to UNEP. The lo...

5 Oct 2022

Methane, a threat and an opportunity

News / Carbon & Climate

Floods and heatwaves: Can we tell if extreme weather is linked to climate change?

...floods upended life in both China and Germany earlier this month, sending a stark reminder that climate change is making weather more extreme across the globe. The floods are the latest in an accelera...

30 Jul 2021

Floods and heatwaves: Can we tell if extreme weather is linked to climate change?

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