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solar panels at a 1-megawatt solar array in West Texas, United States

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Rays of hope in the climate struggle

...floods, record-breaking heatwaves, devastating wildfires, and famine-inducing droughts are becoming increasingly frequent. But, occasionally, a pleasant political surprise encourages policymakers and ...

30 Aug 2022

Rays of hope in the climate struggle

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Research shows tropical cyclones have decreased alongside human-caused global warming – but don’t celebrate yet

...flooding. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report detailed how human emissions have warmed tropical oceans above pre-industrial levels, with most warming happening since around t...

1 Jul 2022

Research shows tropical cyclones have decreased alongside human-caused global warming – but don’t celebrate yet

News / Cities

Drug-resistant typhoid ‘spreading out of South Asia’

...flooded water and sanitation systems,” says the WHO. “Typhoid-resistant genes are present in multiple countries and will pose challenges in crafting effective antimicrobial regimens,” Amesh Adalja, se...

1 Jul 2022

Drug-resistant typhoid ‘spreading out of South Asia’

News / Water

New global commission to redefine water governance unveiled at Davos

...floods, droughts and water stress are already affecting billions of people…The consequences of our collective neglect and poor governance of our water resources will most impact poor people all over t...

27 May 2022

New global commission to redefine water governance unveiled at Davos

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The implementation COP

...floods in Pakistan’s history have left one-third of the country under water. Far from freak occurrences, such severe weather events are becoming the new normal. Experts believe that extreme rainfall i...

19 Oct 2022

The implementation COP

Press Releases / Energy Development Corporation

EDC teams up with IBM to help keep its workforce safe from extreme weather events

...floods and landslides and take preventive measures to help ensure employees’ safety and protect critical assets. The hyper-local weather data, delivered by IBM Cloud, also allows EDC to deep div...

2 Dec 2021

EDC teams up with IBM to help keep its workforce safe from extreme weather events

News / Cities

Why climate change could spark conflict

...flood defences, Sikorsky said the key to building stability and avoiding division is strong governance - which helps to build trust in society. It is in the security interest of Global North countries...

22 Jul 2022

Why climate change could spark conflict

News / Cities

Planned Corrections headquarters imperils Philippines' last green corridor

...flood-prone adjacent lowland communities like the city of Marikina, according to the group. In September 2022, the Masungi Georeserve faced threats of “force and intimidation” over the span of a few d...

3 Mar 2023

Planned Corrections headquarters imperils Philippines' last green corridor

News / Carbon & Climate

Six super typhoons a year is the Philippines’ 'new normal': activists

Although the Philippines is no stranger to typhoons, it is now no longer deemed unusual for the archipelago to experience the most destructive kind of cyclones, known as “super typhoons", said environ...

28 Mar 2022

Six super typhoons a year is the Philippines’ 'new normal': activists

News / Energy

Bangladesh puts energy hopes in first nuclear power plant, despite delay

...flooding. Islam - also a professor at the University of Dhaka - said no public information was available on if and how the design of the nuclear plant takes climate-related risks into account. Even be...

12 Jan 2023

Bangladesh puts energy hopes in first nuclear power plant, despite delay

Abang Yusuf Abang Puteh, Petronas's natural gas chief

News / Energy

Petronas natural gas chief: the world's dependence on fossil fuel is not easy to break

...floods in Malaysia, have on the perception of fossil fuels producers like Petronas? Petronas takes a serious view of such events whereby the recent floods had also impacted many of our own staff and t...

12 Jan 2022

Petronas natural gas chief: the world's dependence on fossil fuel is not easy to break

News / Energy

Twin-state hydropower project seen to sweep away vulnerable communities, local biodiversity

...floods in other areas as well, which are not submerged. Some of the trees are medicinal plants. Many extinct species are in the forests. The project will be a death knell for all the species and many ...

29 Apr 2022

Twin-state hydropower project seen to sweep away vulnerable communities, local biodiversity

Laundry lines stretch towards the back of this unmarked alley in Tanah Abang.

Opinion / Cities

A place to breathe in jam-packed Jakarta

...flooding problems. The metropolitan area, home to 30 million people, has large pockets of informal settlements and extremely high population density. Tambora district (Kecamatan) in West Jakarta is t...

27 May 2022

A place to breathe in jam-packed Jakarta

Woman threshing wheat in Bakchur, India.

Opinion / Energy

Absorbing the shock of the energy transition

...floods, mega-droughts, and possibly even a simultaneous crop failure in key grain-producing regions worldwide. It is worth noting that India, the world’s second-largest wheat producer, recently banned...

12 Jul 2022

Absorbing the shock of the energy transition

Norwegian Climate and Environment Minister Espen Barth Eide

News / Carbon & Climate

COP26 carbon-market talks 'difficult'—but hopes for breakthrough, says Norway minister

...floods, heatwaves and rising sea levels. The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), for instance, wants a 5 per cent levy on all international transactions, an idea opposed by rich nations which say...

8 Nov 2021

COP26 carbon-market talks 'difficult'—but hopes for breakthrough, says Norway minister

News / Food & Agriculture

Lives destroyed as armyworms invade Philippine 'onion capital'

In the northwestern Philippine town of Bayambang, long known as the onion capital of Pangasinan province, an invasion of the crop-devouring armyworms has stolen farmer Merlita Gallardo's income - and...

30 Sep 2022

Lives destroyed as armyworms invade Philippine 'onion capital'

News / Carbon & Climate

Permafrost thaw could threaten half of Arctic infrastructure

A new study has shown that warming global temperatures are transforming the Arctic regions, where thawing permafrost and peat fires threaten up to half of the existing infrastructure by 2050, leading ...

19 Jan 2022

Permafrost thaw could threaten half of Arctic infrastructure

News / Carbon & Climate

Current warming trajectory will lead to humanitarian crisis: UNOCHA

Between 2000 and 2019, over 7,000 disasters were recorded worldwide, an 83 per cent rise on the previous two decades. There was a 134 per cent increase in the number of floods and a 232 per cent rise ...

6 Dec 2021

Current warming trajectory will lead to humanitarian crisis: UNOCHA

News / Manufacturing

Heads are turning to sustainable fashion in India

...flood of international brands targeting India's burgeoning middleclass. Meanwhile, the country's textile and apparel exports have reached record heights this year. But as people splurge on clothes an...

26 Sep 2022

Heads are turning to sustainable fashion in India

News / Carbon & Climate

Severe climate risk threatens 40 per cent of global fossil reserves

...flooding, high temperatures, and rising sea levels are putting more than 600 billion barrels equivalent of recoverable oil and gas at risk, with reserves from the Middle East and North Africa — in par...

5 Jan 2022

Severe climate risk threatens 40 per cent of global fossil reserves

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