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Opinion / Policy & Finance

Hacking the tragedy of the commons

...flooding, increasingly visible social inequities, and other worrying problems. There is now growing support for the idea that capital should be used for more than just financial returns, as demonstrat...

20 Dec 2021

Hacking the tragedy of the commons

News / Cities

K-pop for the planet: Fans of South Korean stars take up climate activism

...floods, wildfires. We can change this by doing good, just like how our idols did, so we can enjoy K-pop on a liveable planet," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone. The movement is just on...

5 Feb 2021

K-pop for the planet: Fans of South Korean stars take up climate activism

News / Carbon & Climate

The 7 scariest climate stories of 2020

...floods Having largely contained the Covid-19 pandemic, China found itself dealing with the worst flooding in southwest provinces in decades this July as relentless rains lashed the region, killing hun...

15 Dec 2020

The 7 scariest climate stories of 2020

News / Carbon & Climate

250 million coastal dwellers will face rising floods

...flooding, a rise of 52 per cent. And these floods – increasingly frequent and extending over greater areas – will put at risk cities, homes, resorts and industries valued at more than $14 trillion (£1...

7 Aug 2020

250 million coastal dwellers will face rising floods

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News / Policy & Finance

Climate change, Covid-19 and conflict drive 'alarming' rise in aid need

...floods cause by hurricanes, climate change has helped push hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes in recent years, especially in rural areas. "Forced migration is a phenomenon closely li...

8 Dec 2021

Climate change, Covid-19 and conflict drive 'alarming' rise in aid need

News / Carbon & Climate

Pandemic job losses and flooding spark fears of hard times in Bangladesh

...flooding, but experts fear the impact this year may be worse due to job losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic and floods that have lingered for an unusually long time. Thousands of workers have be...

4 Aug 2020

Pandemic job losses and flooding spark fears of hard times in Bangladesh

Opinion / Water

China’s great wall of water

...flood struck a country that, like China today, had developed an unshakeable faith in its ability to control nature. Beyond the immediate devastation, the Great Mississippi Flood had three long-lasting...

11 Aug 2020

China’s great wall of water

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Wealthy countries still haven’t met their $100 billion pledge to help poor countries face climate change, and the risks are rising

...Flooding from extreme storms is wiping out people’s livelihoods in Africa and Asia. Heat waves are harming people who have no access to cooling, killing crops and affecting marine life communities rel...

25 Feb 2022

Wealthy countries still haven’t met their $100 billion pledge to help poor countries face climate change, and the risks are rising

News / Energy

Singapore could use nuclear power if world fragments on energy transition: report

...flooded reactors, forcing 150,000 people to evacuate. Earlier this year, the European Union recently included nuclear power projects in its green finance guide. Analysts said the move could be copied ...

22 Mar 2022

Singapore could use nuclear power if world fragments on energy transition: report

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News / Carbon & Climate

As forest blazes surge, experts call for a rethink in how to manage wildfires

...floods and droughts.” The report added that indigeous knowledge of wildfire management could bolster government plans – amplifying a call from researchers worldwide in recent years. It also encouraged...

23 Feb 2022

As forest blazes surge, experts call for a rethink in how to manage wildfires

News / Water

Women’s lives get harder in Bundelkhand as water scarcity grows

Every day during the summer months, Kamlawati Yadav wakes up at 6 am and walks half a kilometre to a house with a private borewell. “Getting water is the first thing I do,” Kamlawati says. “I carry on...

13 Jul 2022

Women’s lives get harder in Bundelkhand as water scarcity grows

News / Water

Why isn't water top of the climate agenda?

Asia's water resources face a triple threat — climate change leading to extreme floods and droughts, clustering of cities around the major river basins, and coastal threats. Although the water risks ...

30 Jun 2021

Why isn't water top of the climate agenda?

News / Cities

Conservation, Indigenous rights issues haunt Indonesia’s new capital

...floods, landslides, forest fires, earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions. The site, straddling the border between the two districts of North Penajam Paser and Kutai Kartanegara, was found to be ...

10 Mar 2023

Conservation, Indigenous rights issues haunt Indonesia’s new capital

A farmer plants rice in a drought farm in China

News / Carbon & Climate

Extreme drought and fire risk may double by 2060

...flooding and drought in the monsoon climates and the arid lands alike. But, the researchers say, there has so far been no study of the potential impact of global climate change on global terrestrial w...

28 Jan 2021

Extreme drought and fire risk may double by 2060

News / Energy

Hydroelectric project in Sumatra risks extinction of world’s rarest orangutan

...flooding,” said Latuparisa. Risk of landslides Already, the impact of construction on the hill slopes is evident. When The Third Pole visited South Tapanuli at the end of April 2021, several signs war...

6 Sep 2021

Hydroelectric project in Sumatra risks extinction of world’s rarest orangutan

News / Carbon & Climate

Deforestation of Cambodian wildlife sanctuary linked to crony mining operation

...floods. These, when coupled with falling groundwater levels, force farmers to move to more adaptable crops like cassava, but there they lose out financially and nutritionally. Theilade contextualised ...

2 Jun 2022

Deforestation of Cambodian wildlife sanctuary linked to crony mining operation

Press Releases / WWF Central and Eastern Europe

New WWF analysis reveals the possibility of freeing at least 7800 km of rivers in the region from unnecessary and environmentally harmful barriers

...floods and sea level rises. “One of the primary drivers of the decline of freshwater biodiversity in the Danube basin are dams and other water infrastructure that impact the natural habitats of...

21 Apr 2021

New WWF analysis reveals the possibility of freeing at least 7800 km of rivers in the region from unnecessary and environmentally harmful barriers

Opinion / Water

South Asia could see 40 million climate migrants by 2030

...floods, droughts and cyclones, the new research shows. The report by non-profit ActionAid International and Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA) upwardly revised projections made in a 2018 World ...

29 Dec 2020

South Asia could see 40 million climate migrants by 2030

Fresh wave of climate protests to target gas ahead of COP26 summit

News / Carbon & Climate

The blame game and missing money: your guide to COP26

...floods in Patan block, Satara, Maharashtra in India. India's climate ministry has said that it is seeking payment for the losses caused by climate disasters. Image: वर्षा देशपांडे, CC BY-SA 4.0 The m...

27 Oct 2021

The blame game and missing money: your guide to COP26

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The Sixth Mass Extinction is happening now, and it doesn’t look good for us

...flooding and fires, and poorer human health. Even human diseases like HIV/AIDS, Ebola, and COVID-19 are the result of our collective indifference to the integrity of natural ecosystems. You could be f...

2 Mar 2022

The Sixth Mass Extinction is happening now, and it doesn’t look good for us

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