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News / Carbon & Climate

China, US climate pledges give COP26 boost but 'extra mile' sought

...floods, wildfires and crop failures. Chinese leader Xi Jinping told the annual UN gathering on Tuesday that his country would not build any new coal-fired power projects abroad, following in the foots...

23 Sep 2021

China, US climate pledges give COP26 boost but 'extra mile' sought

News / Carbon & Climate

Monsoon changes threaten Asia and warn the world

...flood ripening grain fields, wash away topsoils and even − by reducing the storage of carbon in the soil − help accelerate further warming of the planet. Around one billion people depend on the monsoo...

20 Apr 2021

Monsoon changes threaten Asia and warn the world

News / Energy

EU plans may boost Asian nuclear ambitions but progress likely to stutter, say analysts

...flooded reactors and forced 150,000 people to evacuate. Remediation efforts could take another four decades. “The misinformation of radiation and nuclear waste also causes irrational fear to grow amo...

17 Jan 2022

EU plans may boost Asian nuclear ambitions but progress likely to stutter, say analysts

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The time bomb at the top of the world

...flooding in Southeast Asia. But there is far worse ahead, with one risk, in particular, so great that it alone threatens humanity itself: the rapid depletion of Arctic sea ice. Recalling an Alfred Hit...

20 Oct 2020

The time bomb at the top of the world

Farmer Mavis Gofa poses with grains she produced from her hometown in Mutoko, northeastern Zimbabwe

News / Food & Agriculture

Family farmers struggle to keep up with fast-warming world

...floods, droughts and storms. In Mutoko in northeastern Zimbabwe, Gofa, 25, is seeing yields from her rain-fed maize dwindle, as the start of the planting season is delayed from mid-October to late Dec...

1 Dec 2020

Family farmers struggle to keep up with fast-warming world

Waves in the Arctic Ocean in Utqiaġvik, Alaska

News / Carbon & Climate

Arctic Ocean is set for more turbulent future

...floods could become four times, or even 10 times, as frequent. And a separate study has found that even the character of the water in the ocean is changing: warm salty water from the Atlantic is weake...

24 Jul 2020

Arctic Ocean is set for more turbulent future

healthcare workers in Philippines covid-19

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Pandemic policy must be climate policy

...flooding, and typhoon season is far from over. “ Unlike health care, the planet’s thresholds cannot be changed. We are the ones who must adjust. The pandemic won’t save us, but it could be the catal...

5 Aug 2020

Pandemic policy must be climate policy

Typhoon Haiyan rips through Tanauan, Leyte in the Philippines

News / Policy & Finance

Not personal enough: Why climate change is not yet a top priority

...flooding by 2050 as a result of sea level rise - more than three times previous estimates. Many US flood maps have been updated to reflect that greater vulnerability, as part of a privately led effort...

9 Oct 2020

Not personal enough: Why climate change is not yet a top priority

News / Carbon & Climate

Philippines submits first carbon emissions reduction target to UN

...flooding in the region in 45 years. United States-based green group The Climate Reality Project asked the Climate Change Commission for a roadmap with “detailed plans and timetables” to peak emission...

16 Apr 2021

Philippines submits first carbon emissions reduction target to UN

News / Carbon & Climate

Tree-planting goals undermine the forest for the lack of diverse, good-quality seeds

...floods, droughts or other extreme weather events, will help grow more resilient forests adaptive to climate change. ‘We’re changing how we use trees in our landscape’ Getting today’s seed systems fit ...

9 Dec 2021

Tree-planting goals undermine the forest for the lack of diverse, good-quality seeds

News / Food & Agriculture

With water scarce, Pakistan helps farmers grow more with less

...flood-irrigated land he owns elsewhere in the province. The switch, besides allowing him to farm with 60 per cent less water, has cut the fertiliser he needs in half as less is washed away and wasted,...

1 Oct 2020

With water scarce, Pakistan helps farmers grow more with less

Press Releases / Imagine H2O Asia

Accelerate your water startup's growth in the Asia-Pacific: Apply to Imagine H2O Asia Cohort 3

...flooding to untreated wastewater and access to safe drinking water, this region offers a microcosm for global water and wastewater challenges. In response, the region’s myriad differences are br...

26 Jul 2021

Accelerate your water startup's growth in the Asia-Pacific: Apply to Imagine H2O Asia Cohort 3

News / Carbon & Climate

Mapped: How climate change disproportionately affects women’s health

...floodwaters. Another study found that, after a 1998 flood in Dhaka, women were less likely than men to leave their homes to seek medical help. The researchers suggest that this was likely linked to cu...

2 Nov 2020

Mapped: How climate change disproportionately affects women’s health

Narendra Modi visiting the India Pavilion

News / Carbon & Climate

All eyes on India as COP26 summit starts

...floods, storms, droughts and landslides, and faster sea level rise. All countries are being hit; developing countries that have less money to handle the impacts are angry because the long-promised US$...

1 Nov 2021

All eyes on India as COP26 summit starts

News / Green Buildings

Rapid systemic change is needed: slashing emissions in cities

...flooding. The pressure is on governments and urban planners to act as a catalyst to drive down the emissions of urban transport, energy generation and buildings. “Rapid systemic change is needed,” sa...

16 Dec 2021

Rapid systemic change is needed: slashing emissions in cities

Hurricane Dorian hit the Abaco Islands in Marsh Harbour, Bahamas

News / Policy & Finance

Reality check needed on finance to keep people safe in a warming world

...flood defences, developing drought-resilient crops and planting more greenery in cities - and that sum could rise to $300 billion a year by 2030. A study released by the Stockholm Environment Institut...

5 Oct 2021

Reality check needed on finance to keep people safe in a warming world

News / Policy & Finance

Bali’s new highway project bring concerns about agriculture and conservation areas

...flooding, he said, while the loss of farmland would impact Bali’s food security, and put the island at risk of diminishing its core culture. “One rice field, on average, can contain up to 3,000 metric...

19 Nov 2021

Bali’s new highway project bring concerns about agriculture and conservation areas

News / Carbon & Climate

The world needs to triple its annual investment in nature by 2030 to protect land, wildlife and climate

...flood protection needs to triple this decade to about US$350 billion by 2030 and rise to US$536 billion by 2050, the UN report said. The report, published on 27 May, looked at how to tackle the plane...

14 Jun 2021

The world needs to triple its annual investment in nature by 2030 to protect land, wildlife and climate

News / Carbon & Climate

Southeast Asia facing calamitous weather extremes as 1.5°C global warming to hit by 2030s: IPCC report

...floods and droughts, and achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, as outlined in the Paris Agreement, was necessary to limit warming to 1.5°C. Though Southeast Asian nations are projected ...

10 Aug 2021

Southeast Asia facing calamitous weather extremes as 1.5°C global warming to hit by 2030s: IPCC report

News / Carbon & Climate

What’s at stake for India and South Asia at COP26?

...floods, heatwaves, cyclones, abnormal rains and more. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the UN scientific body on climate change, the world is currently well on track ...

1 Oct 2021

What’s at stake for India and South Asia at COP26?

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