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Pandemic and climate extremes hit India together

...floods. Now it is being assailed by all-devouring locust swarms, the worst in 25 years, leaving the land scarred. Government figures showed more than 5,000 Covid-19 deaths by the end of May. The pande...

4 Jun 2020

Pandemic and climate extremes hit India together

Opinion / Water

Covid-19 is telling us that it's time for global systems change—starting with water

...floods and other weather extremes. This will require water management to reinforce the stability of food systems while also recognising the prospect of overlapping shocks, both natural and human-made,...

5 Jun 2020

Covid-19 is telling us that it's time for global systems change—starting with water

Opinion / Policy & Finance

How better climate data can help the municipal market

...flooding is most severe in Louisiana, which we anticipate will have the greatest number of counties affected by 2050. Municipal entities in flood-prone counties could face increasing costs associated ...

1 Sep 2020

How better climate data can help the municipal market

News / Cities

Bangkok on track for more green spaces with park on old train line

...floodplains of the Chao Phraya River, is also forecast by climate experts to be an urban area that will be hardest hit by extreme weather conditions in the coming years. Flooding is already common dur...

18 Jun 2020

Bangkok on track for more green spaces with park on old train line

News / Policy & Finance

Will landmark ruling against Shell aid typhoon survivors' case against fossil fuel firms in the Philippines?

...floods testified on how climate change impacts had upended their lives, livelihood and communities. Athough CHR commissioner Roberto Cadiz announced on the sidelines of the United Nations climate chan...

28 May 2021

Will landmark ruling against Shell aid typhoon survivors' case against fossil fuel firms in the Philippines?

News / Carbon & Climate

Illegal loggers in Sulawesi use pandemic as cover to ramp up activity

...flooding the market and undercutting legitimate businesses. If this situation is left unaddressed, illegal logging and the illegal timber trade will continue to flourish, affecting the implementation ...

25 May 2021

Illegal loggers in Sulawesi use pandemic as cover to ramp up activity

News / Lifestyle

11 sustainability buzzwords of 2021

...flooded with logos decked out in rainbow colours, but is this show of public support for the LGBTQ+ community genuine? ‘Rainbow-washing’ is a term that builds upon our knowledge of ‘greenwashing’. It...

31 Dec 2021

11 sustainability buzzwords of 2021

News / Policy & Finance

Large compromises overshadow small successes at COP26

...floods, landslides and a rising sea due to climate change. So far, most of the money has gone into mitigating greenhouse gas emissions: developing countries that pollute little have received little. L...

17 Nov 2021

Large compromises overshadow small successes at COP26

News / Carbon & Climate

Jakarta floods renew calls for stronger environmental protection

...flooding say they plan to bring to court. The group, calling itself the Jakarta Flood Victims Advocacy Team, accuses the city government of negligence and incompetence in both preventing and dealing w...

8 Jan 2020

Jakarta floods renew calls for stronger environmental protection

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Runways underwater: maps show where rising seas threaten 80 airports around the world

...flooding. These measures, which are not reflected in the maps developed by Climate Central, are designed to mitigate flood impact on infrastructure and reflect a significant investment in water-manage...

6 Feb 2020

Runways underwater: maps show where rising seas threaten 80 airports around the world

News / Food & Agriculture

Philippine farmers fear crop, river contamination as mining moratorium is lifted

...flooding, like what happened recently here [nine towns in Palawan were swamped by heavy rains in October], it’s us who will suffer the most when mining is permitted to clear vast swaths of our forests...

4 Feb 2022

Philippine farmers fear crop, river contamination as mining moratorium is lifted

News / Energy

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

...floods and wildfires have flashed by with dizzying speed, as climate change impacts accelerate. "There is a growing frustration about the lack of adequate climate action, which has been hidden by the ...

2 Aug 2021

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

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Natural disasters increase inequality, and recovery funding may make things worse

...floods and cyclones in the past two decades. Our results are disheartening. We’ve found the income gap routinely increases after a natural disaster. For example, following Queensland floods of 2010-11...

27 Feb 2020

Natural disasters increase inequality, and recovery funding may make things worse

News / Cities

Mining leads to flooding in Indonesian coal capital

...floods on Dec. 27 and again on Jan. 11, both times a result of heavy rainfall washing into the Mahakam River unchecked from deforested mining concessions upstream. “The main cause of flood is coal min...

6 Feb 2020

Mining leads to flooding in Indonesian coal capital

Residents of Kasiglahan Village in Rodriguez, Rizal, walk through the wreckage caused by Typhoon Ulysses. Image: Greenpeace Philippines

News / Policy & Finance

What will Asia be like in 10 years, if banks avoid green finance?

...floods, rising sea levels, and ocean acidification will pose severe problems for the economic and social stability of a region of lengthy coastlines and large river basins — if Asia's banks fail to cl...

3 Dec 2020

What will Asia be like in 10 years, if banks avoid green finance?

Environmental activists protest in support of German climate targets at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany

News / Policy & Finance

Push to 'keep 1.5 alive' heats up, 100 days from COP26 climate talks

...floods, heatwaves and wildfires, in countries from China to Germany to the United States, with impacts arriving faster than scientists had predicted. Today the Earth's climate has already warmed by 1....

23 Jul 2021

Push to 'keep 1.5 alive' heats up, 100 days from COP26 climate talks

News / Carbon & Climate

How Asia’s megacities can benefit from mangroves and other natural climate solutions

...flooding and sinking—continue to grow. Koh shared with Eco-Business how nature-based solutions can improve quality of life for city dwellers and the role businesses can play. Protection and restoratio...

3 Apr 2020

How Asia’s megacities can benefit from mangroves and other natural climate solutions

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Charting a course for zero-emissions health care

...floods and other manifestations of a growing climate emergency, have made it abundantly clear that we need to retool health care to be both pandemic prepared and climate-ready. In this harsh light, m...

28 Apr 2021

Charting a course for zero-emissions health care

News / Energy

Upgrade Asia’s ageing hydropower fleet to secure reliable clean energy supply, experts urge

...flood defences and early warning systems to prepare hydropower stations in climate-vulnerable Asia for increasingly intense weather events, reads the report. The study warns that in the absence of mod...

2 Sep 2020

Upgrade Asia’s ageing hydropower fleet to secure reliable clean energy supply, experts urge

Research / Cloudasset

Building a digital water management system for Thailand

...flood and drought predictions. In 2011 severe flooding in Thailand caused 815 deaths and US$46.5 billion in economic damages. Thailand is the world’s largest exporter of rice, sugar, and starc...

18 Feb 2020

Building a digital water management system for Thailand

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