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Opinion / Cities

How can cities adapt to climate hazards?

...flooding with other government agencies such as the Civil Defence, police and health services. The Hague has mapped its vulnerability to coastal flooding with flood modelling as part of the 100 Resili...

25 Oct 2019

How can cities adapt to climate hazards?

News / Carbon & Climate

Bangladesh promises to improve local flood warnings after complaints

...flood warnings to local people in regions at risk of rising waters, a minister said on Monday, responding to a report that many flood victims were not alerted by the government earlier this year. Seve...

1 Oct 2019

Bangladesh promises to improve local flood warnings after complaints

News / Carbon & Climate

Scarce carbon storage threatens net-zero push as emissions keep rising

...flooding from sea level rise. We're going to see increasing crop failures and migration — things impossible for us to manage," he said. The price tag for swiftly scaling up CCS "is tiny compared to th...

5 Jul 2021

Scarce carbon storage threatens net-zero push as emissions keep rising

News / Cities

Growing equity in city green space

...flooding from storms, reduce water scarcity, improve air and water quality, regulate temperature, and aid soil nutrient cycling, all while sequestering carbon. Each tree in that forest is important. W...

24 May 2021

Growing equity in city green space

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Agriculture doesn't have to be the villain: regenerative farming can save our soils

...floods. If we want productive farms, nutritious food, and healthy communities and economies, we must have healthy soils. Quoting Project Drawdown, “The world cannot be fed unless the soil is fed.” If ...

4 Dec 2020

Agriculture doesn't have to be the villain: regenerative farming can save our soils

News / Cities

Rising urban space demands squeeze out farmers

...flood. All of this in turn increases the pressure for green spaces within the new cities and a more spacious lifestyle. Cheek by jowl But civilised city life comes at an environmental price. About hal...

14 Apr 2020

Rising urban space demands squeeze out farmers

Opinion / Cities

Droughts and flooding are two sides of the same coin. Some Asian cities are future-proofing against both

...flooding is an equally looming threat in Delhi. In August 2019, the Yamuna river flooded past the danger mark leading to the evacuation of over 10,000 people and resulting in a city-wide flood alert i...

9 Oct 2019

Droughts and flooding are two sides of the same coin. Some Asian cities are future-proofing against both

News / Policy & Finance

Asia's aspiring 'green-collar' workers hope for jobs in Covid recovery

...floods to typhoons. It started when its co-founder Heng Li Seng, who runs a social enterprise in Singapore on reducing waste and coastal cleanups since 2017, began to receive growing number of enquiri...

29 Oct 2020

Asia's aspiring 'green-collar' workers hope for jobs in Covid recovery

Opinion / Cities

In Gorakhpur, citizens use nature to prevent floods

...flooding and stagnant water. Neighborhoods organised household waste and recycling collection to keep drainage channels clear. While the efforts helped these neighborhoods become more resilient to flo...

11 Oct 2019

In Gorakhpur, citizens use nature to prevent floods

News / Carbon & Climate

Racing ice loss strips Greenland of mass

...flooding around the planet”, said Andrew Shepherd of the University of Leeds in the UK. “On current trends, Greenland ice melting will cause 100 million people to be flooded each year by the end of th...

12 Dec 2019

Racing ice loss strips Greenland of mass

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Key investments can build resilience to pandemics and climate change

...flooding, potentially compounding the emergency. Meanwhile, forecasters are projecting a “significantly above normal” Atlantic hurricane season, raising the prospect of communities having to fight bot...

16 Apr 2020

Key investments can build resilience to pandemics and climate change

News / Policy & Finance

Vietnam approves US$9 billion project within mangrove reserve

...floods and land collapses.” The petition is now online, in both English and Vietnamese, and had been signed by more than 5,900 people at the time of writing. It adds that the project poses huge threat...

7 Aug 2020

Vietnam approves US$9 billion project within mangrove reserve

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate summit aims to jump-start adaptation and resilience

By 2024, half of all climate finance from donors and multilateral development banks should be allocated to adaptation and resilience, according to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, speaking at th...

1 Feb 2021

Climate summit aims to jump-start adaptation and resilience

News / Policy & Finance

Climate legal cases in Asia have risen by 185% since 2018

...flood-prone areas. Little legal action on climate cases in Asia: A misnomer? It is a “misnomer” to say that disputes related to climate change are less common in Asia compared to the US and Europe, ar...

1 Mar 2021

Climate legal cases in Asia have risen by 185% since 2018

Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban City, Philippines

News / Carbon & Climate

Virus-hit Asian nations brace for double disasters as extreme weather looms

...floods and cyclones and heat waves - so the demand on response forces will be huge. Kamal Kishore, National Disaster Management Authority member, India Pacific storms Meanwhile in Vanuatu, around 16...

17 Apr 2020

Virus-hit Asian nations brace for double disasters as extreme weather looms

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News / Policy & Finance

UN turns to space technology to reach SDGs

...flooding, and health and education needs. More accurate floodwater mapping and modelling can inform urban planning practices, while more precise population and settlement maps could show where schools...

19 Dec 2019

UN turns to space technology to reach SDGs

News / Cities

Should the Philippines copy Indonesia and relocate its sinking capital?

...flooded by as much as 30cm. Projected images show that by 2060, floodwater could run as deep as 1 metre, but scientists predict that even as early as 2040, floodwater will exceed the height of some pe...

16 Oct 2019

Should the Philippines copy Indonesia and relocate its sinking capital?

Chennai residents, water crisis, MS Nagar

News / Water

What's being done to fix water scarcity in Asia's most water-stressed countries?

...flood and wastewater problems. The plan aims to supply clean water to 75,032 villages by 2030, solve floods and droughts in 66 areas covering 34.6 million rai (1 rai equals 0.16 hectares), build more ...

22 Mar 2020

What's being done to fix water scarcity in Asia's most water-stressed countries?

Urban farming on the rooftop of a Hong Kong building

News / Cities

Governments urged to invest more in green cities to beat coronavirus slump

...floods, heatwaves and droughts, it said. At the same time, cities would become less polluted, more pleasant places to live, as well as easier to get around - improving health and quality of life. As g...

17 Sep 2020

Governments urged to invest more in green cities to beat coronavirus slump

News / Policy & Finance

Why Cambodia's environmentalists fear new internet firewall

...flooding in the city to lakes being filled in for development. Campaigners again called for an end to the targeting of activists in February, after Ouch Leng, a 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize winner...

6 Apr 2021

Why Cambodia's environmentalists fear new internet firewall

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