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Rising coastal sea levels pose threat to cities in Vietnam and Thailand

...flooding According to the online Vietnamese newspaper VnExpress, Ho Chi Minh City is planning to spend U.S. $345 million on anti-flood projects this year. These would cover the downtown area and part ...

15 Nov 2019

Rising coastal sea levels pose threat to cities in Vietnam and Thailand

deforestation and destructive human practices

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The planet after the pandemic

...floods to absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. To complement such efforts, banks and other financial entities should be held responsible for lending practices that fuel the nature and climate...

3 Jun 2020

The planet after the pandemic

migrant worker, who works in a textile loom India

News / Policy & Finance

Indian garment workers cover bosses' lockdown losses

...flooded with complaints of non-payment. Where wages were paid, salaries are now being docked. "The worker will compensate for all the losses and that has been made very clear by companies," said Sebas...

26 Oct 2020

Indian garment workers cover bosses' lockdown losses

News / Cities

Protests, petitions as green spaces in Indian cities vanish

...floods in 2015 in the coastal city of Chennai, where floodplains have long been built over. Mumbai's tree cover has fallen to less than 13 per cent from more than 35 per cent in the 1970s, according t...

14 Oct 2019

Protests, petitions as green spaces in Indian cities vanish

News / Policy & Finance

One in five hectares of palm oil in Indonesia is criminal, report shows

...flooding, and during the dry season moist forest cover is now prone to annual fires,” he said. Wildlife habitat destroyed The illegal operations have also displaced wildlife from their habitat, accord...

12 Nov 2021

One in five hectares of palm oil in Indonesia is criminal, report shows

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Top international honours for Singapore’s National Water Agency PUB at Global Water Awards

...flood risks. PUB calls on everyone to play a part in conserving water, in keeping our waterways clean, and in caring for Singapore’s precious water resources. If we all do our little bit, there...

4 Jun 2021

Top international honours for Singapore’s National Water Agency PUB at Global Water Awards

Icebergs in Ilulissat Icefjord, Greenland

News / Carbon & Climate

Atlantic current could falter before 2100

...flooding, which – though damaging to human settlements – spreads fresh water, nutrients and sediments around the flood plains. But these benefits are at risk. The researchers found that river and lake...

6 Jan 2020

Atlantic current could falter before 2100

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesian flooding disaster bears the hallmarks of agriculture and mining impacts

...floods had receded, the mud line had reached the ceiling of his home, some 4 meters above the ground. Most of the other houses in the village lay in ruins. Almost 20,000 people were affected by the fl...

13 Aug 2019

Indonesian flooding disaster bears the hallmarks of agriculture and mining impacts

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Europe must become a global climate power

...floods in Bangladesh are harbingers of what awaits us if we fail to address the climate emergency. Without drastic action, such catastrophes will rage more frequently and ever more destructively. More...

25 Jan 2021

Europe must become a global climate power

Opinion / Water

Restore Pakistan’s rivers to handle droughts, floods and climate change

...floods. What we need is to restore the capacities of riverine corridors to pass bigger floods, rehabilitate lost wetlands to absorb flood peaks, and regenerate forests in floodplains to break flood ve...

15 Jul 2019

Restore Pakistan’s rivers to handle droughts, floods and climate change

News / Food & Agriculture

The race against time to cut rice’s carbon footprint

...flooding regimes, which would minimise both methane and nitrous oxide, the EDF said. But this cannot be assumed, and more research is needed to map flooding regimes and measure nitrous oxide from rice...

17 Mar 2020

The race against time to cut rice’s carbon footprint

Panel installers pose with a solar panel outside the High Court in central London.

News / Policy & Finance

UK stimulus for green jobs should also curb inequality, analysts say

...flooding. Younger people, aged 25-44, were most likely to say they were affected, as were people from Black and other minority communities, the poll of 1,000 "representative" Londoners found. Among su...

19 Nov 2020

UK stimulus for green jobs should also curb inequality, analysts say

News / Carbon & Climate

6 times when sustainability was almost funny in 2020

Even for the usually gloomy business of reporting on environmental and social issues, 2020 was a particularly bleak year. As if apocalyptic forest fires in the Amazon and Australia weren't depressing ...

16 Dec 2020

6 times when sustainability was almost funny in 2020

News / Carbon & Climate

Can Indonesia build a ‘green’ capital in a biodiversity hotspot?

...flooding due to watershed instability,” said Zuraidah Said, forest and climate research analyst at the World Resources Institute, Indonesia.Paving over a large area of forest land could also increase ...

8 Jun 2020

Can Indonesia build a ‘green’ capital in a biodiversity hotspot?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

China’s path to net zero

...flooding Chinese rivers and pulling away stones, while other countries, including the United States, are battling historic wildfires in the midst of a pandemic. To reduce the risk of further havoc, th...

7 Dec 2020

China’s path to net zero

News / Energy

Singapore’s carbon emissions targets hinge on reducing gas dependency

...flooded with imports.” Last October, the then-Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing announced that Singapore will be importing 100 MW of electricity from Malaysia over the next two years. Si...

14 Oct 2021

Singapore’s carbon emissions targets hinge on reducing gas dependency

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

My erasure from a news agency photograph of climate activists at Davos went viral — this is why it matters

...floods, and crop failures in my own country. 33 million people in East and Southern Africa are at emergency levels of food insecurity because of floods, landslides, droughts, and cyclones fuelled by t...

10 Feb 2020

My erasure from a news agency photograph of climate activists at Davos went viral — this is why it matters

News / Policy & Finance

Mass migration set to increase as world warms

...floods in the country are already killing hundreds of people a year, and many millions who are still dependent on subsistence agriculture are struggling with changing climate conditions. “Our research...

16 Sep 2020

Mass migration set to increase as world warms

News / Food & Agriculture

Climate crisis is foundation of Indian farmers’ protests

...floods). Not only does this directly impact productivity, research has also shown rising carbon dioxide levels are bringing down the nutritional value of crops. The impact of these changes on those de...

25 Jan 2021

Climate crisis is foundation of Indian farmers’ protests

News / Policy & Finance

Nepal elephant ride operators illegally selling animals to India

...flooded with buyers. The payment they are offering is inflated and always in cash,” she says. Sold into uncertainty Activists are also worried about the kind of life the elephants will lead in India. ...

7 Apr 2021

Nepal elephant ride operators illegally selling animals to India

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