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News / Food & Agriculture

Low earnings and agricultural neglect push Pakistan into food insecurity

...flooding contributed to the country’s poor food security. “Agriculture has not been a priority of the governments,” said Zahid Bhurgri, a farmer and general secretary at the Sindh Chamber of Agricultu...

14 Dec 2020

Low earnings and agricultural neglect push Pakistan into food insecurity

News / Carbon & Climate

Half a degree may make heat impact far worse

...flood or drought would increase measurably, the intensity of the most extreme event could be even more intense: 10 times greater. That is: the worst imaginable floods 80 years from now would be ten ti...

5 Apr 2019

Half a degree may make heat impact far worse

News / Carbon & Climate

As sea levels rise, can Singapore ratchet up the ambition of its climate targets?

...flooding. “ It is the responsibility of our generation to leave future generations with a habitable planet, both through mitigation and adaptation. Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister, Singapore Where s...

3 Oct 2019

As sea levels rise, can Singapore ratchet up the ambition of its climate targets?

News / Food & Agriculture

Drought and hunger drive Nepal farmers to India, defying Covid ban

...floods and landslides across much of Nepal, Buddhi Prasad Chaudhary, a farmer in the west of the country, was harvesting his rice early, after drought left it suitable only for animal feed. Chaudhary,...

22 Oct 2020

Drought and hunger drive Nepal farmers to India, defying Covid ban

Videos / Waste

Manila’s informal settlers face relocation to give way to massive bay clean up

...flooding and vulnerability to climate change. Fighting climate change impacts When it comes to relocating informal settlers, the bay’s pollution isn’t the government’s only concern. There’s also clima...

3 Oct 2019

Manila’s informal settlers face relocation to give way to massive bay clean up

Opinion / Water

Rethinking business and human rights in transboundary river governance in South Asia

...floods and droughts, in many of these basins. Businesses play a critical role in many of these infrastructure development, including those to mitigate and reduce the risks of natural hazards, such as ...

15 Jun 2020

Rethinking business and human rights in transboundary river governance in South Asia

News / Cities

Despite funding loss, cities vow to continue resilience push

...floods to an influx of refugees. The United Nations estimates that by 2050 nearly 70 per cent of the world's population will live in cities, which are increasingly impacted by extreme weather and sea ...

10 Jul 2019

Despite funding loss, cities vow to continue resilience push

News / Lifestyle

Cutting the unexpected carbon culprits in your life

...flooding the market with new daily products, encouraging consumers to buy in excess for less is costing the earth. The UN reckons it takes 3,781 litres of water to make a pair of jeans, from the prod...

30 Apr 2021

Cutting the unexpected carbon culprits in your life

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Safeguarding health in a warming world

...floods devastated Pakistan in 2010, there were 37 million reported cases of malaria, diarrhea, and acute respiratory and skin infections. Similarly, in the Solomon Islands, flooding in the capital cau...

4 Jul 2019

Safeguarding health in a warming world

News / Water

India pushes for its largest ever hydropower project despite concerns

...flood moderation as the key objective, the Dibang MPP will be located on the eponymous river and valley district of Arunachal Pradesh, featuring a 278-meter (912-foot) concrete gravity dam. The constr...

30 Jul 2019

India pushes for its largest ever hydropower project despite concerns

News / Carbon & Climate

Timber organisation backs ‘peace park’ in Borneo

...flooded low-lying forests and displaced communities. That same year, they created the Baram Conservation Initiative not only to support the formation of the Baram Peace Park, but also to secure land r...

29 Jan 2021

Timber organisation backs ‘peace park’ in Borneo

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Sustainable development starts with children

...flooding – housing reform is essential. Some countries recognise the importance of boosting public investment in children. In New Zealand, my home country, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s government h...

14 Jul 2020

Sustainable development starts with children

News / Cities

As coronavirus forces lockdowns, city dwellers head to parks

...flood risk and maintaining biodiversity," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation on Tuesday. "But these spaces are important for relaxation and exercise, too. A walk in the park can be vital to menta...

25 Mar 2020

As coronavirus forces lockdowns, city dwellers head to parks

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

It's time for action on climate-driven displacement

According to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, in 2017 more than 18.8 million people were displaced by disasters, 95 per cent of them by weather-related disasters. Storms and floods were r...

21 Jun 2019

It's time for action on climate-driven displacement

News / Carbon & Climate

'Care for nature' to keep people safe and well, leaders urge

...floods, droughts and super-storms. Oceans are heating and acidifying, harming coral reefs, while the new coronavirus is "raging", undermining health and livelihoods, he said. "To care for humanity, we...

8 Jun 2020

'Care for nature' to keep people safe and well, leaders urge

Activists protest against coal-based power plants in Bangladesh

News / Energy

Lack of finance forces Bangladesh to consider shelving coal

...floods, is highly vulnerable to climate change. Multiple disasters involving the ferrying of coal ash and oil have led to public anger, especially against plants close to its eco-sensitive regions lik...

20 Oct 2020

Lack of finance forces Bangladesh to consider shelving coal

News / Carbon & Climate

Singapore announces ambition to go net zero beyond 2050

...Flood Protection Fund, with an initial top-up of S$5 billion, would be set up. This is to fund the S$100 billion (US$72 billion) or more that the low-lying island will need over the next 50 to 100 yea...

28 Feb 2020

Singapore announces ambition to go net zero beyond 2050

News / Policy & Finance

When it comes to addressing climate change, gender matters

...floods as the climate crisis intensifies. The report underscores the point that gender shapes how climate change affects humans — and how we respond to it. One example is the impact of tropical cyclon...

17 Sep 2019

When it comes to addressing climate change, gender matters

News / Water

Water pollution an 'invisible threat' to global goals, economists warn

...floods and droughts, but this report focuses on the more invisible threats—the effects of pollutants impacting global water quality," Damania said. The 193 United Nations member states agreed on Septe...

22 Aug 2019

Water pollution an 'invisible threat' to global goals, economists warn

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Local communities are not just climate victims

...floods and droughts. Climate change can exacerbate the effects of poverty, widening the chasm between rich and poor. Yet this refrain only tells part of the story—and what it leaves out is key to acce...

19 Jun 2019

Local communities are not just climate victims

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