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Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Is climate change responsible for the conflicts we're seeing around the world today?

...floods have added to tensions, and the relatively small-scale clashes that have long taken place between clans, especially in the dry seasons, have become more serious. But is the increase in violen...

17 Oct 2019

Is climate change responsible for the conflicts we're seeing around the world today?

Opinion / Cities

Living in Asia’s unliveable cities

...flooding at the slightest hint of rain because of drainage clogged by garbage. The Indonesian forest fires are not helping any as the smog from these forest fires has reached neighbouring countries li...

8 Oct 2019

Living in Asia’s unliveable cities

News / Policy & Finance

Poor women take the strain as climate change pushes men to leave home

...floods destroyed the cotton crop in her region, her wages decreased by 60 percent. "Men can easily migrate for work whereas we have to stay here (at home) to take care of the family," she was quoted a...

27 Nov 2019

Poor women take the strain as climate change pushes men to leave home

News / Carbon & Climate

Mobilisation needed for climate-related disasters

...floods and tornados, and contributing to more gradual environmental phenomena, such as drought and rising sea levels, it is expected to drive even more displacement in the future,” Baloch said. This s...

7 Jun 2019

Mobilisation needed for climate-related disasters

News / Carbon & Climate

Heatwaves and heavy rain predicted to last longer with climate change

...flooding. In 2018, several spells of hot and dry weather, each lasting weeks, contributed to wheat losses of 15 per cent in Germany, they noted. And in the United States, the past 12 months have been ...

20 Aug 2019

Heatwaves and heavy rain predicted to last longer with climate change

News / Lifestyle

22 ways to live better in 2022

...floods in Malaysia. An oil spill in Thailand. The culling of Hong Kong’s hamsters. The year 2022 may already be making us feel powerless in the face of so many problems. The climate crisis is gatherin...

2 Feb 2022

22 ways to live better in 2022

News / Food & Agriculture

The foods that reverse climate change

...flooding, high temperatures and rising sea levels are turning productive parts of our planet into places that are incapable of growing food. But what if we could produce food in a way that not only re...

29 Jan 2021

The foods that reverse climate change

News / Cities

Kitchen building material could cut urban flooding by half - scientists

...flooding is increasing, UN experts say. Flood-prone cities such as Wuhan, in China, are increasingly testing new innovations to reduce risks. The metropolis has dubbed itself a "sponge city" and turne...

31 Oct 2018

Kitchen building material could cut urban flooding by half - scientists

News / Carbon & Climate

UN climate chief says 3C hotter world 'just not possible'

...flooding, sea surges and droughts to coastal erosion and loss of coral reefs. "All of these phenomena are a direct and real threat to life and the livelihoods of our people," he said, urging more Euro...

19 Jun 2019

UN climate chief says 3C hotter world 'just not possible'

News / Carbon & Climate

South and Southeast Asia most at risk by climate change

...floods spread across the foothills of the Himalayas and brought landslides, destroying tens of thousands of houses, vast areas of farmland and roads. Nepal experienced flash floods and landslides in ...

6 Dec 2018

South and Southeast Asia most at risk by climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

Pakistan’s Indus delta becoming no man’s land

...floods, there is no sediment flowing with the water because it is held back by the dams and barrages upstream. And during floods, the water flow is so strong that all the sediment flushes away to the ...

31 Jul 2019

Pakistan’s Indus delta becoming no man’s land

Opinion / Policy & Finance

How do we protect girls in the aftermath of natural disasters?

...floods in Bangladesh and the 2015 Nepal earthquake, there is growing evidence that natural disasters are linked to increasing child marriage rates. Each year, 12 million girls are married before the a...

1 Apr 2019

How do we protect girls in the aftermath of natural disasters?

News / Food & Agriculture

Slow temperature rise deadlier than extreme events in Pakistan

...floods, droughts and heat waves. It is only natural to focus on such extreme catastrophes and not the seemingly minimal rise in temperatures. However, the World Bank’s latest regional flagship report ...

30 Apr 2019

Slow temperature rise deadlier than extreme events in Pakistan

Women from the village of Mitho Goth in Pakistan. Image: Fariha Fatima/Eco-Business

News / Water

Open defecation: How are 22 million Pakistanis living without basic sanitation?

...flooded the village, killing 24 people, a team of non-government organisations (NGOs) and government officials came to help with the relief effort. A toilet was built in the area, but it was kept off ...

9 Apr 2020

Open defecation: How are 22 million Pakistanis living without basic sanitation?

News / Energy

In bittersweet move, Vietnam approves second feed-in-tariff scheme for solar

...flood of clean energy projects coming online. There was a controversial debate last year whether Vietnam had approved more renewable energy projects than the country could handle, forcing Hanoi to put...

7 Apr 2020

In bittersweet move, Vietnam approves second feed-in-tariff scheme for solar

News / Cities

After warding off mass tourism, Hong Kong's last fishing village faces climate threats

...flood September 18, 2018. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION/ Beh Lih Yi This was just the latest severe flood to batter the village in recent years. In August 2017, another typhoon brought waist-deep floodi...

25 Oct 2018

After warding off mass tourism, Hong Kong's last fishing village faces climate threats

News / Policy & Finance

Ten worst climate-linked disasters of 2018 caused $85 bln in damage

...floods over the summer, followed by the powerful Typhoon Jebi in autumn, which together caused more than $9.3 billion in damages, said the report. It also cited droughts in Europe, floods in southern ...

31 Dec 2018

Ten worst climate-linked disasters of 2018 caused $85 bln in damage

News / Carbon & Climate

As fog clears on benefits of forest protection, excuses for failure wear thin

...flooding, climate change, soil loss and coastal storm-surge damage that occurs when vegetation is lost. But Seymour said the natural services provided by forests - including biodiversity conservation,...

13 Jul 2020

As fog clears on benefits of forest protection, excuses for failure wear thin

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Opinion / Carbon & Climate

How can the climate crisis cut through the Covid-19 media storm?

...flooding Europe just had the hottest winter on record China is driving the biggest revival of coal capacity since the Paris Agreement Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier lost an ice sheet 130 square mile...

27 Mar 2020

How can the climate crisis cut through the Covid-19 media storm?

News / Carbon & Climate

High-tech weather forecasting aims to bring new hope to Indian farmers facing the devastation of climate change

...floods, there is renewed hope that advances in digital technology and artificial AI can help farmers mitigate the most severe impacts of climate change and so find hope instead of despair in the futur...

28 Aug 2019

High-tech weather forecasting aims to bring new hope to Indian farmers facing the devastation of climate change

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