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Arctic sea ice extent just hit a record low for early June; worse yet to come

On Monday, June 10, following a tumultuous May that saw massive floods and tornadoes rip through the US Midwest, heatwaves in the Southeast, and snow in the Rockies, 2019 claimed another climate crisi...

13 Jun 2019

Arctic sea ice extent just hit a record low for early June; worse yet to come

Filipinos in typhoon and flood-prone communities

Opinion / Cities

Living with water: Embracing cultural adaptions to floods

...Floods and sea-level rise, however, are often not considered a core part of that identity. Wuhan, China: A waterfront park forged by flood Throughout much of China, waterfront properties are at a ...

4 Oct 2018

Living with water: Embracing cultural adaptions to floods

News / Transport

What the Philippines' US$2.75 billion rail project means for commuters and the environment

...flooding during rains and typhoons. The project will also use pre-fabricated viaduct segments, which limit the need for land acquisition during construction and reduce the impact on communities living...

16 Jul 2019

What the Philippines' US$2.75 billion rail project means for commuters and the environment

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Gender and climate—the importance of women’s leadership in climate action in Singapore and Hong Kong

...floods. In some societies, men are more likely to sleep outside or on the roofs of houses, while women remain If disaster strikes, it is easier for men to escape. At times of food or water shortage, m...

23 Mar 2020

Gender and climate—the importance of women’s leadership in climate action in Singapore and Hong Kong

News / Carbon & Climate

Paris climate goals may be beyond reach

...floods and tropical cyclones made more destructive by rising seas. By the late 1970s scientists had settled on a probable climate sensitivity of 3°C (plus-or-minus 1.5°C), corresponding to about 560 p...

24 Jan 2020

Paris climate goals may be beyond reach

News / Food & Agriculture

Cocaine traffickers fuel climate change

...flooding in the region. Bernardo Aguilar-González, a director of the Fundación Neotrópica NGO and a co-author of one of the reports, says: “Narco-related activities undermine traditional forest uses a...

18 Oct 2019

Cocaine traffickers fuel climate change

News / Water

Global water supply shrinks in rainier world

...floods that fill catchments. If soils are dry, only 13 per cent of the rain leads to flooding. “It’s a double whammy. Less water is ending up where we can’t store it for later use. At the same time, m...

20 Dec 2018

Global water supply shrinks in rainier world

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Countering climate denialism requires taking on right-wing populism. Here’s how

History may in due course record 2019 as the year in which the penny finally dropped about the climate emergency humanity faces. A sense of urgency was triggered last year by both Swedish teenage clim...

14 Feb 2020

Countering climate denialism requires taking on right-wing populism. Here’s how

Videos / Energy

Documentary film Sexy Killers probes Indonesian candidates’ ties to Big Coal

...flooding and landslides. Between 2010 and 2012, the city of Samarinda, the East Kalimantan provincial capital, recorded 218 floods and is now referred to as “Flood City.” Ultimately, the movie details...

17 Apr 2019

Documentary film Sexy Killers probes Indonesian candidates’ ties to Big Coal

News / Waste

If the Philippines banned waste imports, why is it still the world's dumping ground?

Local laws are not enough to protect the Philippines from foreign waste dumping, and regulatory loopholes also persist in Thailand and Malaysia, two of Southeast Asia’s top plastic waste importing cou...

11 Mar 2020

If the Philippines banned waste imports, why is it still the world's dumping ground?

News / Water

Droughts in Cambodia spell doom for farmers and fishermen

An extended drought in Cambodia has caused the tributaries of Tonle Sap lake to dry up, spelling ruin for farmers and fishermen in Battambang province. The large, seasonally flooded freshwater lake di...

22 Jul 2019

Droughts in Cambodia spell doom for farmers and fishermen

News / Policy & Finance

Mass tree planting along India’s Cauvery River has scientists sceptical

...floods. The trees will also trap sediments and pollutants, preventing them from entering the river, according to the foundation’s plan. The ATREE researchers, however, pointed out that the real reason...

23 Jan 2020

Mass tree planting along India’s Cauvery River has scientists sceptical

News / Cities

Asian cities urged to guard cultural heritage as they modernise

...flood mitigation and other risks linked to climate change, she said. "Kampungs are living spaces with problems with sanitation and housing that reduce their resilience, so we also don't want to romant...

21 Oct 2019

Asian cities urged to guard cultural heritage as they modernise

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Why 'net zero' is not good enough

...flooding, cyclones and a locust invasion — in which poor women and girls are among those most affected. Communities in Australia continue to be devasted by unprecedented bushfires. As climate activist...

6 Feb 2020

Why 'net zero' is not good enough

News / Carbon & Climate

Cloud forests risk drying out by 2060

...floods are now five times more likely, they write in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. “Maria is more extreme in its precipitation than anything else the island has ever seen,” said David Keel...

24 Apr 2019

Cloud forests risk drying out by 2060

News / Energy

The curse of hydropower?

...floods and droughts, as well as provide sustained irrigation to the agriculture. Leaders such as Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister, described dams as “the temples of modern India”. While ...

22 Apr 2019

The curse of hydropower?

News / Policy & Finance

Typhoon-prone Philippines gets climate funding for early warning system

When Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippine province of Leyte on Nov. 3, 2013, Sabrina Lasquiet and her husband, Danilo, didn’t leave their home, even though their village in Tacloban City lay in the direc...

5 Dec 2019

Typhoon-prone Philippines gets climate funding for early warning system

Journalists visited the mangrove conservation on Baros village, Bantul regency, Yogyakarta. Image: Flickr

News / Carbon & Climate

Reporting on climate change: Why is it so hard for journalists in developing Asia?

...floods? People even get married in the floods, and play chess on floating chess boards. But this is not what resilience looks like. Resilience is farmers planting climate resilient crops. There is ple...

4 Jun 2019

Reporting on climate change: Why is it so hard for journalists in developing Asia?

Opinion / Cities

6 signs of progress since the adoption of the Paris Agreement

...flooding and boost resilience as monsoons get stronger and more unpredictable. To help all cities reduce emissions and weather climate impacts, WRI and C40 have created a roadmap for equitable city cl...

10 Dec 2020

6 signs of progress since the adoption of the Paris Agreement

News / Policy & Finance

'Come with a plan,' UN chief tells states ahead of climate summit

...flooding and killed more than 700 people after slamming into Mozambique and rippling through Zimbabwe and Malawi. The powerful storm bore the fingerprints of climate change, said Taalas. The "clear li...

29 Mar 2019

'Come with a plan,' UN chief tells states ahead of climate summit

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