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Exploring offsets for a sustainable business

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Can we really restore or protect natural habitats to ‘offset’ those we destroy?

...flooded swathes of tropical forest—so degraded forests nearby have been restored and the lands they sit on protected. On the remote, wild shores of the Caspian Sea, a strategic port runs the risk of d...

6 Aug 2019

Can we really restore or protect natural habitats to ‘offset’ those we destroy?

News / Energy

India and China drive global uptick in carbon emissions

...floods and droughts for millions of people. The IPCC has said that to limit warming well below 2 degrees Celsius, carbon emissions have to decline by about 20 per cent by 2030, and reach “net zero” ar...

7 Dec 2018

India and China drive global uptick in carbon emissions

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Extreme weather news may not change climate change sceptics’ minds

The year 2018 brought particularly devastating natural disasters, including hurricanes, droughts, floods and fires—just the kinds of extreme weather events scientists predict will be exacerbated by cl...

28 Mar 2019

Extreme weather news may not change climate change sceptics’ minds

'Moratorium on new coal plants now!' NGOs protest against coal in the Philippines

News / Energy

Filipinos march for a ban on coal expansion

...floods and droughts could affect countries like the Philippines partcularly badly, ravaging agricultural productivity and hurting economies. It is against this backdrop that Arances said Duterte must ...

25 Sep 2019

Filipinos march for a ban on coal expansion

soya bean plantation motto grosso brazil

News / Policy & Finance

Chinese banks risk supporting soy-related deforestation, report finds

...flood of soy into China have with little knowledge of the deforestation their funding is potentially supporting, according to the nonprofit CDP, an international platform for the disclosure of environ...

3 Jun 2019

Chinese banks risk supporting soy-related deforestation, report finds

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

12 years to save the world? No, the real climate deadline is the end of 2020

...floods, drought, and crop failure, with Southeast Asia expected to be the hardest hit by the effects of climate change. “ The climate math is brutally clear: While the world can't be healed within th...

30 Jul 2019

12 years to save the world? No, the real climate deadline is the end of 2020

News / Energy

Cambodia to boost clean energy use—but coal plants planned too

...floods, droughts and sea level rise. Cambodia has committed to a 27 per cent reduction in its climate-changing emissions by 2030, 16 per cent of which will be achieved by promoting clean and more effi...

7 Nov 2018

Cambodia to boost clean energy use—but coal plants planned too

Press Releases / Media Generation

Brand new event InterFLOOD Asia set for Singapore debut

...FLOOD Asia is set to make an impressive debut from 11-12 April 2018 at Suntec Singapore. Running alongside the fifth edition of InterMET Asia, the extreme weather event, InterFLOOD Asia focuses on th...

22 Mar 2018

Brand new event InterFLOOD Asia set for Singapore debut

Opinion / Policy & Finance

How to bring the wisdom of the public to bear on the climate emergency

...flooding. Social movement Extinction Rebellion has been quick to criticise the proposed assembly in the UK for lacking such power. As it stands, the plans fall short of the direct action movement’s de...

27 Jun 2019

How to bring the wisdom of the public to bear on the climate emergency

News / Carbon & Climate

Scientists warn that the time to act is now

Climate change impacts are occurring earlier than scientists had forecast. And disasters such as floods across Asia and fires in North America can be linked to global warming with increased certainty....

12 Dec 2018

Scientists warn that the time to act is now

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Restoring soil can help address climate change

...flooding downstream. In addition to benefiting the climate, less fertiliser use will reduce off-farm water pollution. Regenerative practices that focus on soil building bring other benefits too. For e...

14 Aug 2019

Restoring soil can help address climate change

Village with electricity at Inle Lake Burma, Myanmar

News / Energy

Chinese companies dominate Myanmar solar tender

...floods. “It forced us to shift from farming to other businesses,” he said. In recent years, cattle breeding has become the main business in the area. In late 2017, Myanmar permitted live exports of ca...

23 Sep 2020

Chinese companies dominate Myanmar solar tender

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Climate change, poverty and human rights: an emergency without precedent

...flooding, droughts, forest fires, damage to ecosystems, food production and the availability of drinking water. A two-degree increase would put an additional 100 million to 400 million people at risk ...

5 Sep 2019

Climate change, poverty and human rights: an emergency without precedent

News / Carbon & Climate

As the Arctic melts, carbon creeps out

...flood nations and displace millions of people that live along the coastline – many of them in poor nations like Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. We are now learning more about an additional consequence...

21 Mar 2019

As the Arctic melts, carbon creeps out

News / Carbon & Climate

UN chief turns up heat on governments to cool climate change

...floods. "Guterres' message sends a strong signal to rich countries that they must stop backtracking on their commitments," Singh said. "With every month bringing a new climate disaster, the Secretary-...

12 Sep 2018

UN chief turns up heat on governments to cool climate change

Polish firefighers battle the blaze in Karbole, Sweden

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Wealthy countries can no longer pretend that climate change won’t affect them

...floods which will become increasingly frequent and severe as sea levels rise and Himalayan glaciers melt. People die on a regular basis from famine, malnutrition and water-borne diseases as climate ch...

20 Aug 2018

Wealthy countries can no longer pretend that climate change won’t affect them

News / Carbon & Climate

Innovation rush aims to help farmers, rich and poor, beat climate change

...Flood-tolerant rice that can withstand being submerged under water, for instance, is now being used by 6 million farmers in Asia to cope with more extreme weather, she said. But Christensen, of the Un...

29 Jul 2019

Innovation rush aims to help farmers, rich and poor, beat climate change

recovery efforts after the 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Climate change raises the bar for disaster resilience

...floods further inland because of rising seas levels, be it in Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam, and produced deadlier heatwaves like the recent ones in China and India—and the dry spells in 2014 and ...

13 Jun 2018

Climate change raises the bar for disaster resilience

News / Energy

With their lawsuit against a coal firm in limbo, Bornean villagers take the fight online

...flooding in addition to the loss of the province’s most intact forests. Rumli, of GEMBUK, says his biggest fear is the heated atmosphere in his home around the Meratus Mountains. “Besides the social, ...

6 Nov 2019

With their lawsuit against a coal firm in limbo, Bornean villagers take the fight online

Delegates discuss the future of the water industry at Singapore International Water Week. Image: SIWW

News / Water

Stepping up for the water industry

...flood protection design for a new city in India, flood resilience strategies for delta cities, use of smart water networks for water quality optimisation, and analysis and water treatment options for ...

20 Jul 2018

Stepping up for the water industry

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