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FEMA handles floods and fires: can it weather Trump?

...floodplains, and its flood risk mapping helps guide construction countrywide, Moore noted. "FEMA has an even larger role on flood disasters than it does elsewhere," he said. States already request hel...

4 二月 2025

FEMA handles floods and fires: can it weather Trump?

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Asia is the world’s biggest spender on nature, but it must invest billions more: UNEP

...flood protection of cities, could be used to increase private investment into nature. “Sustainability-linked loans and bonds with a nature component are increasing,” it said, citing Sustainable Fitch ...

23 一月 2026

Asia is the world’s biggest spender on nature, but it must invest billions more: UNEP

新闻 / 城市

What is lost when mangroves are replaced with road

...flooding happening in informal settlements,” he says. “In Mumbai, around 50 per cent of the population lives in informal or vulnerable housing, meaning flood impacts a very large segment of the city.”...

2 二月 2026

What is lost when mangroves are replaced with road

新闻 / 水

The Indus Waters Treaty hangs in the balance

...flood-related information to help Pakistan manage its flood risks. “For instance,” notes the Indian expert, “India’s data on the Kishenganga River’s flow throughout the year enabled Pakistan to upgrad...

16 五月 2025

The Indus Waters Treaty hangs in the balance

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‘Trapped populations’ need help to escape climate risks

...flood-prone neighbourhoods, refugee camps, conflict zones, or even within urban heat islands.” For these people, “leaving isn’t an option, and staying is increasingly dangerous”. Ignoring these popula...

24 四月 2025

‘Trapped populations’ need help to escape climate risks

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Singapore university trials carbon-labelled meals on campus menus

Singapore’s largest university is trialing menus that display the carbon emissions of meals sold at outlets across its campus. National University of Singapore (NUS) is to display the emissions associ...

16 一月 2026

Singapore university trials carbon-labelled meals on campus menus

新闻 / 水

The Mekong Delta’s climate defences are failing

...floods also allowed fruit trees like durian, rambutan and longan to thrive in areas naturally prone to flooding and salinity. In the 1990s and 2000s, a new “freshening coastal zones” policy aimed to p...

21 五月 2025

The Mekong Delta’s climate defences are failing

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新闻 / 城市

How effective are early warning systems when disasters strike?

...floods and storms become more common because of the climate emergency. The heavy human and financial cost of the flooding across Europe, back-to-back hurricanes in the United States and repeated typho...

3 十二月 2024

How effective are early warning systems when disasters strike?

观点 / 城市

Sea level rise a clear threat to Malaysia

...flooding. This study by the Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub Malaysia node found 70 per cent of Malaysians have experienced floods. “ Malaysia’s urban areas – which are home to aroun...

12 十二月 2024

Sea level rise a clear threat to Malaysia

观点 / 政策和金融

Insurers must promote the blue economy

...flooding – result in higher claims and can even make it prohibitively expensive to cover certain assets. “ Developing a thriving, sustainable blue economy requires meaningful, coordinated action back...

16 六月 2025

Insurers must promote the blue economy

新闻 / 粮食和农业

Ladakh’s apricot lifeline challenged by a changing climate

...Floodwaters damaged infrastructure, cut off roads and flights, and isolated villages. The extreme rainfall also exposed the fragility of Ladakh’s ecological and agricultural systems. This volatility i...

13 七月 2026

Ladakh’s apricot lifeline challenged by a changing climate

新闻 / 能源

Analysis: South Asian cross-border energy trade ignores climate risk

...floods and landslides. About 1,100MW of hydroelectricity production was halted due to flood damage, says Deepak Khadka, Nepal’s minister for energy, water resources and irrigation. The melting of glac...

9 十二月 2024

Analysis: South Asian cross-border energy trade ignores climate risk

观点 / 政策和金融

Nature risk is financial risk

...floods in Pakistan devastated agriculture – which employs 40 per cent of the workforce – driving up food prices and pushing the country to the brink of default. In Indonesia, deforestation and peatlan...

25 七月 2025

Nature risk is financial risk

新闻 / 水

Solar power brings fresh water to Bangladesh’s thirsty coastal region

Solar-powered desalination plants are offering a lifeline to communities in the most climate-ravaged part of Bangladesh’s coast, where rising sea levels, floods and tidal surges are pushing saltwater ...

13 八月 2025

Solar power brings fresh water to Bangladesh’s thirsty coastal region

新闻 / 粮食和农业

China’s rural communities are adapting to climate change

...flooding. Farming is on the wane, so the local young folk have gone elsewhere to find work. Half of the villagers are in middle or old age. After assessing climate risks, Liao Fenglian’s team decided ...

18 八月 2025

China’s rural communities are adapting to climate change

新闻 / 城市

Sri Lanka ramps up dengue battle with mosquito control drive

Niroshan Peters, 54, a resident of Dematagoda, a densely populated suburb in Colombo, has no option but to live and work in an environment frequently polluted due to careless waste disposal. He blames...

10 七月 2026

Sri Lanka ramps up dengue battle with mosquito control drive

新闻 / 碳与气候

AI enhances flood warnings but cannot erase risk of disaster

...floodwater can safely be stored, and early warning systems. They also need to minimise development in flood-prone areas, given the likelihood of more intense climate change-driven floods, and meet the...

18 十月 2024

AI enhances flood warnings but cannot erase risk of disaster

Press Releases / United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Why local leadership will shape Asia-Pacific’s urban future

...flood resilience measures blend grey and green infrastructure, while Malé, Maldives’ mobility plan aims to advance electric transport and safer, more inclusive urban movement. ...

9 一月 2026

Why local leadership will shape Asia-Pacific’s urban future

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新闻 / 碳与气候

Why is the weather becoming more extreme?

...Floods Between 2000 and 2020, the number of major floods more than doubled, from 1,389 to 3,254, while the incidence of storms grew from 1,457 to 2,034, according to a UN report. Flooding is caused ...

4 十月 2024

Why is the weather becoming more extreme?

Press Releases / United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

What are the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans?

...floods and droughts. Who is involved in updating and implementing NBSAPs? NBSAPs require a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach. This means involving all gover...

4 二月 2026

What are the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans?

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This year’s haze is set to cost Singapore more than 2015’s S$1.83 billion. Who pays for the losses?

Economists suggest the 2026 haze will cost Singapore more than the 2015 episode, while other estimates state that …
新闻 / 水

Concerns raised as data centres go underwater in China

A Chinese firm is deploying data servers to the sea for natural cooling. Experts say more information on …
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Singapore widens haze crackdown to Kalimantan, targeting 10 Indonesian firms

Singapore has targeted 10 Indonesian companies under its haze law in four days; three of them supply Asia …
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AI wildfire platform seeks Indonesia partnerships as regional haze worsens

Earthshot Prize finalist Satellites on Fire uses AI, satellite imagery and ground data to detect blazes earlier, and …
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Philippine president orders creation of carbon market framework

The framework’s contribution to Philippine climate ambition remains uncertain, as the country’s updated pledge lacks clarity on how …
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Asean turns to World Bank to close clean energy, climate adaptation financing gaps

Southeast Asian finance ministers seek private capital, guarantees and technical support as region faces costly energy transition and …

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