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Roundtable: After COP27, what’s the path to climate resilience for Pakistan?

...floods Fazilda Nabeel, provincial coordinator for the Living Indus Initiative and nature-based solutions expert: The 2022 floods showed us there was no scarcity of water but water was not at the right...

5 十二月 2022

Roundtable: After COP27, what’s the path to climate resilience for Pakistan?

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Kashmir's farmers suffer floods and drought as glaciers melt

When spring flooding in Kashmir's Himalayan mountains drowned the mustard crops on Ghulam Hassan's farm, he knew at least he would have his summer rice harvest to provide food for his family and fodd...

8 十一月 2022

Kashmir's farmers suffer floods and drought as glaciers melt

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Mosquito-borne dengue grows deadlier in South Asia as planet warms

...floods fuelled by heavy rains and melting glaciers - driven by climate change - are another major factor behind the spread of dengue, said Mohammad Mushtuq Husain, an advisor at the Institute of Epide...

15 九月 2023

Mosquito-borne dengue grows deadlier in South Asia as planet warms

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Climate scientists explain Pakistan’s ‘unprecedented’ floods

...flood damage caused by what UN chief António Guterres has called a “monsoon on steroids”. This year’s disaster has surpassed the devastation of floods in 2010 and is “unprecedented”, Sherry Rehman, Pa...

14 九月 2022

Climate scientists explain Pakistan’s ‘unprecedented’ floods

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‘Intention is not enough’: Philippine firms urged to step up action on net zero

...floods, typhoons [and other natural disasters].” In 2020 alone, super typhoon Goni wrought some US$56.3 million in infrastructure damage to the power sector of 25 provinces across the country, accordi...

21 十一月 2023

‘Intention is not enough’: Philippine firms urged to step up action on net zero

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Eco-Business’ 10 most read stories of 2024

...Floodgates near Manila in the Philippines. Image: Judgefloro / Wikimedia Commons Asia's coastal cities face mounting climate risks due to global warming, from rising sea levels to extreme weather thr...

11 十二月 2024

Eco-Business’ 10 most read stories of 2024

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How South Korea’s landmark climate hearings could shape regional action

...flooded during torrential rain, leaving her terrified of a landslide. As she is under voting age, she said that legal proceedings were the only course of action available to her. “I believe this lawsu...

5 七月 2024

How South Korea’s landmark climate hearings could shape regional action

观点 / 碳与气候

The Greenland ice sheet cannot wait

...flooding. But roughly 40 per cent of the world’s population lives within 100 kilometers (62 miles) of coasts. Beyond coastal erosion and saltwater inundating freshwater resources and ecosystems, sea-l...

28 六月 2023

The Greenland ice sheet cannot wait

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G20 rifts threaten global climate goals for warming, clean energy

...floods and wildfires, notably in the northern hemisphere, ambitious commitments from the G20 could "show the world that they are ready to cooperate to protect people from climate impacts", Evans added...

12 九月 2023

G20 rifts threaten global climate goals for warming, clean energy

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‘Seeing the Yellow River as a whole’: a conversation with Ruth Mostern

...floods downstream on the floodplain, but conservation on the plateau as a solution to flooding barely became policy, even though regimes paid a heavy price for that failure, sometimes their own demise...

3 十一月 2022

‘Seeing the Yellow River as a whole’: a conversation with Ruth Mostern

观点 / 水

Waking up to the world's water crisis

...floods have wreaked havoc in Pakistan, Germany, China, and New Zealand. Drought in the Horn of Africa is causing famine for millions. And this list could go on. The common element underlying all these...

21 三月 2023

Waking up to the world's water crisis

新闻 / 水

Flood-hit Pakistan faces spread of infectious diseases

...flood. About 38 per cent of children under five are stunted and the country has the world’s second-highest global burden of hepatitis C. With 116 of Pakistan’s 154 districts impacted by the floods and...

20 九月 2022

Flood-hit Pakistan faces spread of infectious diseases

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How to prevent humanitarian crises

...floods and heatwaves that have struck Europe over the last two years have shown that even countries considered to be relatively safe are not immune to extreme weather events, developing countries are ...

16 二月 2023

How to prevent humanitarian crises

新闻 / 水

Lahore’s new city plan beset by legal challenges and flood worries

...flood of 25 years strikes, the destruction is minimal.” They recommended modest construction in floodplains of 50 years (an area inundated by a flood of a 1-in-50-year frequency), and robust construct...

28 十二月 2022

Lahore’s new city plan beset by legal challenges and flood worries

新闻 / 粮食和农业

Q&A: How is climate change affecting China’s cropland?

...floods brought on by typhoons followed in August. The heavy rains have destroyed corn and rice crops in north China, while in central China’s Henan province more than 20m tonnes of wheat were lost in ...

31 八月 2023

Q&A: How is climate change affecting China’s cropland?

新闻 / 城市

Indonesia's sinking villages look to nature to restore mangroves

...flood-hit homes, sea levels are expected to cause flooding up to 6km (3.7 miles) inland by 2100. Flooding in Timbulsloko is largely due to the clearing of mangroves over many decades to make way for a...

19 九月 2022

Indonesia's sinking villages look to nature to restore mangroves

观点 / 生活方式

The climate crisis is crushing Australian festivals

...floods. More than 20 of these were in 2022, as the eastern states endured record rainfall and floods.Splendour in the Grass, Australia’s largest single-ticketed festival attracting 50,000 patrons in B...

19 三月 2024

The climate crisis is crushing Australian festivals

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

UN forum underscores need for collaborative action to ensure crisis resilient urban futures

...flooding due to climate change. Speaking at the Forum, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Armida Sal...

24 十月 2023

UN forum underscores need for collaborative action to ensure crisis resilient urban futures

观点 / 碳与气候

Coal mining in India has a human cost

...flooding. The September 2021 deluge in the Raniganj coalfield flooded the open-cast mines and stranded people without water, food and medical supplies in submerged areas near the collieries for almost...

15 六月 2023

Coal mining in India has a human cost

新闻 / 碳与气候

AI to play a bigger role in solving Asia’s sustainability challenges: Google

...flooding risks and affected zones in a small town, an effort already helping thousands of women farmers avoid hazards, shared Naina Batra, chief executive of the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AV...

21 六月 2024

AI to play a bigger role in solving Asia’s sustainability challenges: Google

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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 …
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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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