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Tag: Climate Change

We are already quite sick

To be regionally or globally known as the “sick man” is humiliating and psychologically damaging. COMMENT | Last month, a … More

Climate Change, Economy, Financial, Leadership, Politics

Sabah sea gypsies grapple with dwindling fish catch, sinking villages as climate change threatens way of life

KOTA KINABALU : As the sun began to set, fisherman Lan Tumpat docked his rickety wooden boat. The 30-year-old then hoisted … More

Bajau Laut, Climate Change, Sabah, Sea Gypsies

Check Out The First Vertical Forests In China And How They Produce More Than 130 Pounds Of Oxygen Daily

We all know a thing or two about climate change, how it affects us and how we can start working … More

Climate Change, Milan, Nanjing, Stefano Boeri, Switzerland, Vertical Forests

Omanis revive memory of village swallowed by desert

Deserts are expanding all over the world, pushed on by climate change Wadi Al-Murr is cut off from main roads … More

Climate Change, Oman, Wadi Al-Murr

Rising Sea Levels In Southeast Asia

A report by McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) evaluated economic projections against climate models and found a high magnitude of physical … More

Climate Change, Sea Level

Cyclone Nivar slams into southern India, causing 5 deaths

CHENNAI, India: A severe cyclone slammed into India’s southern coast early on Thursday (Nov 26), killing at least five people … More

Climate Change, Cyclone, India, Nivar, Weather

After the flood: The Philippines begins rebuilding after deadly typhoons

SINGAPORE : In a matter of hours, swathes of the main Philippine island of Luzon were flooded by record rains from … More

Climate Change, Flood, Typhoon, Weather

Donors pledge $1.7 billion for Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger

UNITED NATIONS (AP) : More than 20 donors pledged nearly $1 billion for the three countries at the epicenter of … More

Burkina Faso, Climate Change, Covid19, Economy, Humanitarian, Life, Mali, Niger, Pandemic, Violence

10,000 evacuated in Cambodia due to flooding; rice crop hit

PHNOM PENH: More than 10,000 people have been evacuated in Cambodia after a tropical storm triggered flash floods, an official … More

Climate Change, Flash floods, Rice, Tropical Storm

Floods, rough seas kill 18 in Vietnam as fresh storm on the way

HANOI: At least 18 people died and more than a dozen are missing after floods submerged homes in central Vietnam … More

Climate Change, floods, Heavy Rain

‘Wood of the gods’ faces wipeout in northern Thailand as climate change cripples plantations

SAKON NAKHON, Thailand: At this time of year, the land across Thailand’s upper northeast is awash with green. The annual … More

Agarwood, Climate Change, essential oil, fragrant resin, Perfume

‘When is the next flood?’: Bangkok’s canal communities fear they are living on borrowed time

BANGKOK: Bang Prathun is like a miniature water world. A spiderweb of canals splays out through a rare green landscape … More

Bang Prathun, Bangkok, canals, Chao Phraya, Climate Change, Coconut, Flood, fruit trees, green landscape

World’s richest urged to do more to keep millions from starving

World Food Programme chief warns famine possible in up to three dozen countries, decries situation in Yemen and DRC. A … More

billionaires, Climate Change, coronavirus pandemic, Covid19, Famine, mix of conflict, Pandemic, Survival, wealthier nations, World Food Programme (WFP)

The Last Farewell to the Mighty Mekong

The shrinking Tonle Sap, the river’s “beating heart,” is the latest wake-up call of the damage wrought by dams. The … More

Climate Change, Dams, Drought, Ecosystem, Mekong, Tonle Sap

Is the hydrogen tech ‘revolution’ hope or hype?

In his speech on the planned economic recovery, the prime minister Boris Johnson said hydrogen technology is an area where … More

Automobile, Climate Change, Hydrogen Power

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