Disasters
Here comes Boat Clinic to reach the flood hit
Bhaswati Goswami The Boat Clinic keeps hopes sailing silently to the rescue of flood affected people in Assam A boat in deed saved hopes […]
Category: Resources
Climate
Germany’s green roofs offer lesson on climate change adaptation
Zhang Dongfang Protecting buildings from extreme heat and heavy rain keeps them cooler and reduces run-off Heatwaves and heavy rains have hit China this […]
Cities
Untreated wastewater from cities expose 885 million people to severe health risks globally
Advanced modelling methods helped determining that 65 per cent of all irrigated areas within 40 kilometres downstream from urban centres worldwide are affected by […]
Climate
Brahmaputra basin faces unprecedented flood wave in August 2017
Flood forecasting maps and data points towards major flood waves taking over Brahmaputra, may extend to the Ganga basin and impact Bangladesh. In the […]
Water
Innovation to solve the water crisis among coastal communities in Bangladesh
Located in Khulna District in Bangladesh, the installed reverse osmosis plants with ATM booth, are providing drinking water to the local communities. A water kiosk […]
Data & Reports
Dear Lancet, its pesticides that killed children, not lychees
Deepika Lobo Lancet study blaming the lychee fruit for children deaths in India negated by another study that suggests pesticides behind deaths. The New […]
Data & Reports
Poor households are locked out of green energy, unless governments help
Alan Pears A report released this week by the Australian Council of Social Service has pointed out that many vulnerable households cannot access rooftop […]
Environment
Calculate your own Earth Overshoot Day with the new calculator
Global Footprint Network, an international research organization, is marking Earth Overshoot Day with the launch of a new mobile-friendly Footprint calculator at www.footprintcalculator.org. Earth Overshoot […]
Data & Reports
Revealed: 91% of Karachi’s water unfit to drink
Zofeen T. Ebrahim Faced with leaky pipes, faulty treatment plants and illegal tapping, the government of Sindh is struggling to provide clean and safe […]
Solutions
What Cape Town can learn from Windhoek on surviving droughts
Dian Spear Cape Town is experiencing the worst drought in 100 years Human population growth, urbanisation, and climate change are all changing the world. […]
Energy
Zero-Coal State Strategy and the ethical dilemma: wind power project in Canada
Mohammad Masoud Azimi In Ontario, the Ripley Wind power project ran into ethical and social confrontation with local communities Inspired by the United Nations […]
Sustainable Business
At a slow pace, G20 begins transition to low-carbon economy
G20 countries have stepped up green finance, but their investment in fossil fuels remains so high that the “well below 2 degree” warming limits […]
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