by Abriel | Sep 21, 2019 | 2019, Climate Action
An upcoming report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will delve into how climate change is affecting the planet’s cryosphere and oceans, including marine ecosystems. Dr Phillip Williamson, one of the authors involved in the report, noted...
by Abriel | Aug 26, 2019 | 2019, Climate Action
The fight against rising waters is an existential one for China’s economic heart of Shanghai. Its low-lying geography has made it uniquely vulnerable to rising sea levels and periodic flooding. A 2012 study found that it was the most vulnerable of nine cities...
by Abriel | Aug 26, 2019 | 2019, Climate Action
Flooding in Mumbai has happened nearly every year in the past decade, with dozens having lost their lives. Even normal levels of rain are trapped by excessive construction and crumbling drainage systems that cannot deal with the flow. In addition, the sea has moved...
by Abriel | Aug 26, 2019 | 2019, Climate Action
JAKARTA Two weeks ago, Ms Cin Hua, almost lost her granddaughter to a flood caused by seawater overflowing onto land in North Jakarta. Low-lying coastal plains such as those at Kerang Hijau village in North Jakarta are vulnerable to storm surges, coastal erosion and...
by Abriel | Aug 22, 2019 | 2019, Climate Action
Climate change will damage the economies of countries whether they are rich or poor, hot or cold, by the year 2100, economists said in a new report. The report suggested that wealth and cooler temperatures are no protection from climate change’s economic toll if...
by Abriel | Aug 19, 2019 | 2019, Climate Action
Iceland was yesterday set to honour the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change, as scientists warn that some 400 others on the subarctic island risk the same fate. A bronze plaque was to be unveiled in a ceremony to mark Okjokull in the west of...
