Changing climates: the heat is (still) on
The world is getting warmer and natural hazards are becoming more intense, likely bringing higher economic losses in the future. Today, four major weather perils result in expected economic losses of USD
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Typhoon Haiyan, potentially strongest storm ever to make landfall, hits Philippines
The strongest typhoon in the world this year and possibly the most powerful ever to hit land battered the central Philippines on Friday, forcing millions of people to flee to safer ground, cutting power
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Experts moot share & learn plan to counter climate change
Kochi: Cities across the world should share adaption strategies formulated to counter climate change, experts attending a two-day workshop on AsianCities Adapt-Impact of Climate Change in Target Cities
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India among world economies at risk of climate change impact
LONDON: India is among the "extreme risk" countries of the world where economic impacts of climate change will be most keenly felt by 2025, according to new research released on Wedesday. Kolkata and Mumbai
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Lessons on adapting to climate change
Representatives from 20 cities from across South Asia will come together in Kochi on Wednesday to learn from each other on the issue of adaptation to climate change at the seminar on Asian Cities Adapt:
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Philippines clears roads, counts cost, as quake deaths reach 158
The Philippines started to clear roads blocked by debris on Thursday as it reckoned up the cost of this week's powerful earthquake, with the death toll rising to at least 158. Tens of thousands of residents
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Extreme weather can be the 'most important cause of poverty'
New research suggests that extreme weather events will keep people poor in many parts of the world. The authors argue that where disasters like drought are prevalent, they can be the most important
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Search on for Philippine quake survivors as toll touches 151
Survivors of a huge earthquake that killed more than 150 persons in the Philippines rummaged hopelessly today through ruins for friends and relatives, as rescue workers struggled to reach isolated communities.
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93 dead as 7.2-quake rattles Philippines
The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the central Philippines rose to 93, the police said today, as more reports trickled in about toppled buildings and historic churches near the
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7.2 quake hits central Philippines, killing 32
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake killed at least 32 people across the central Philippines on Tuesday, toppling buildings and historic churches and sending terrified residents into deadly stampedes. Panic
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Building community resistance against land grabbing
The land rush in the last five years has raised the need to monitor and build country case studies on global land grabs to expose the nature of the phenomenon. This compilation of seven case studies from