Industry

Overview on brick kiln: Pollution, technology and where we need to go

Presentation by Nivit Kumar Yadav of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.

Nivit Kumar Yadav
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Bricks, India, Building Materials, Air Pollution, Coal, Firewood, China, Bangladesh, Black Carbon, Soil Capability, Workers, Child Labour, Occupational Health, Pakistan, Vietnam, Nepal, South Asia, Land Degradation, Anil Agarwal Dialogue
Climate Change

Vietnam To Be More Active In International Efforts To Respond To Climate Change

HANOI, March 10 (Bernama) -- Vietnam should play a more active role in international efforts to respond to climate change, instead of just calling for assistance from international organisations, V

Publication Date: 
10/03/2015
Bernama (Malaysia)
Tags:
Climate Change, Vietnam, Climate Impacts, Climate Adaptation, Floods, Climate Mitigation
Natural Disasters

India at Highest River Flood Risk With Urban Growth: WRI

Gross domestic product at risk of flooding in India, the world’s second-most populous nation, may surge 10-fold by 2030 as cities expand and climate challenges worsen, according to the World Resour

Publication Date: 
05/03/2015
Bloomberg
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Floods, India, Bangladesh, China, Vietnam, Pakistan, South Asia, Indonesia, GDP, World Bank
Wildlife

Rhinos to Macaws Seen at Risk in $10 Billion Wildlife Trade

Wildlife crime worth as much as $10 billion annually threatens the existence of mammals, birds and trees ranging from rhinos to Spix’s macaws and rosewood, the United Nations said.

Publication Date: 
04/03/2015
Bloomberg
Tags:
Wildlife, Illegal Trade, Rhinoceros, Endangered Species, Africa, Elephant, Poaching, Birds, China, Vietnam, Kenya
Habitat And Urbanisation

A new urban landscape in East–Southeast Asia, 2000–2010

East–Southeast Asia is currently one of the fastest urbanizing regions in the world, with countries such as China climbing from 20 to 50% urbanized in just a few decades. By 2050, these countries are projected to add 1 billion people, with 90% of that growth occurring in cities. This population shift parallels an equally astounding amount of built-up land expansion.

Publication Date: 
03/03/2015
A Schneider, C M Mertes, A J Tatem & et al
Environmental Research Letters
1-14
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Urban Habitat, Urbanisation, China, Urban Sprawl, Remote Sensing, Population Trends, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia
Natural Disasters

Floods, storms and heat projected to cost SE Asia $34 billion per year

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Falling crop yields, damage to infrastructure and heat-related illnesses brought on by climate change could cost the four Southeast Asian countries of the low

Publication Date: 
24/02/2015
Reuters
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Floods, Storms, Climate Change, Agriculture, Asia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather Events, Droughts
Health

Vietnam sees drop in malnutrition among kids under 5: ministry

Vietnam saw drop in malnutrition among kids under five years old nationwide in 2014, said the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) under Vietnam's Ministry of Health on Monday.

Publication Date: 
03/02/2015
Shanghai Daily (China)
Tags:
Health, Malnutrition, Vietnam, Child Health, Nutrition, Obesity
Climate Change

Urban climate change resilience in action: lesson from projects in 10 ACCCRN cities

This portfolio of projects provides a ‘first generation’ view of how a set of cities have interpreted building urban climate change resilience (UCCR) challenges and translated their understanding into targeted priorities and actions, as a pioneering effort to advance on-the-ground actions.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2015
Rockefeller Foundation
Tags:
Climate Change, Urbanisation, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Climate Impacts, Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation
Food Policy

Vietnam launches anti-famine plan

Vietnam launched here on Wednesday a national action plan to promote the Zero Hunger Challenge, an important initiative to remove famine raised by the United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Ban Ki

Publication Date: 
15/01/2015
Shanghai Daily (China)
Tags:
Food Policy, Food Security, Famine, Vietnam, FAO, Agriculture
Climate Change

Responding to rising sea levels in the Mekong Delta

Vietnamese communities in the Mekong Delta are faced with the substantial impacts of rising sea levels and salinity intrusion. The construction of embankments and dykes has historically been the principal strategy of the Vietnamese government to mitigate the effects of salinity intrusion on agricultural production. A predicted sea-level rise of 30 cm by the year 2050 is expected to accelerate salinity intrusion.

Publication Date: 
12/01/2015
A. Smajgl, T. Q. Toan, D. K. Nhan & et al
Nature Climate Change
1-8
Tags:
Sea Level Rise, Vietnam, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Soil Salinisation, Rice, Food Security, Agriculture, Climate Adaptation

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