Why The Climate Fight Needs Engineers

A newly launched professional development scheme for engineers was welcomed by industry professionals, who emphasised the fundamental role that engineering expertise will p...

Why The Climate Fight Needs Engineers

A newly launched professional development scheme for engineers was welcomed by industry professionals, who emphasised the fundamental role that engineering expertise will p...

Global Finance And Global Warming

NEW DELHI/LONDON ? Since 2008, when the global financial crisis nearly brought down the world economy, financial reform has been among the top items on policymakers? agenda...

Climate Change: Paris 'Last Chance' For Action

Scientists are calling on world leaders to sign up to an eight-point plan of action at landmark talks in Paris.

The key element is the goal to li...

Candy Girl

The bright-pink resilience of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.”

The credit sequence for “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” is a variation on a ...

Getting disaster resilience right

Last year, Asia Pacific suffered 6,000 fatalities and economic losses of almost US$60 billion due to natural disasters. UNESCAP executive secretary Shamshad Akhtar outlines...

India’s “smart cities” would be stupid without disaster strategy

After Cyclone Hudhud pounded India?s southern port city of Visakhapatnam last October, snapping bridges, swamping farmland and wrecking fishing boats, many breathed a sigh ...

Environmental damage in Sundarbans cost a fortune: World Bank

Environmental damage in the climate change-hit islands of Sundarbans is costing India Rs 1,290 crore each year, estimates a latest World Bank report. The cost of environmen...

Wild

Critics rating:  2.5 Stars

Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Thomas Sadoski

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