Noticias sobre Indonesia
How to avert a global antimicrobial resistance crisis?
Antimicrobial resistance, also known as ‘superbugs,’ is a global health emergency.
Frost & Sullivan: APAC water and wastewater services market is a hotbed of opportunities
The still emerging Asia-Pacific (APAC) Water and Wastewater Services(WWWS) market is a hotbed of opportunities, driven by region-wide economic development, environment government policies, and the shift in global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) towards Asia.
IHA releases 2019 Hydropower Status Report charting growth in renewable hydro
More than 21.8 gigawatts (GW) of renewable hydroelectric capacity was put into operation last year, according to the 2019 Hydropower Status Report which is published on the eve of the World Hydropower Congress in Paris.
UAE’s Utico provides Hyflux a SG$400 million binding agreement
Following the non-binding agreement that was announced by Hyflux to the Singapore Stock exchange on 2nd May 2019, Utico revealed that it has in fact sent a binding agreement to Hyflux to consummate a quick turnaround of the company.
Indonesia plans to move its sinking capital city
Indonesia’s planning minister has announced the capital will be moved to a new location, yet to be decided, reports the BBC.
Scientists see fingerprint of warming climate on droughts going back to 1900
In an unusual new study, scientists say they have detected the fingerprint of human-driven global warming on patterns of drought and moisture across the world as far back as 1900.
More dry years ahead for South-East Asia
New UN-ASEAN study reveals slow but devastating impacts of drought in the region.
Study finds 530,000 potential pumped-hydro sites worldwide
ANU has completed a global audit of 530,000 potential sites for pumped-hydro energy storage that can be used to support low-cost, secure, 100 per cent renewable electricity grids.
When more women are decision-makers, the environment wins
When more women are involved in group decisions about land management, the group conserves more—particularly when offered financial incentives to do so, according to a new CU Boulder study published this week in Nature Climate Change.
Who can be left behind?
Those who are invisible in the censuses, discriminated women, the inhabitants of the most vulnerable slums, all those ruined by droughts, those surrounded by polluted water, those…
Heineken aims to replenish ‘Every Drop’ of water it uses by 2030
HEINEKEN announced its 2030 water vision in support of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6, dedicated to water protection.
Water, sanitation and hygiene, the pillars of resilience
Last summer two earthquakes and one tsunami devastated two of the poorest areas of Indonesia.
A. Akhmouch: “The gap in the water sector is both a cause and an effect of the general gender gap”
In this interview of our series 'Women and Water', we speak to Aziza Akhmouch, in charge of the OECD Water Governance Initiative.
2015-2016 El Niño triggered disease outbreaks across globe
The 2015-2016 El Niño event brought weather conditions that triggered regional disease outbreaks throughout the world, according to a new NASA study that is the first to comprehensively assess the public health impacts of the major climate event on a global scale.
New satellite-based maps of mangrove heights
Mangrove forests burst with life, thriving in the muddy and saline environment of tropical coasts.
Harness the power of wetlands to tackle climate change – World Wetlands Day
The power of the planet’s most effective carbon sinks – wetlands – can and must be better harnessed in national and global efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions, says the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands as it marks World Wetlands Day on 2nd February.
Wetlands are the most effective carbon sinks on our planet
The science is clear.
Climate change recognized as ‘threat multiplier’, UN Security Council debates its impact on peace
As climate change is increasingly recognized as a “threat multiplier” by scientists, political representatives, and civil society across the world, the United Nations Security Council held an open debate on Friday to discuss its concrete impact on peace and security, and focus on tangible ways to diminish the effects of global warming.
“Not only do we bring water somewhere, we also bring dignity and progress”
Photographs: Pablo González-Cebrián/ Smart Water Magazine.
Climate change responsible for uneven rates of sea level
The pattern of uneven sea level rise over the last quarter century has been driven in part by human-caused climate change, not just natural variability, according to a new study.