26 October 2021 - Source: Eleven Media - Heavy rains in Taungdwingyi, Magway Region, have caused record flooding since the night of October 24, according to locals.Heavy rains on the evening of October 24 flooded the low-lying areas of Taungdwingyi town and on the main road until the morning of...
Call for Application: ASEAN Young Climate Leaders Programme (ASEAN YCLP)
What? Thos programme creates an opportunity for young people to share and exchange ideas on sustainability, environment, and climate action-related issues in the ASEAN region and collaborate with others to resolve the issues. The programme promotes contribution to the ASEAN Community Blueprint 2025 ...
Pagodas Damaged in Myanmar’s Temple City due to Heavy Rain
22 October 2021 - Source: THE IRRAWADDY - Fourteen pagodas in Bagan, Myanmar's temple city, have been damaged by heavy rain, according to the Bagan branch of the Department of Archaeology and the National Museum. "Fourteen temples have sustained damage due to heavy rain over the course of ...
Call for Application_Solutions Search: Meaningful Youth Engagement in ADB's Greater Mekong Subregion Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security Program
Description: This is an open call for the Solutions Search: Meaningful Youth Engagement in ADB's Greater Mekong Subregion Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security Program (GMS SAFSP). This contest is a solution-sharing platform for youth in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). Through the form ...
Living with water: climate adaptation in the world’s deltas
Lighthouses show where to go—and where to avoid. The 'lighthouse' case studies in this Delta Report explore best practices in climate adaptation and resilience interventions in delta countries. The report is intended primarily for an audience of governments in delta countries: p...
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Interview: Inclusive Perspective of Youths on their Localized Flood Issues
Climate change increases the odds of exacerbating floods in many parts of Myanmar. During the last week of July, people from Shan, Rakhine, Kayen, and the Mon States have suffered flooding due to continuous days of heavy rain. [source]. In the mid of last August, we were able to arrange a series of ...
Heavy rains and strong winds toppled a pagoda in Pwint Phyu Township, knocking down a number of large trees
19 October 2021 - Source: Eleven Media - On the night of October 16, heavy rains and strong winds in Magway Region knocked down the pagoda pillar in Pwint Phyu Township and knocked down several large trees along the road leading to the pagoda.Heavy rain fell in most townships in Magway Region f...
Heavy rains flooded Saku People's Hospital and lower areas of Sin Phyu Island
19 October 2021 - Source: Eleven Media - Due to heavy rains in Magway Region, on October 17 at Saku General Hospital. On October 18, the floodwaters inundated houses in the lower parts of Sin Phyu Island.Heavy rains fell in most townships in Magway Region from October 14 to October 17, when a s...
Indigenous understanding of Salween River key for biodiversity
Source: The Third Pole - By Saw John Bright - As the first part of COP15 of the Convention on Biological Diversity convenes, decision makers must recognise that free-flowing rivers are essential to Indigenous understanding of reality and the preservation of biodiversity. This week, governm...
Heavy rains in parts of Yangon cause floods
8 October 2021 - Source: Eleven Media - Heavy rains have been reported in some parts of Rangoon since October 7 at around 1pm.The floods occurred in Mingalar Taung Nyunt Township. The incident took place in Tamwe Township and flooded shops and houses.In front of Yuzana Plaza, Mingalar Tau...
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Source: BBC - လတ်တလော ကာလအတွင်း ကမ္ဘာပေါ်မှာ အပူလှိုင်းဖြတ်တာတွေ၊ ရေ အကြီးအကျယ်ကြီးတာတွေနဲ့ တောမီးလောင်တာတွေကို ပိုမို ကြုံလာရချိန်မှာ အခုလို အပြင်းအထန် ရာသီဥတုဆိုးရွားမှုတွေနဲ့ ကမ္ဘာ့ရာသီဥတုဖောက်ပြန်မှုတို့ ဆက်စပ်နေတယ်ဆိုတဲ့အချက်ကို လူသားတွေ နဖူးတွေ့ ဒူးတွေ့ ကြုံလာရပါတယ်။ ကမ္ဘာပေါ်မှာ စက်မှုထွ...
Chindwin Futures: Natural resources, livelihoods, institutions and climate change in Myanmar’s Chindwin River Basin
Stockholm Environment Institute recently launched the Chindwin Futures book. SEI has been working for several years in the past to the work in Chindwin River Basin in general and leading to write this book with big support of Myanmar Environment Institute (MEI). What's ...
Join the online training on Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP)
LEAP, shorthand for the Low Emissions Analysis Platform, is a powerful, versatile software system for integrated energy planning and climate change mitigation assessment. Developed at SEI US, LEAP (originally the Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning System) continues to evolve and improve. LEAP i...
Water Tech Spotlight: the latest technology developments in the water industry | August 2021
Source: IWA - Technological solutions and innovations are essential to secure a water-wise future. Water Tech Spotlight is a monthly blog which aims to highlight the latest technology developments in the water industry globally. Scroll down to find out more. 1. ECO-FRIENDLY HYDRORESTTING PLASTI...
Why inclusive practices are important in water climate adaptation
Social inclusion is utterly important in water climate adaptation. As technical approaches are still dominant in development projects, the locals live in the vicinity are often limited to include their knowledge and experience in tackling climate issues. True value of technical knowledge and experti...