Climate-proofing Southeast Asia
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Laurence DelinaSustainability scientist at Boston University
Jakarta |
Wed, March 22, 2017
| 01:02 pm
Climate impact – A farmer takes a look at the condition of soil in his paddy field, which goes dry due to a long drought, in Cot Trieng village, Muara Satu, Lhokseumawe, Aceh, on Oct.16.
(Antara/Rahmad)
PREMIUM Early this year, heavy downpours in what historically have been drier months flooded towns in the south of Thailand and on the border with Malaysia. Heavy rainfall also inundated a northern city on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. If governments in Southeast Asian localities do not start acting now, many vulnerable populations in the region will continue to endure significant impac...
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