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Climate-proofing Southeast Asia

Climate-proofing Southeast Asia 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)
Laurence Delina (The Jakarta Post)
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Jakarta   ●   Wed, March 22, 2017

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 impacts of weird weather events.

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