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ASIA, Mounting Costs of Climate Change Raise Fears of Conflict (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48679 By Ron Corben BANGKOK, Oct 1 (IPS) The rising challenge of climate change has raised fears of growing conflicts as the impact of more extreme weather triggers food water scarcities across the Asia ... Other labels: blog, livelihoods, change, climate, agriculture, security, food

Asian Nations Face 'Unprecedented"'Water Crisis, ADB (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/45643/story.htm SINGAPORE: November 30, 2007 \\ (Reporting by Daryl Loo, editing by Neil Chatterjee and Sanjeev Miglani) \\ \\ \\ {}SINGAPORE Developing countries in Asia could face an "unprecedented" water crisis within a decade due ... Other labels: urbanization, climate, water, health, population

Bangladesh wants SAARC fund for climate change (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) DHAKA (Reuters) Jul 1, 2008\ Bangladesh has proposed the creation of a fund to fight climate change in densely populated South Asia, which experts say is vulnerable to rising seas, melting glaciers and greater extremes of droughts and floods. Regional ... Other labels: blog, sea, climate, compensation, levels, bangladesh

Conflict compromising tsunami reconstruction (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) SRI LANKA http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=79567 COLOMBO, 1 August 2008 (IRIN) Resurgent clashes between Sri Lankan government forces and the Tamil Tigers have hampered tsunami reconstruction in the north and east and affected the livelihoods of 2.5 ... Other labels: disaster, blog, livelihoods, conflict, srilanka, naturalresources

Thailand to establish cyclone warning network system for Myanmar (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) Source: Xinhua News Agency URL: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/KHII7GC9VA?OpenDocument  Date: 07 Jul 2008 YANGON, Jul 07, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) \\ Thailand is seeking to establish in Myanmar an early ... Other labels: disaster, blog, early, warning, myanmar, cyclone, thailand, natural

Up in smoke? Asia and the Pacific - The threat from climate change to human development and the environment (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) http://www.oxfam.org/en/policy/briefingnotes/bnasiaupinsmokenov07 The human drama of climate change will largely be played out in Asia, where over 60 per cent of the world's population, around four billion people, live. Over half of those live near ... Other labels: climate, security, resources