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Thursday, 08 Apr 2021 06:09 PM MYT BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY Between August and September last year, the MBSA carried out a public feedback exercise for their 2035 local plan draft, which included a proposal to build a road across the existing forested land, also known to the local community as the Shah Alam Community Forest (SACF). — AFP pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. SHAH ALAM, April 8 — The Bukit Cerakah Forest Reserve (SACF) Society alleged that the Selangor government failed to clarify the degazettement of the land, despite today’...

Urban Development, Greenhouses Gases can Trigger Extreme Floods When the rain started to pour down in northern Georgia on September 15 th, 2009, the residents of Atlanta were completely unaware that they would be witnessing epic flooding across the city. Image Credit: Discovod/shutterstock.com Localities, including Peachtree Hills, were inundated; the busiest expressway in Georgia was submerged, and so were the bridges and roads; the untreated sewage combined with the growing floodwaters; and people and cars were swept away. Sonny Perdue, who was the presiding governor of Georgia at that tim...

Combination of climate change, development to fuel urban flooding By (0) The way cities are designed, and how much waste heat they put into the environment, increases the risk for urban flooding linked to climate change, according to new research. File Photo ventdusud/Shutterstock March 15 (UPI) -- The combination of climate change and urban development is likely to fuel urban flooding in cities across the United States, according to a new model. Previous studies have demonstrated a link between rising ocean and air temperatures and bigger, slower-moving storms -- storms capable of dropping...

Urban development and climate change to trigger severe urban floods Urban floods are about to become that much worse. The residents of northern Georgia, US, aren’t very used to flooding. So when severe rain started falling in September 2009, most people didn’t pay much attention. But the rain kept falling and falling, submerging entire neighborhoods, roads, and bridges. The Georgia flood seemingly came out of nowhere, but results from a new study suggests it may have not been all that much of a freak occurrence. Instead, it may be the result of the combined effect of urban development and...

Date Time Bristol part of new £10 million research centre to spur a greener global financial system The UK is investing £10 million in a new national green finance research centre that will advise lenders, investors and insurers, enabling them to make environmentally sustainable decisions, and support a greener global economy. Access to scientifically robust data and analytics is currently patchy and unreliable. Armed with better information, underpinned by innovative UK science, financial institutions around the world will be much better placed to make decisions that contribute to a more s...