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Environmental Issues In Indonesia: A Growing Concern
Indonesia's mix of geographic location, large population and historically poor government environmental oversight have caused significant issues to grow over the last several decades. Now,...
Air Pollution in India: Devastating Health Effects
India may be turning a corner towards improving its air pollution levels, despite the country being far from claiming victory over its deadly smog.
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Asia Faces the Most Severe Climate Risk and the Biggest Climate Adaptation Gap
Aside from suffering some of the harshest impacts of climate change, many Asian countries also have to deal with challenges like poverty, food and water...
Asia’s Flooding Future: Lessons from Sri Lanka, Indonesia & Malaysia
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Once considered rare, extreme rainfall events are now becoming a regular and destructive reality across Asia. In this episode of Attributions, we speak...
What Tokyo’s Air Quality Data Tells Us
Tokyo’s air may look cleaner than many global megacities, but long-term data shows ongoing health and climate risks. PM2.5 exposure, transport emissions and regional pollution...
Climate Change in 2026: What Scientists Predict
Scientists fear that 2026 might become one of the hottest in history, while the record amount of ocean heat content accumulated in 2025 risks making...
Extreme Weather
Are the Maldives Sinking? What the Measurements Say About Sea-level Rise
Rising sea levels are narrowing the margin between land and water in the Maldives, where most islands sit barely above the ocean. Measured trends show...
2025: The Year of Climate Disasters
The economic costs of the extreme weather events in 2025 are reaching record levels. However, they pale in comparison to the tragedies inflicted on climate-vulnerable...
Extreme Heatwaves Take a Toll on Public Health and the Economy in Bangladesh
Bangladesh faces an escalating heat and urban exposure crisis. Extreme heat drives health risks, reduced productivity, and widening economic inequality—exacerbated by heavy reliance on fossil...
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Economics
Circular Economy Examples: From A Waste Problem to Climate Strategy
Implementing the ideas of a circular economy is often viewed as a means to address waste. However, it is also a core part of climate...
Environmental Economics and the True Cost of Climate Change
Climate change is often framed as an environmental crisis, but environmental economics shows it is just as much a crisis for jobs, public finances and...
Ecotourism in the Philippines: Runway For Future Growth
Tourism is a core sector of the Philippines' economy, and ecotourism is taking a growing share. The country sees ecotourism as a critical component of...
Nature
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Tropical Deforestation Linked to Thousands of Heat-related Deaths Every Year
Tropical deforestation is driving local warming that directly increases heat-related deaths, with over 300 million people exposed to deforestation-induced warming between 2001 and 2020 and...
The Challenges of Myanmar Ocean and Coastal Communities – Podcast
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Welcome to Attributions! In this episode, we speak with Ma Thandar Ko Gyi — a diver and marine conservationist — about the...
The World Has a Plastic Pollution Problem —And It’s Getting Worse
Plastic pollution is a global emergency with costly health, social, environmental and climate implications. While scientists expect it to worsen in the upcoming years, a handful...
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Running on Empty: The Climate Finance Crisis Ahead of COP30 – Podcast
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Asia is facing record heat, rising floods and growing displacement, yet adaptation finance remains far below what countries need to stay safe....
What’s Next for the Climate? A Deep Dive into COP30 – Podcast
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon What happens after COP30? In this new solo episode of Attributions, we break down the key outcomes of COP30 and what the...
Indigenous Leaders File Complaint Against Japanese-funded LNG Canada Project
Indigenous leaders from the Wet'suwet'en Nation in Canada have filed a formal complaint against the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), alleging it had violated...
Climate Anxiety Explained: A Warming Planet And Mental Health Crisis
Climate anxiety is rising rapidly as Asia experiences its hottest years on record. Mental health is being impacted, especially among young people and communities facing...