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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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Stop Funding PLN Coal Expansion in Indonesia, Communities Say
Indonesia’s continued push for coal expansion threatens communities’ health, livelihoods and climate commitments, despite clear evidence that renewables like solar, wind, and geothermal offer safer,...
Beneath the Storm: WMO’s Climate Warning for Asia – Podcast
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Floods, droughts, cyclones — Asia faces it all. But anticipatory action is proving that resilience is possible. Asia is warming nearly twice...
Deadly Floods and Landslides Ravage Asia From Pakistan to India and Australia
According to Dr. Joyce Kimutai, researcher at the Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, COP30 must deliver on promised climate finance, ensuring countries like...
Where Does The World Stand On Climate Change Progress?
Global cooperation is required to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. While progress is picking up pace, it is still far below what is...
Extreme Weather
Typhoon Wipha Highlights Stronger Storms in Asia
Typhoon Wipha tore from Hong Kong to Thailand across Asia in July 2025. The storm resulted in significant economic losses and disruptions throughout the region....
Where is the World Heading To: Latest IPCC Report
Arguing about details and semantics, IPCC delegates failed to agree on a timeline for the next reports for the third time in a row earlier...
Impact of Climate Change on Street Vendors: New Report
Street vendors in Southeast Asia are on the frontline of climate change, facing increasing threats from heatwaves, floods and storms that threaten their livelihoods and...
Economics
Ecotourism in India Is Driving Climate-smart Growth
India’s ecotourism growth is becoming a major driver of its already substantial tourism economy, channeling visitor spending into nationwide conservation, inclusive rural livelihoods and a...
Climate Change Poses Threats to Coffee Production in Vietnam
Vietnam’s booming coffee industry, vital to the economy and millions of smallholder farmers, faces growing threats from climate change, including droughts, floods and rising temperatures....
Climate Change Is Threatening Rice Production in India
Climate change is severely threatening India’s rice production, a critical source of food security and livelihoods for nearly a billion people. Rising temperatures, unpredictable weather...
Nature
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...
Restoring and Preserving Nature as an Economic Opportunity
Research reveals that preserving and restoring nature not only helps ensure a liveable future and brings societal benefits but also opens up huge economic opportunities....
Arctic Sea Ice is Melting: Impacts on Asia and Possible Solutions
Arctic ice is melting at an unprecedented rate, threatening to cause a chain of devastating feedback loops. While solutions to address the problem exist, they...
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What Is The Paris Climate Agreement?
From COP21’s historic signing to today’s make-or-break stocktake, the Paris Climate Agreement’s core promises, uneven progress and enduring finance gaps reveal how far the world...
ICJ’s Ruling a Victory for Climate Litigation and Justice: ‘Provides Us With a Reason to Keep Fighting’
The International Court of Justice's historic advisory opinion declared that actions driving climate change are illegal and that states must halt emissions and provide reparations...
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Raja Ampat, A (Mis)fortune Beyond Beauty? [Op-Ed]
Indonesia’s Raja Ampat, renowned for its rich biodiversity, faces nickel and coal mining threats that threaten its ecosystems and indigenous communities. A growing grassroots movement...
Working in the Heat: A Public Health Crisis for Outdoor Workers
Rising temperatures and worsening air quality are putting millions of outdoor workers across Asia at serious health risk, yet their struggles remain largely unrecognised and...