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As oil and gas firms reap windfall profits from wartime price spikes, regional climate advocates urge governments to tax gains and channel the funds into renewables and grid upgrades to secure Asia’s energy future.
What happens when fuel security collides with climate ambition in South Asian countries like Pakistan?
Carbon & Climate
Heat inequality: Climate driving mortality in poor nations, cutting deaths in rich regions
New research shows rising temperatures could save lives in high-latitude countries but cause hundreds of thousands of additional deaths annually in low-income regions, highlighting need for targeted adaptation investment where risks are greatest.
Carbon & Climate
India sets new targets to cut emissions intensity, increase renewables share by 2035
The new targets are seen as cautious and deliberately conservative. India's latest Nationally Determined Contribution to the Paris Agreement also requires more details on sector-specific decarbonisation pathways, say experts.
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China’s Belt and Road must adapt to survive a hotter world
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China can drive Asia’s transition to green agriculture
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How global weather patterns are shaping India’s cold spell
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Five key climate and energy announcements in India’s budget for 2026
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Food & Agriculture
Climate, pests and pollution fuel crop losses across India
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Kerala Adivasi families emancipated by growing yam, tapioca
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Carbon & Climate
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