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At COP30, focus on wildfire prevention amid record destruction
With wildfires causing unprecedented damage, countries and organisations at COP30 agree to boost community-based prevention.
Carbon & Climate
‘Tired of losing’: Twin typhoons expose deep wounds of corruption, climate injustice in the Philippines
In the aftermath of typhoons Kalmaegi and Fung-wong, mismanaged climate funds and weak infrastructure leave communities exposed to disaster.
Carbon & Climate
‘Climate whiplash’: Asia’s worst extreme weather events of 2025
From submerged heritage towns to burning forests, 2025 laid bare how “climate whiplash” is reshaping Asia’s weather and way of life.
Carbon & Climate
Q&A: ‘Pakistan will have to adapt to floods as the new normal’
Natural extremes and human-made vulnerabilities – from glacial melt to unchecked urbanisation – have turned Pakistan’s floods into a recurring national disaster.
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