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From Indigenous embroidery to community murals and heirloom seeds, artists and cultural workers in UNESCO Creative City Iloilo are stitching tradition into climate resilience.

3 Aug 2026

UCFS MY 2026 Edward Vrkic

Edward Vrkić, United Nations Development Programme chief for Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam, warned that failing to invest in adaptation could be far costlier, as Malaysia works on its first National Adaptation Plan and seeks to turn climate resilience into a private investment opportunity.

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Gender inequality sees women labour in poor quality housing despite soaring temperatures, with solutions limited, expensive and inadequate.

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Frontline communities are already paying the everyday costs of extreme heat as the government cuts climate resilience funds from US$19.4 billion to US$13.6 billion, leaving farmers and fisherfolk to shoulder rising adaptation costs, found a study by Greenpeace and the National Anti-Poverty Commission of the Philippines.

17 July 2026

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15 July 2026

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2 July 2026

Much of Asia's infrastructure was built for a more predictable world, one that no longer exists

30 June 2026

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5 May 2026

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30 April 2026

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15 April 2026

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13 April 2026

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7 April 2026

Ambassador Ravi Menon and Minister Grace Fu

13 March 2026

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23 February 2026

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12 February 2026

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10 February 2026

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6 January 2026

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