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Farmer working on a rice field in Bali, Indonesia.

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

La Niña: boon or bane for Southeast Asia’s food security?

...when the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is in the neutral phase. Some climate authorities are cautious; Indonesia’s, the Philippines’, Vietnam’s and Malaysia’s state weather bureaus are monitorin...

23 Aug 2024

La Niña: boon or bane for Southeast Asia’s food security?

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Is Asia slower to tackle greenwashing because it is conflict avoidant?

...the first sector to be hit with regulations to curb greenwashing – because of the rapid growth in ESG investing and the scrunity the industry has come under since the Covid-19 pandemic, when there has...

17 May 2023

Is Asia slower to tackle greenwashing because it is conflict avoidant?

News / Food & Agriculture

Marginalised farmers struggle to adapt to climate change in Uttarakhand

...their families through jobs elsewhere. “The schemes are made for the men here, so they are the only ones who can benefit from them,” says Kheema. The journey between their homes and the government off...

27 Jun 2023

Marginalised farmers struggle to adapt to climate change in Uttarakhand

Opinion / Waste

UN Plastics Treaty: What can we learn from other international environmental agreements?

...the rejuvenation of the ozone layer, global warming is getting worse, with the year 2023 as the hottest year on record and the ten hottest years since 1850 all occurring in the last decade. We need to...

23 Apr 2024

UN Plastics Treaty: What can we learn from other international environmental agreements?

News / Carbon & Climate

Asia's heatwave made 30 times more likely by climate change: study

...the full human cost of the extreme weather event is still unknown. “The full impact of a heatwave is often not known until weeks or months later, when death certificates are collected, or when scienti...

17 May 2023

Asia's heatwave made 30 times more likely by climate change: study

News / Cities

Manipur assaults show India internet shutdowns hurt women more

...when members of the Kuki and Naga tribal groups launched a protest on May 3 against the possible sharing of their benefits with the ethnic majority Meiteis in the state. The federal government rushed ...

7 Aug 2023

Manipur assaults show India internet shutdowns hurt women more

News / Energy

Coal mining has led to 35% loss of native land cover in India’s central coal belt

...thermal power production in India, most of it concentrated in the eastern coal belt of the country. Over the last 10 years, coal public sector undertakings have increased their green cover by only 18,...

22 Aug 2024

Coal mining has led to 35% loss of native land cover in India’s central coal belt

News / Food & Agriculture

Philippines' women seaweed farmers keep coastal families afloat

...The men then take the lines offshore to farms of about 2,500 metres squared. Some six weeks later, the seaweed is harvested and the women set it out to dry in the sun for two to three days, then sell...

23 Jun 2023

Philippines' women seaweed farmers keep coastal families afloat

News / Food & Agriculture

Rattled rice importing countries eye self-sufficiency

...the biomass of the rice plant and efficiently converting it into grain yield is the solution to breaking the yield plateau – where farmers reach the limit of what they can grow. However, he tempered e...

14 Nov 2023

Rattled rice importing countries eye self-sufficiency

News / Policy & Finance

Darwinism expunged from India’s school textbooks

...the theory from school books on the grounds that the study load on schoolchildren needs to be lightened after the pandemic. From this month – the start of the academic year – material on evolution no ...

3 May 2023

Darwinism expunged from India’s school textbooks

News / Energy

Singapore hits clean power import milestone with conditional nod for Vietnam wind

...the feasibility of the ambitious cable project. The project resumed in September under Grok Ventures, one of the two owners. Anderson said the firm intends to continue helping with Singapore’s commitm...

24 Oct 2023

Singapore hits clean power import milestone with conditional nod for Vietnam wind

Fossil fuel advertising on media_concept photo

News / Carbon & Climate

Amid industry decline, Asia's media struggles to answer a hard question – should we stop accepting fossil fuel advertising?

...their editorial position (36 per cent), that the related advertising material they carry is declared (36 per cent), or if they have evaluated the advertisements to ensure they do not carry deceptive o...

25 Sep 2024

Amid industry decline, Asia's media struggles to answer a hard question – should we stop accepting fossil fuel advertising?

News / Policy & Finance

‘Opportune moment’ to set things right: Bangladesh eyes social reform as it opens for business

...the visibility of women who are active in the economy is high. "But at the same time, injustices and the lack of parity remain. The treatment of female workers, for example in the garment industry, is...

13 Dec 2024

‘Opportune moment’ to set things right: Bangladesh eyes social reform as it opens for business

News / Cities

The Mogao caves: Preserving cultural heritage in a changing climate

...these sites have the resources available to the Mogao caves. The Dunhuang Academy is using science and tech to protect some of the other caves. In 2022, it launched the first phase of the Cave Temple ...

1 Nov 2023

The Mogao caves: Preserving cultural heritage in a changing climate

News / Policy & Finance

Filipino fishermen caught in debt net in South China Sea row

...the Philippines steps up its defence posture in the South China Sea, an area long seen as a potential flashpoint between the United States and China. The high seas drama has slashed the incomes of th...

20 Dec 2023

Filipino fishermen caught in debt net in South China Sea row

News / Carbon & Climate

Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months

...the first half of the year. This is illustrated in the figure below, where the columns show the change in generation by each source of non-fossil power every quarter and the line shows the increase in...

24 Nov 2025

Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Lobby groups want to kill nature policies – here’s what we can do

...These are legitimate concerns. Change is scary, particularly when jobs are on the line. The European People’s Party, the largest political group in the European parliament, claims that the EU’s nature...

31 May 2023

Lobby groups want to kill nature policies – here’s what we can do

News / Carbon & Climate

Q&A: ‘Passivity accomplishes nothing,’ says Pakistan’s climate coordinator

...the global stage. Alam recognises the significance of the groundwork laid by her predecessors but understands that the job is far from finished. Despite significant progress, Pakistan ranks among the ...

12 Sep 2024

Q&A: ‘Passivity accomplishes nothing,’ says Pakistan’s climate coordinator

News / Policy & Finance

'Everyone around you loses': How domestic abuse hurts economies

...the financial toll will spur them to act. “ Because violence is so pervasive then all these individual impacts aggregate into a sizeable impact at the national level. Nata Duvvury, director, Centre f...

14 May 2024

'Everyone around you loses': How domestic abuse hurts economies

News / Policy & Finance

COP29 presidency reiterates commitment to Paris Agreement as Azerbaijan defends oil and gas expansion

...the country's state-owned oil company. But at the same conference, Azerbaijan president Ilham Aliyev told partcipants at the annual gathering of selected states as they prepare the ground for successf...

29 Apr 2024

COP29 presidency reiterates commitment to Paris Agreement as Azerbaijan defends oil and gas expansion

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