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AI is shaking up the hidden world of earthquake forecasting

...floods, with the help of AI. “ AI has revolutionised our ability to detect more and more small earthquakes that typically would fall below the signal to (background) noise level. Even though we have ...

1 Apr 2025

AI is shaking up the hidden world of earthquake forecasting

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Underground pollution is threatening the Philippines’ corals

...flooding, allowing contaminants to seep into groundwater with minimal intervention. From there, pollutants travel unseen to coastal waters, with consequences ranging from coral disease to unsafe swimm...

30 Apr 2026

Underground pollution is threatening the Philippines’ corals

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Asia’s AI real estate boom reaches Singapore, bringing efficiency and new risks

...flood risks before a permit is issued, while drones track construction progress and spot safety hazards long before a human inspector would. “Digital twins, predictive maintenance and energy optimisa...

9 Dec 2025

Asia’s AI real estate boom reaches Singapore, bringing efficiency and new risks

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Opinion / Policy & Finance

Getting green investment where it’s needed most

...floods in Africa, and hurricanes and typhoons in the Caribbean and Southeast Asia, are increasing in frequency and intensity. And yet the countries most affected by the climate crisis – nearly all of ...

14 Feb 2025

Getting green investment where it’s needed most

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Historic canals take centre stage as Kochi, India aims to blunt fallout from climate change

...flooding in the city, which is home to about 600,000 people. But a new effort by Kochi’s local authorities, supported by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is now ...

25 Mar 2025

Historic canals take centre stage as Kochi, India aims to blunt fallout from climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

COP29: What is the world doing about climate change?

...floods become ever more frequent and severe. The IPCC says meeting the 1.5°C goal would require cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 43 per cent by 2030 from 2019 levels. To get on track demands dramat...

14 Nov 2024

COP29: What is the world doing about climate change?

News / Cities

Extreme weather is intensifying – is Asia ready?

...floods, storms, droughts and wildfires – are just a preview of the horror movie to come", he said. Warnings like these should hit harder for Asia, given how the region is heating up faster than the gl...

28 Jan 2025

Extreme weather is intensifying – is Asia ready?

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Does climate change increase violence towards women?

...floods and cyclones, and slow onset droughts have seen families try to ease resulting economic insecurity by offering up girls and women for early or forced marriage. The International Union for Conse...

11 Feb 2025

Does climate change increase violence towards women?

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Millionaire magnet Dubai rushes to future-proof itself after April's record floods

...floods. Image: Government of Dubai Media Office / Facebook Dubai's flood on 16 April this year ground the city's main airport to a halt as airlines and operators sought to keep passengers and staff sa...

28 Jun 2024

Millionaire magnet Dubai rushes to future-proof itself after April's record floods

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate disasters are destroying Pakistan’s mountain languages

...floods in northern Pakistan are still a fresh and painful memory for Inam Torwali, a Torwali-Kohistani lexicographer. One of the worst humanitarian disasters in Pakistan’s history, the floods led to l...

25 Jul 2024

Climate disasters are destroying Pakistan’s mountain languages

News / Carbon & Climate

Nature will call the shots, not politics or economics: Singapore’s climate envoy

...floods, heatwaves and droughts wrought by the record-breaking temperatures of the last decade. A recent study estimated that Asia alone lost at least US$2 trillion in damages from extreme weather in t...

24 Feb 2025

Nature will call the shots, not politics or economics: Singapore’s climate envoy

Opinion / Policy & Finance

War and climate

...floods, and other weather extremes. Conflict-related emissions remain poorly captured by climate accounting, making it hard to estimate the Iran war’s full environmental impact. Military emissions are...

12 Sep 2026

War and climate

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Opinion / Energy

Clean energy is inevitable despite Trump

...floods wash away peoples’ homes around the world, that is what we must do. Understandably, fossil-fuel interests – and the Trump administration – want nothing of the kind. They have not overlooked the...

3 Oct 2025

Clean energy is inevitable despite Trump

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News / Carbon & Climate

Who are climate migrants and what can the world do for them?

...floods last year and if the climate crisis is left unchecked, about 216 million people could be internal climate migrants by 2050, according to the World Bank. Here is what you need to know about the ...

20 Dec 2024

Who are climate migrants and what can the world do for them?

Press Releases / Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Climate change could reduce GDP in developing Asia and the Pacific by 17% by 2070

...floods in the region, contributing to unprecedented economic challenges and human suffering,” said ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa. “Urgent, well-coordinated climate action that addresses...

1 Nov 2024

Climate change could reduce GDP in developing Asia and the Pacific by 17% by 2070

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Opinion / Food & Agriculture

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

...flood risks which are projected to start in August, and in the case of the Philippines, increased tropical cyclone occurrence. Climate agencies caution, however, that as sea surface temperatures reach...

23 Aug 2024

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

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Thailand pressured to strengthen disclosure and taxonomy literacy as it plays catch-up on green finance

...floods, said Bangkok’s chief sustainability officer Pornphrom Vikitsreth, who is also advisor to the city’s governor. At the same time, Thailand is experiencing rising urban heat levels, affecting no...

4 Dec 2024

Thailand pressured to strengthen disclosure and taxonomy literacy as it plays catch-up on green finance

Opinion / Water

The Ganges River is drying faster than ever – here’s what it means for the region and the world

...floods from glacial lakes. In the long-run, it means far less water flowing downstream during the dry season. These glaciers are often termed the “water towers of Asia”. But as those towers shrink, th...

26 Sep 2025

The Ganges River is drying faster than ever – here’s what it means for the region and the world

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The World Court finally opens the door to 'climate reparations'

Last week, the world’s highest court - the International Court of Justice (ICJ) - affirmed unanimously: those suffering the impacts of climate devastation have a right to remedy and reparation. This ...

28 Jul 2025

The World Court finally opens the door to 'climate reparations'

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Making money out of a disaster: fake news in Myanmar quake

...flooded social media with fake news and bogus videos since a powerful earthquake devastated Myanmar last month, exploiting the chaos with clickbait that can reap tens of thousands in ad revenues, digi...

15 Apr 2025

Making money out of a disaster: fake news in Myanmar quake

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