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Press Releases / UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

Half the world’s countries have degraded freshwater systems, UN finds

...floods, impacts from wastewater effluents and agricultural runoff. Where good data are available, it shows that freshwater quality has been degrading since 2017. Where data are lacking, the signs are...

1 Sep 2024

Half the world’s countries have degraded freshwater systems, UN finds

News / Corporate Responsibility

'Don't just sit in the boardroom': Hong Kong climate finance chief calls on C-suite leaders to connect with nature

...flooding in the last couple of years. Many of our neighbouring farms did not have any yield last year because of extreme weather – sometimes it was too hot, other times there was heavy rain. These fir...

4 Aug 2025

'Don't just sit in the boardroom': Hong Kong climate finance chief calls on C-suite leaders to connect with nature

Press Releases / ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

Thailand’s Bang Pu Nature Education Centre is Asean's 63rd heritage park

...flood control, shielding us from loss of life and property. Wetlands are also called the most effective carbon sinks on Earth. They play a significant role in stabilising greenhouse gas emissions, pro...

4 Feb 2025

Thailand’s Bang Pu Nature Education Centre is Asean's 63rd heritage park

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News / Energy

South Asia's solar energy push faces a battle for land

...floods and cyclones, think tank CEEW said in the report. CEEW fellow Hemant Mallya said a possible solution could be for state and union territories to make "land banks" available to renewables develo...

22 Nov 2024

South Asia's solar energy push faces a battle for land

News / Water

Specter of dams and diversion looms over Southeast Asia’s Salween River

...flooding.” Across Shan, Kayah, Kayin and Mon states, through which the Salween flows, conflict, civil war and violence have long made life incredibly difficult for the Indigenous communities that make...

26 Jun 2025

Specter of dams and diversion looms over Southeast Asia’s Salween River

News / Cities

China’s evolving zoos, from entertainment to education

...flood of visitors, who may find spotting the animals harder than they expected. The zoo tries to mimic the natural environment of its animals. Sometimes, that means they hide in thick undergrowth, or ...

7 Apr 2025

China’s evolving zoos, from entertainment to education

Opinion / Water

Water worries: Indonesia and the US have plenty in common

...flooding and allows debris to pile up. Its rivers are heavily polluted with e-coli bacteria, largely a result of untreated municipal sewage.Several parts of Jakarta such as Pasar Minggu, Matraman and ...

25 Mar 2024

Water worries: Indonesia and the US have plenty in common

News / Policy & Finance

Analysis: How green are Pakistan’s political manifestoes?

...floods echoes in the manifesto’s second most detailed pledge, the Climate-Resilient, Recovery, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Framework (4RF). This ambitious framework pledges to “restore livelihoo...

7 Feb 2024

Analysis: How green are Pakistan’s political manifestoes?

News / Policy & Finance

Bangladesh tests climate finance for disaster-hit communities

...flooding cannot easily reach. The programme falls under the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance, an international collaboration seeking to minimise losses for poor households by providing funding when it...

1 Jun 2023

Bangladesh tests climate finance for disaster-hit communities

News / Policy & Finance

Philippine president pushes lawmakers to pass law to legitimise country as loss and damage fund host

...flooding, as well as disregards community welfare and ecological health. Since taking office two years ago, Marcos, Jr has been vocal about mining for transition minerals like nickel and copper as one...

24 Jul 2024

Philippine president pushes lawmakers to pass law to legitimise country as loss and damage fund host

Opinion / Waste

From paradise to plastics pollution: Bali’s battle for marine plastics debris

...flooding can mobilise large volumes of accumulated waste, worsening the issue. Wind also transports lightweight plastics, such as bags and wrappers, from open dumps into nearby water bodies. In areas...

10 Dec 2024

From paradise to plastics pollution: Bali’s battle for marine plastics debris

News / Policy & Finance

‘A substantial threat’: The impact of climate risks on different companies

...floods, and droughts pose greater risks to all businesses, as they lead to supply chain disruptions and financial losses. In the long run, supply chain disruptions negatively impact a company’s abilit...

26 Mar 2024

‘A substantial threat’: The impact of climate risks on different companies

News / Policy & Finance

What is parametric insurance and why is its demand growing in Asia?

...flood risks in Laos in August 2023, with two payouts totalling US$1.5 million for flood relief efforts. There are also smaller scale microinsurance projects for individual stakeholders. Often, these t...

3 Jul 2024

What is parametric insurance and why is its demand growing in Asia?

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Opinion / Carbon & Climate

This election year, let’s talk climate

...flooding, biodiversity loss – but its impact on our day-to-day lives is unavoidable.No doubt this is a sobering topic for journalists which begs the question: how exactly do audiences want to engage w...

17 Jan 2024

This election year, let’s talk climate

Opinion / Energy

Concerns about the US LNG pause in Asia are overblown

...flood of supply is likely to result in a global glut. In 2026 alone, the world could see a 13 per cent increase in LNG supply capacity — the largest annual increase in history — much of it from the US...

6 Feb 2024

Concerns about the US LNG pause in Asia are overblown

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Opinion / Policy & Finance

Let them drink oil

...floods and severe droughts that claimed hundreds of lives and displaced millions of people in Uganda and across the Horn of Africa, and the recent floods that wiped out entire cities in Libya. These e...

16 Oct 2023

Let them drink oil

Opinion / Manufacturing

Fast fashion has a serious coal problem

...flooding, and makes fires more destructive. Until very recently, the like-for-like replacement of burning coal with burning something else, especially at the T2 level, felt like an impossible task. To...

10 Feb 2025

Fast fashion has a serious coal problem

News / Carbon & Climate

Southeast Asia's voices of COP28

...floods and droughts – Singapore, for instance, has a per-person gross domestic product nearly 80 times that of Myanmar. At COP28, nations will spar on disaster funds, the workings of carbon markets, a...

28 Nov 2023

Southeast Asia's voices of COP28

News / Waste

Why is India the world’s biggest plastic polluter?

...flood into the environment.” India is home to 21 petrochemical plants with a production capacity of about 29 million metric tonnes. The government has plans to further expand oil refineries, all of w...

4 Oct 2024

Why is India the world’s biggest plastic polluter?

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

The future of sustainability in the palm oil industry will be Asian led

...flooding following extreme weather. The future resilience of the palm oil industry requires companies and policymakers to support climate adaptation at the landscape level, where farmer prosperity and...

6 Jun 2024

The future of sustainability in the palm oil industry will be Asian led

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