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Climate change is intensifying sand and dust storms in Asia

...floods with highly visible aftermaths, SDS events rarely result in large-scale physical damage or a high number of immediate fatalities. Instead, their impacts are often hidden in health statistics fo...

12 Jul 2024

Climate change is intensifying sand and dust storms in Asia

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Fisherwomen lead fight against marine dredging in Java amid fears of damage

...flooding. In Jepara district, where Tri lives, the coastal and fishing communities have been fighting against the damage caused by a coal-fired power plant and coal spill from the barges carrying the ...

16 Oct 2024

Fisherwomen lead fight against marine dredging in Java amid fears of damage

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

How unplanned development, unusual rain ended in disaster

...floods and landslides. Tourism was thriving in the Chooralmala-Mundakkai areas following the "discovery" of "exotic" new locations and the increasing popularity of old favourites such as Soochipara Wa...

5 Aug 2024

How unplanned development, unusual rain ended in disaster

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesia slashed forests, peatlands to secure 1,500-hectare food estate

...floods, according to the Tewai Baru village chief, Sigo. In the past, he said, floodwaters only reached a maximum of 50 centimetres (20 inches). Now, however, floodwaters reach three times as high. Di...

28 Apr 2023

Indonesia slashed forests, peatlands to secure 1,500-hectare food estate

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‘Oil palms have leaves’: Indonesian president says palm oil expansion not deforestation

...flooding risk and water contamination for downstream communities because the crop, especially when it’s young, is nowhere near as good at retaining water as the forest trees it replaced. For these and...

6 Jan 2025

‘Oil palms have leaves’: Indonesian president says palm oil expansion not deforestation

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Nearly 150,000 Indians have died in the past 51 years due to extreme weather: WMO

...flood in 1975. The numbers were part of updated data in the WMO’s Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water-related hazards. The figures were released even as the World Me...

23 May 2023

Nearly 150,000 Indians have died in the past 51 years due to extreme weather: WMO

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Greenpeace calls for climate reparations as country faces impact of typhoon Mawar

...floods and landslides, until Tuesday. An average of 20 tropical cyclones affect the Philippines yearly, and with climate change warming ocean temperatures, typhoons are getting more frequent and more...

31 May 2023

Greenpeace calls for climate reparations as country faces impact of typhoon Mawar

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News / Carbon & Climate

By 2050, today’s extreme annual temperatures may become the daily norm in Singapore: study

...flood prone, with Bangkok sitting only about 1.5m above sea level. Singapore's Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and PUB will soon embark on technical studies for their plan to build a 800-hectare "...

5 Jan 2024

By 2050, today’s extreme annual temperatures may become the daily norm in Singapore: study

Opinion / Water

The roots of the global water crisis

...flooding were not considered major issues. The atmosphere at this year’s UN Water Conference, which took place in New York in March, was markedly different. Instead of apathy, there was a palpable sen...

2 Oct 2023

The roots of the global water crisis

News / Water

Scientists say worse to come as Himalayan snow ceases

...floods and the 2023 north India floods are becoming much more frequent.” Snowless winters Lotus is based in Leh, Ladakh, where snowless winters are becoming a huge concern. “It is mid-January, which i...

19 Jan 2024

Scientists say worse to come as Himalayan snow ceases

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Filipino typhoon survivors join 'david and goliath' climate fight

...floodwaters engulfed her family's bungalow within minutes. She lost her parents, eldest brother, sister-in-law and nephew in the disaster. Today, Sustento works at Greenpeace Philippines to docum...

8 Nov 2023

Filipino typhoon survivors join 'david and goliath' climate fight

Opinion / Energy

Hydropower RECs on Bursa Carbon Exchange: understanding the risks

...flooded. Based on calculations by researchers from Universiti Tenaga Nasional, the Bakun reservoir alone emits 159.82 gigagrams (Gg) of methane annually, which is equivalent to 1.2 per cent of Malaysi...

9 Apr 2024

Hydropower RECs on Bursa Carbon Exchange: understanding the risks

News / Cities

How climate change exacerbated the 2021 Henan floods

Human-caused climate change increased the amount of rain that fell during the 2021 Henan floods by 7.5 per cent, a team of experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Peking University have found...

16 Jan 2023

How climate change exacerbated the 2021 Henan floods

News / Carbon & Climate

Filipino NGOs call for old mining law to be scrapped, extraction firm investigated in wake of Mindanao landslide

...floods and the devastating landslides in Masara. Nevertheless, the report noted that the area has had a history of landslides like the one in 2008, which left 24 dead. Since then, the Mines and Geosci...

8 Mar 2024

Filipino NGOs call for old mining law to be scrapped, extraction firm investigated in wake of Mindanao landslide

News / Carbon & Climate

Managing Asia's climate risks

[KAS report in shorthand]

19 May 2023

Managing Asia's climate risks

News / Food & Agriculture

In rural India, climate migrants 'have hysterectomies to survive'

Drought is driving poor Indian women into exploitative sugarcane work in the central state of Maharashtra, with many of the migrant labourers opting to undergo unnecessary hysterectomies to work even...

7 Mar 2024

In rural India, climate migrants 'have hysterectomies to survive'

News / Carbon & Climate

10 devastating extreme weather events in 2022

...Floods in Malaysia A flooded area in Kuantan, Pahang, a state in Malaysia, during the December 2021 floods. Image: Twitter users @xchipsmore and @thelivingtr/Wikimedia Commons Malaysia’s monsoon rai...

21 Dec 2022

10 devastating extreme weather events in 2022

Podcasts / Carbon & Climate

The challenges of the environment beat: A conversation with journalists in Southeast Asia

...flooding. " I wanted to dig deeper into the investment part [of the sea wall project]. However, it was incredibly hard to get the data," she said, adding that government officials provided her with co...

19 Mar 2025

The challenges of the environment beat: A conversation with journalists in Southeast Asia

News / Cities

From protest to power: Greta's eco-warriors run for EU office

...flooded the streets in Fridays for Future protests, hoping to force countries and companies to slash emissions and curb climate change. This time round, ambitious EU climate policies are facing a back...

30 May 2024

From protest to power: Greta's eco-warriors run for EU office

News / Cities

How cities around the world are finding ways to beat extreme heat

...flooding and lowered temperatures by reducing the heat island effect. Research shows temperatures along the river that runs through downtown Seoul are 3.3°C-5.9°C (5.9°F-10.6°F) cooler than on a paral...

30 May 2024

How cities around the world are finding ways to beat extreme heat

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