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The Delhi government, in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, recently conducted cloud seeding experiments with the claim of reducing air pollution.

Ensuring funds reach countries most in need, quickly and equitably, is climate finance’s biggest challenge.

Heavy rainfall across the region was caused by the combination of natural phenomena and climate change but in Indonesia's Sumatra, where the most lives have been lost, the scale of disaster was worsened by deforestation.

Following devastating floods that destroyed crops in the breadbasket region of India and Pakistan, food insecurity continues to loom large.

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By Imane Saidi, Luckson Zvobgo

By Ayesha Tandon

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This year’s advisory opinions from two prominent international courts mark a turning point, write two environmental law experts. By Marcella Ribeiro and María Luisa Gómez

Researchers found that people in poorer communities face a far higher risk of death from diseases after typhoons – with limited healthcare access and flooding from heavy rainfall worsening the impacts. By Wenzhong Huang, Shandy (Shanshan) Li and Yuming Guo

As the world gathers in the Amazon, political headwinds and fading ambition test the limits of global climate cooperation. By Jacqueline Peel

As global temperatures breach 1.5°C – and conflicts persist in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan – the climate crisis is reshaping how wars are fought, understood and responded to. By Duncan Depledge

By Pepukaye Bardouille and Mahmoud Mohieldin

By Lien Vandamme and Joie Chowdhury

By Julie McCarthy and Patrick Odier

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The Philippine government has begun the process of relocating more than 200,000 families living along waterways to restore Manila Bay, the main body of water in the capital.

The risks of tidal flooding are worsening across much of Britain—and that is leading to more protective barriers being put in place.

Watch this charming video of how Thai farmer Somsak Sriphumthong got rid of a destructive opium field and helped curb deforestation and downstream flooding with his organic and sustainable coffee farm.

A child in Leyte Philippines, aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan

Despite strenuous efforts by many rich governments, loss and damage due to climate change is evident everywhere; UN environment and climate bodies suggest some ways to deal with it.

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The chief of a Manila-based nonprofit that advocates for climate finance transparency tells the EB Podcast that so-called Filipino resilience to natural disasters should not be an “excuse” for developers to dodge accountability for substandard flood control projects.

The sea-level rise expert has moved to Hong Kong – now seen as a gateway to more collaboration with China on climate science. But he tells the EB Podcast that data from US agencies is still critical for calculating climate defences in Asia.

Eyes are on whether the city’s plan to build the world’s “greenest highway” will take off. The Eco-Business Podcast speaks to Marwa Nahlawi from Diamond Developers, the real estate developer behind Dubai's "Sustainable City" brand, which adopts a similar green spine concept.

Asia lags the world in natural catastrophe protection. Part of the problem could be counting extreme weather losses only after they happen, industry insiders tell the Eco-Business podcast.

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