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More than a hundred Bunun Indigenous people were forced to resettle in lowland areas after 2009’s typhoon Morakot destroyed the only road leading to Tengjhih, their mountain settlement, in southern Taiwan.

EB Studio From toxic haze and extreme heat to flooding and shifting disease patterns, climate-related risks are placing growing pressure on public health systems across Asia. Experts say stronger prevention, better data and deeper cross-border cooperation will be critical to building resilience.

As Southeast Asia’s climate risks intensify, The Liveability Challenge is backing ocean-based innovations to help close the region’s funding gap for climate resilience and emissions reduction.

Laos’ dams and transmission lines are powering the region’s shift to lower-carbon energy. But its neighbours are also ramping up other renewables.

By Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

By Shalinee Kumari, Masum Billah, Rajendra Pokhrel

By Keith Anthony Fabro

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A potentially record-breaking El Niño is expected to intensify extreme weather and deepen climate risks across the globe. By Mandy Freund

The dangerous flooding in Nepal and Tibet has demonstrated, once again, the need for prearranged disaster-risk financing to prepare for the economic chain reactions triggered by natural disasters. Asia's policymakers must act now to help cash-strapped Nepal and strengthen other countries' resilience before the next crisis hits. By Yasuto Watanabe

Jeepneys and vehicles navigate flooded streets in Malabon, Metro Manila, Philippines.

Governments in our region and beyond must plan today for tomorrow's floods, in a warming world. Regret can be minimised, if not eliminated. By Bao Tan-Hoang Nguyen

With a Super El Niño and powerful typhoons threatening to converge, the climate-vulnerable nation must move beyond reactive disaster response and prepare for compounding climate risks before they strike. By John Leo Algo

By Ruth Khasaya Oniang’o and Peter Kelly

By Stephen Acabado

By Wahyu Wilopo

By Amol Mehra and Claire Harbron

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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.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas assistant governor tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the regulator’s maiden sustainability report that features an empirical study of climate impacts on banks as well as the nation’s first taxonomy.

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