Surging Mekong waters have battered riverside communities, washing away homes and crops. Overwhelmed local authorities are scrambling to distribute aid, yet thousands remain without even the most basic relief
A blistering, record-breaking heatwave is sweeping across Asia, shattering temperature records and pushing power grids to the brink – energy demand has shot skyward, leaving millions vulnerable to severe heat-related …
Typhoon Kalmaegi is pounding Southeast Asia with deadly floods and fierce winds. Scientists warn that warmer global temperatures are intensifying storms like this – a stark signal that urgent climate …
El Niño is upending rainfall across Southeast Asia, devastating staple harvests, sending food prices soaring, and stoking deep worries about the region’s food security – and even its political stability
Asia faces a widening climate‑health emergency that goes beyond extreme heat: rising humidity, worsening air pollution and surging disease outbreaks are stretching public-health systems and exposing stark gaps in policy …
South Asia is teetering on the brink of a food crisis: worsening climate shocks, dwindling water supplies, and failing policies are colliding to drive up prices, deepen malnutrition, and raise …
Blistering heat is quickly emerging as the Asia‑Pacific’s next major economic threat, sapping productivity, overloading infrastructure and slowing growth. A new World Economic Forum report warns that climate resilience is …
Southeast Asia’s protected forests lock away huge carbon reserves, but weak enforcement, chronic funding gaps and mounting development pressures are eroding their climate benefits, a new analysis warns
Across Asia, suffocating humid heatwaves are testing human limits-millions now confront dangerously high wet-bulb temperatures, sparking urgent questions about adaptation, public-health protections, and climate resilience
Goldman Sachs warns a dangerous cocktail of intensifying climate shocks, simmering geopolitical tensions and fragile supply chains is converging to threaten Southeast Asia’s food security – a squeeze that could …
Southeast Asia’s surging textile boom is choking rivers and fouling coastlines with toxic effluent-imperiling public health, igniting social unrest, and surfacing as a serious but underrecognized environmental security crisis
The RSIS commentary “CO26194 | El Niño, Heat and Haze” sounds the alarm: intensifying climate extremes across Southeast Asia are jeopardizing public health, overwhelming fragile healthcare systems, and making immediate, …
At the close of the 27th APN Inter-Governmental and Scientific Planning Group Meetings, participants pledged renewed, concrete actions to accelerate climate-research collaboration, boost funding for regional projects, and forge stronger, …
Facing relentless heatwaves, the World Meteorological Organization has launched bold new initiatives across South Asia – overhauling early warning systems, widening data-sharing networks, and empowering communities with grassroots resilience programs
Southeast Asia is facing a mounting climate emergency: rising seas and collapsing fisheries are battering coastal communities and economies. The crisis has spurred urgent calls for bold, ocean-focused investments – …
Across the Asia‑Pacific, health systems are being pushed to the brink: climate change is unleashing new waves of disease just as AI rapidly reshapes care delivery – a double burden …
A new study highlighted by EurekAlert! finds surging dust emissions from Mongolia are driving larger, more frequent dust storms across Central and East Asia – events that are choking air …
A volatile brew of extreme weather, war-driven price spikes and fragile supply chains is barreling toward Southeast Asia, threatening to unleash a food crisis that could overwhelm governments and trigger …
Super El Niño is reshaping Southeast Asia’s weather, from scorching heat to sudden storms. Here’s how it could affect your 2024 travel plans, flight routes and must‑visit destinations.
Asia accelerates investment in hydrogen technology, betting on green fuel to decarbonize transport, cut imports and gain an edge in the global race for clean energy.
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