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Environmental Issues In Indonesia: A Growing Concern
Indonesia's mix of geographic location, large population and historically poor government environmental oversight have caused significant issues to grow over the last several decades. Now,...
Air Pollution in India: Devastating Health Effects
India may be turning a corner towards improving its air pollution levels, despite the country being far from claiming victory over its deadly smog.
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Environmental Economics and the True Cost of Climate Change
Climate change is often framed as an environmental crisis, but environmental economics shows it is just as much a crisis for jobs, public finances and...
Climate Anxiety Explained: A Warming Planet And Mental Health Crisis
Climate anxiety is rising rapidly as Asia experiences its hottest years on record. Mental health is being impacted, especially among young people and communities facing...
COP30 Outcomes: Climate Finance Wins, Fossil Fuel Roadmap Missing
COP30 ended after an extra day of deliberation on the main COP deal. The final text expands climate finance, particularly for adaptation, yet fails to...
How COP30 Is Delivering on Women Empowerment, Gender Equality, and Climate Goals
Women and gender-diverse people bear the brunt of climate change, and COP30 offers a pivotal moment to centre gender equality in climate action. Leaders are...
Extreme Weather
Water Pollution: Asia’s Water Crisis [Part Three]
Asia faces a critical water pollution crisis. Two billion people lack adequate water and sanitation, and 80% of wastewater is untreated. From the Ganges to...
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Droughts and Water Scarcity: Asia’s Water Crisis [Part Two]
Asia sits at the heart of the widening global water crisis, facing the triple threat of too much, too little and too polluted water as...
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How Super Typhoon Ragasa Became the Strongest Storm of 2025
Typhoons Ragasa, Bualoi and Matmo — intensified by a warming climate — highlight how climate change is increasing the frequency, strength and damage of tropical...
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Economics
Ecotourism in the Philippines: Runway For Future Growth
Tourism is a core sector of the Philippines' economy, and ecotourism is taking a growing share. The country sees ecotourism as a critical component of...
Ecotourism in India Is Driving Climate-smart Growth
India’s ecotourism growth is becoming a major driver of its already substantial tourism economy, channeling visitor spending into nationwide conservation, inclusive rural livelihoods and a...
Climate Change Poses Threats to Coffee Production in Vietnam
Vietnam’s booming coffee industry, vital to the economy and millions of smallholder farmers, faces growing threats from climate change, including droughts, floods and rising temperatures....
Nature
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Tropical Deforestation Linked to Thousands of Heat-related Deaths Every Year
Tropical deforestation is driving local warming that directly increases heat-related deaths, with over 300 million people exposed to deforestation-induced warming between 2001 and 2020 and...
The Challenges of Myanmar Ocean and Coastal Communities – Podcast
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Welcome to Attributions! In this episode, we speak with Ma Thandar Ko Gyi — a diver and marine conservationist — about the...
The World Has a Plastic Pollution Problem —And It’s Getting Worse
Plastic pollution is a global emergency with costly health, social, environmental and climate implications. While scientists expect it to worsen in the upcoming years, a handful...
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COP30: Indigenous Peoples’ Leadership Vital for a Just and Safe Climate Future
COP30 elevates Indigenous leadership as central to climate action, with Brazil establishing the Circle of Peoples to integrate Indigenous governance into decision-making. As threats to...
Data, Damage, and Justice: The Truth Behind Asia’s Climate-Charged Typhoons – Podcast
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon We sit down with climate scientist Dr. Emily Theokritoff to uncover the truth behind Typhoons Fung-wong and Kalmaegi storms that became far...
Global Ethical Stocktake Introduced at COP30: What is it?
COP30 underscores a moral reckoning: climate action must centre human well-being and equity, redirecting funding from fossil subsidies toward just, people-centred transitions. With loss and...
Climate Adaptation at COP30: Bridging the Global Resilience Gap
At COP30 in Belém, climate adaptation takes centre stage. With adaptation finance falling far short of global needs, negotiators face mounting pressure to deliver tangible...