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2025: The Year of Climate Disasters
The economic costs of the extreme weather events in 2025 are reaching record levels. However, they pale in comparison to the tragedies inflicted on climate-vulnerable...
Circular Economy Examples: From A Waste Problem to Climate Strategy
Implementing the ideas of a circular economy is often viewed as a means to address waste. However, it is also a core part of climate...
Running on Empty: The Climate Finance Crisis Ahead of COP30 – Podcast
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Asia is facing record heat, rising floods and growing displacement, yet adaptation finance remains far below what countries need to stay safe....
What’s Next for the Climate? A Deep Dive into COP30 – Podcast
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon What happens after COP30? In this new solo episode of Attributions, we break down the key outcomes of COP30 and what the...
Extreme Weather
Extreme Heatwaves Take a Toll on Public Health and the Economy in Bangladesh
Bangladesh faces an escalating heat and urban exposure crisis. Extreme heat drives health risks, reduced productivity, and widening economic inequality—exacerbated by heavy reliance on fossil...
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...
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...
Economics
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...
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...
Nature
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...