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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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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...
Beyond 1.5°C: Why Climate Change Is Bad, And What To Do Next
Climate change is altering the world's natural systems that humans rely on, largely due to human actions. As they change, we need to adapt with...
When the River Dries and the Storm Doesn’t Stop – Podcast
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Why Asia is warming at twice the global average? 🎙️ Asia’s climate crisis is unfolding in water — sometimes too much, sometimes...
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...
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...
Economics
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....
Climate Change Is Threatening Rice Production in India
Climate change is severely threatening India’s rice production, a critical source of food security and livelihoods for nearly a billion people. Rising temperatures, unpredictable weather...
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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Tracking Air Pollution in Indonesia and the Policies Changing It
In 2024, Indonesians breathed PM2.5 levels about seven times the WHO guideline, with dry-season smoke and urban traffic pushing many cities into “unhealthy” days. Data,...
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Asia’s Water Crisis: Floods, Storms and Rising Seas [Part One]
Asia faces a growing water crisis driven by climate change and pollution: more extreme rainfall, floods, sea-level rise and glacier loss are disrupting water cycles...
Air Pollution in Malaysia: Tracking the Causes, Impacts and Path to Cleaner Skies
On many mornings in Kuala Lumpur or Kuching, the air feels heavy, the horizon blurs and news alerts warn of “unhealthy” air pollution. Malaysia may...
How Attribution Science Is Driving Climate Accountability and Justice
As our planet heats due to climate change, extreme weather events such as heatwaves, typhoons and floods are becoming more frequent and severe. Until recently,...