Nature Archives - Climate Impacts Tracker Asia

Central Asia’s Vanishing Snowpack: A Real-Time Crisis Unfolding in 2025 [Op-Ed]

Central Asia faces an accelerating water crisis as snowpack and glaciers retreat, threatening water security for millions across Uzbekistan and surrounding countries. The...

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...

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 —...

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,...

Restoring and Preserving Nature as an Economic Opportunity

Research reveals that preserving and restoring nature not only helps ensure a liveable future and brings societal benefits but also opens up huge...

Arctic Sea Ice is Melting: Impacts on Asia and Possible Solutions

Arctic ice is melting at an unprecedented rate, threatening to cause a chain of devastating feedback loops. While solutions to address the problem...

Climate Change’s Impacts on Himalayan Glaciers – Podcast

Attributions speaks with Finu Shrestha at ICIMOD about climate change's impacts on Himalayan glaciers and water security.

Universal Forest License Could Multiply Environmental Issues in Indonesia

Deforestation has long been one of the greatest environmental issues in Indonesia. The country’s biofuel drive threatens large areas of forests.

COP28: Band-Aid Solutions While Natural Ecosystems Are On Edge

At COP28, leaders demonstrated more ambition than any previous conference to date regarding natural ecosystem preservation. Yet, the feet dragging on the fossil...