Tag: climate crisis
In Indonesia, climate change takes a bite out of apple crops
In Indonesia's apple-growing heartlands, erratic rainfall and rising temperatures are eating away at farmers' profits
Green activists welcome declaration of climate change as human rights issue
The Philippines declared climate change as a human rights issue, saying that neglect of climate change mitigation is a threat to human rights
Climate activists call on Asian Development Bank to stop funding fossil...
Among multilateral development banks, ADB stands out as one of the biggest lenders to the region's fossil fuel-dominated energy sector
‘Surprise’ urban Malaysia floods drive pleas for climate action
Climate change played a role in the severity of the rains and floods, but other factors also contributed to the damage
Restoring damaged land key to climate, biodiversity goals
Global food systems are responsible for 80 percent of deforestation and 70 percent of freshwater use, said a new UN report
People across Asia pedal for climate action to prevent ‘climate catastrophe’
The event called on the government and businesses to step up climate change action to save the planet from a "climate catastrophe"
Death toll from Philippines landslides, floods hits 148
Scores of people are still missing and feared dead after the strongest storm to strike the archipelago nation this year dumped heavy rain
‘Now or never’ to avoid climate catastrophe, warns UN
That daunting task is still — only just — possible, but current policies are leading the planet towards catastrophic temperature rises
Let us save the biodiversity of the planet
Due to human activity, populations of wild animals have more than halved since 1970 while the human population has doubled
Tropical forests turn down the planet’s heat by 1C, scientists find
Forests should be valued for the direct benefits they offer to local communities
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