Read more about the article Asia’s Power Giants Are Already Losing $6.3 Billion a Year to Climate Hazards, New Report Warns
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Asia’s Power Giants Are Already Losing $6.3 Billion a Year to Climate Hazards, New Report Warns

From heat waves to storm surges, climate hazards are already eroding the value and reliability of Asia’s power systems. Losses could jump 33% by 2050 without rapid resilience investment and…

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Read more about the article Cambodia Tests Low-Cost Anti-Trawling Structures to Rebuild Seagrass—and Its Blue Economy
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Cambodia Tests Low-Cost Anti-Trawling Structures to Rebuild Seagrass—and Its Blue Economy

By pairing site-specific data with simple, scalable deterrents, Cambodia’s Mission Blue Hope Spot demonstrates how FPSs can stabilize benthic habitats, support small-scale fisheries, and strengthen an emerging blue economy after…

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Read more about the article Nature’s Carbon Buffer Nears Its Limit: Study Projects Global Vegetation Peak by 2070, Then Decline
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Nature’s Carbon Buffer Nears Its Limit: Study Projects Global Vegetation Peak by 2070, Then Decline

The results indicate that rising atmospheric dryness will substantially counteract the CO₂ fertilisation effect, limiting the capacity of land ecosystems to absorb carbon. FOLLOW THIS TOPIC Global vegetation is close…

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Read more about the article Pakistan Endures Successive Climate Disasters Despite Contributing Less Than 1% of Global Emissions
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Pakistan Endures Successive Climate Disasters Despite Contributing Less Than 1% of Global Emissions

Pakistan’s vulnerability is due to its geography. In 1,600 kilometers [990 miles] of latitudinal distance, Pakistan has the [world’s] second-highest peak in the north, to low-elevation land in the south.…

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Read more about the article Thousands Evacuated as Floods Swamp Hanoi Outskirts
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Thousands Evacuated as Floods Swamp Hanoi Outskirts

A report from the city’s Department of Agriculture and Environment on the morning of Oct. 10 said rising waters from the Cau and Ca Lo rivers inundated riverside communes including…

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Read more about the article Renewables Overtake Coal as the World’s Biggest Source of Electricity
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Renewables Overtake Coal as the World’s Biggest Source of Electricity

A strong rise in solar, and to a lesser extent wind, led to renewables overtaking coal generation for the first time on record in the first half of 2025. Renewables…

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Read more about the article CGF’s Plastic Waste Coalition Issues New EPR Guidance for Packaging in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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CGF’s Plastic Waste Coalition Issues New EPR Guidance for Packaging in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

The Consumer Goods Forum’s Plastic Waste Coalition of Action has published new guidance on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where waste systems often…

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