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December 15, 2025
Unregulated tourism risks disrupting Timor-Leste’s whale migration
Whale tourism in Timor-Leste needs regulation, enforcement and legal compliance to ensure sustainable, inclusive growth, experts say.
December 11, 2025New mapping reveals hidden mining boom in Laos that threatens the Mekong
Satellite analysis has identified 517 suspected riverbank mines in Laos, many likely illegal, with clusters along key Mekong tributaries, raising fears of widespread, unmonitored contamination.
December 10, 2025COP30: Highlighting the importance of the agri-food, forestry sectors in Southeast Asia
ASEAN member states can work together to strengthen their national agri-food sectors, building on the outcomes of the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
December 08, 2025Philippine mangroves survived a typhoon, but now confront a human-made challenge
A new study shows mangroves in Tacloban, the Philippine city hit hardest hit by Typhoon Haiyan in December 2013, have expanded beyond pre-storm levels.
December 05, 2025More than 1,400 dead across Asia after ‘rare’ cyclone and typhoon converge
At least 1,400 people have died as a result of flooding and landslides across Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, with many more still missing.
December 04, 2025Asia-Pacific faces ‘$500bn-a-year’ hit from rising seas if current policies continue
Coastal flooding could bring $500bn of annual damages to the Asia-Pacific by the year 2100, if countries do not adapt to rising sea levels.
November 05, 2025Q&A: COP30 could – finally – agree how to track the ‘global goal on adaptation’
Nearly a decade on from the Paris Agreement, there is still not an agreed way to measure progress towards its “global goal on adaptation” (GGA).
September 16, 2025What’s in Australia’s new climate adaptation plan, and is it enough to meet the rising risks?
Released on Sept. 15, Australia’s National Adaptation Plan draws on the long-delayed National Climate Risk assessment, which outlines many of the escalating threats climate poses to humans, activities, and the environment.
September 09, 2025The tangle of biodiversity credits: Solution or greenwashing?
Funding is needed to reverse global biodiversity loss. A credits market has been touted as a solution, but environmental groups say ‘don’t be fooled.’
August 28, 2025How Europe’s cities step up efforts to fight heat, drought, and floods?
With Europe warming twice as fast as the global average, cities across the continent are becoming pioneers in withstanding deadly heatwaves, prolonged droughts and devastating floods.