International: Asia
Floods in Thailand, Malaysia kill over 30, displace thousands
Thu 27 Nov 2025
Tens of thousands of people in Thailand and neighbouring Malaysia were displaced by widespread flooding, with streets submerged, homes inundated and at least 34 dead.
Singapore sets course for 'green' methanol ship fuel supplies
Wed 26 Nov 2025
Singapore will start issuing bunkering licences next year to companies supplying methanol as marine fuel, in an effort to help global shipping cut carbon emissions.
India, China step into leadership vacuum at climate meet as the West retreats
Tue 25 Nov 2025
With the US withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and Europe distracted by war-driven pressures, India and China have emerged as anchors at the Brazil climate summit by shaping climate finance and trade negotiations through coordinated positions.
South Korean growers sue state power utility, blaming climate change for crop damage
17 Nov 2025
Five South Korean farmers recently sued the state utility Korea Electric Power Corporation and its power-generating subsidiaries, alleging that their reliance on coal and other fossil fuels has accelerated climate change and damaged their crops.
From mapping high-risk areas to building ‘sponge cities’: How Vietnam is adapting to climate extremes
6 Nov 2025
Vietnam is rethinking how it copes with floods after a year of relentless storms has collapsed hillsides and turned streets into rivers.
Big banks’ lending to coal backers undermines Indonesia’s green plans
5 Nov 2025
Foreign banks involved in Indonesia’s $20-billion Just Energy Transition Partnership have also funded companies working on coal power expansion.
For Indian women workers, a just transition means surviving climate impacts with dignity
4 Nov 2025
Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) members call for just transition talks at COP30 to help them become more resilient to climate shocks by building social protection systems that secure their livelihoods.
Devastation on repeat: How climate change is worsening Pakistan's deadly floods
3 Nov 2025
Rescuers and relatives searched knee-deep in water for the body of one-year-old Zara. She'd been swept away by flash floods; the bodies of her parents and three siblings had already been found days earlier.
Why is New Delhi making it rain artificially?
3 Nov 2025
Delhi is using ‘cloud seeding’ in a bid to dispel pollution – but can it work?
Thousands evacuated in Vietnam after record rain triggers floods
30 Oct 2025
Thousands of people in Vietnam were evacuated from their homes after record rainfall of more than one metre in 24 hours submerged a central city.
Most Cambodia and Laos tree cover loss in 2024 happened inside protected areas
29 Oct 2025
In Cambodia, 56% of the nation’s tree cover loss was recorded within its protected area network last year. In Laos, the figure was 64%.
Philippines storm victims to seek damages from Shell in “unprecedented” climate claim
28 Oct 2025
The case is the first civil claim to directly link an oil firm’s climate impact to deaths and personal injury in the Global South, its backers say.
Indonesia restarts international carbon trade after four years
17 Oct 2025
Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto has issued a new decree to restart international carbon emission trading after a four year hiatus.
India calls on COP30 to focus on lack of funds for developing nations
16 Oct 2025
India has said the United Nations climate conference in Belm, Brazil, should focus on tackling the critical shortage of resources that developing countries need to adapt to climate change and curb greenhouse gas emissions.
Pakistan's catastrophic floods show why we need just and effective climate finance
10 Oct 2025
Images of catastrophe flicker across our screens with alarming regularity: parched lands cracking under relentless heatwaves in the Sahel, coastal communities swallowed by rising tides in the Pacific and, now, devastating torrential floods in Pakistan.
India to become second-largest renewable market as global growth doubles: IEA
9 Oct 2025
India is set to become the second-largest growth market as global renewables will expand 2.5 times by 2030; however, grid and financing gaps threaten momentum, according to a new report.
When China makes a climate pledge, the world should listen
3 Oct 2025
A few years ago, one of us (Myles Allen) asked a Chinese delegate at a climate conference why Beijing had gone for “carbon neutrality” for its 2060 target rather than “climate neutrality” or “net zero”, both of which were more fashionable terms at the time.
New Singapore-led initiative to boost protection, restoration of marine habitats for carbon credits
3 Oct 2025
A Singapore-led initiative that aims to boost the protection and restoration of marine and coastal habitats in South-east Asia to generate carbon credits was launched in New York on Sept 24.
Singapore to contract high-quality nature-based carbon credits from four projects in Ghana, Peru, and Paraguay
30 Sep 2025
The Singapore government will purchase 2.175 million tonnes of nature-based carbon credits from projects in Ghana, Peru, and Paraguay, marking one of its largest commitments to international offsets to date.
Human-driven climate change intensified super typhoon Ragasa, researchers find
29 Sep 2025
“Super Typhoon Ragasa intensified over waters made hotter by human-caused climate change. These exceptionally warm sea surface temperatures increased the chances that Ragasa would rapidly intensify…”
Heat stress is a major driver of India’s kidney disease epidemic
29 Sep 2025
Cases of chronic kidney disease unrelated to pre-existing conditions are on the rise in India and other tropical nations. As climate change raises temperatures and humidity, the disease is increasingly prevalent among outdoor laborers without access to rest, shade, or hydration.
How the world’s most elderly country is fighting heat in a deadly double crisis
24 Sep 2025
The alarm device is part of a government push to combat a deadly double emergency: the collision of Japan’s climate crisis and its aging population.
India needs $10tn by 2070 to achieve net zero: Yadav
22 Sep 2025
India needs $10 trillion by 2070 for its net zero goal, focusing on green finance as essential for development and urging developed nations to fulfil their climate commitments.
Tax rebalancing in Indian energy sector: Renewables cheaper, coal costlier
12 Sep 2025
Industry experts and developers have hail GST cuts on clean energy equipment, saying it will be a major enabler for India’s ambitious climate goals.
Digging beyond oil: Saudi Arabia bids to become a hub for energy transition minerals
12 Sep 2025
The top crude exporter is using its oil riches to position itself as a major player in clean energy supply chains. Investors are interested, but hurdles remain.
Pakistan evacuates 25,000 people from eastern city as rivers threaten flooding
11 Sep 2025
Rescuers backed by troops evacuated more than 25,000 people from a city in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province overnight as rising rivers threatened to flood the region.
India emphasises global south's rights in climate talks
5 Sep 2025
In a meeting with COP30 president-designate André Corrêa do Lago, India discussed “the global south’s rights” and ways to “advance work” on carbon markets and climate finance
India-Japan joint credit mechanism clears way for Paris goals amid North-South climate gridlocks
4 Sep 2025
It offers strong bilateral model to scale climate finance, localise low-carbon technologies.
Singapore seals carbon credit deal with Thailand, its first South-east Asian partner
28 Aug 2025
The agreement, the eighth for Singapore, helps both nations meet climate targets under the Paris Agreement, directing finance to Thai projects.
India needs $467 billion climate finance by 2030 to decarbonise 4 key sectors
25 Aug 2025
India will need to mobilise USD $467 billion in climate finance by 2030 to put four of its most carbon-intensive sectors – power, steel, cement and transport – on a low-carbon pathway.
Death toll from northern Pakistan monsoon floods rises to almost 400
21 Aug 2025
Torrential rains across the country's north have caused flooding and landslides that have swept away entire villages.
India misses chance to tackle UK carbon tax in trade pact
28 Jul 2025
India’s efforts to secure a concession for its small and medium enterprises under the UK’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism did not materialise, as the text of the India-UK Free Trade Agreement made no mention of a resolution on the contentious issue.
India to issue climate risk disclosure rules for banks in the next few months, sources say
25 Jul 2025
India's central bank is close to finalising rules for banks and financial institutions to disclose and manage risks from climate change, three sources aware of the matter said.
Heatwave causes water shortages in Iran as temps top 50C
23 Jul 2025
Reservoirs of the dams supplying water to Tehran are currently at their lowest level in a century.
At least 17 dead in South Korea floods and landslides
22 Jul 2025
At least 17 people have died in floods and landslides caused by days of torrential rain in South Korea, the country's disaster management office has said.
A ‘Himalayan tsunami’ has just devastated Nepal. It should be a wake-up call
21 Jul 2025
Massive glacial bursts are becoming more frequent and more dangerous due to the climate crisis, experts tell , warning: ‘They are not going to stop anytime soon’.
Amid stifling summers Japan warns of future restrictions on children’s sport
18 Jul 2025
As soon as 2060, global heating may send temperatures high enough to stop children in most parts of country from taking part in outdoor summer sports, study shows.
Sanctions and climate action crossroads: India must embrace energy sovereignty with justice at its heart
17 Jul 2025
COMMENT: By expanding renewables, India not only reduces emissions but also insulates itself from future geopolitical shocks.
Urbanization is intensifying India’s summer heat and rain
11 Jul 2025
When 28-year-old Sonelal Prasad left home on the morning of June 16 for his job at a construction site in Mumbai—the financial capital of India—he didn’t know he’d be digging his own grave.
Türkiye's Parliament adopts first-ever climate law
9 Jul 2025
Promising a wide range of provisions and increased vigilance against climate change, the new law is to provide action plans on a national and local scale, while bolstering Türkiye’s 2053 climate goals and protecting the country from environmental disasters.
Asia warming at twice the global average: WMO Report
8 Jul 2025
The State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report shows the continent is heating up at twice the global average rate, leading to devastating impacts for ecosystems, societies and economies across the region.
Pakistan slams climate ‘injustice’ as deadly floods hit country again
1 Jul 2025
Pakistan’s climate minister says country facing ‘crisis of injustice’ as more deadly flooding and extreme weather events hit the country.
Asia warming nearly twice as fast as the global average: WMO
25 Jun 2025
Asia is currently warming nearly twice as fast as the global average with the 1991-2024 trend almost double that of the 1961-1990, fuelling more extreme weather an wreaking a heavy toll on the region's economies and ecosystems.
Carbon capture projects promise a climate fix – and a fossil fuel lifeline
11 Jun 2025
Governments across Southeast Asia are looking at carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) as a way to meet climate targets.
India calls for more climate contributions ahead of key meeting
5 Jun 2025
India has put forth its expectations on the ideal “Baku To Belem Roadmap to 1.3T” ahead of the Bonn Climate Meeting which begins on June 16, stating that without sufficient climate finance, even proposed nationally determined contributions will not materialise, leave alone any ambitious future NDCs.
India, a major user of coal power, is making large gains in clean energy adoption
4 Jun 2025
One of the most carbon-polluting countries, India is also making huge efforts to harness the power of the sun, wind and other clean energy sources.
Indonesia backtracks on coal phase-out in new 2034 power supply plan
29 May 2025
Indonesia plans to add 69.5 gigawatts (GW) of power capacity by the end of 2034, much of it from renewable sources, but it still expects to add new coal-fired power plants.
India's monsoon rains arrive eight days early, earliest in 16 years
29 May 2025
Monsoon rains hit the coast of India's southernmost state of Kerala on Saturday, eight days earlier than usual, marking the earliest arrival in 16 years and providing the promise of a bumper harvest and relief from a gruelling heatwave.
India’s steel expansion threatens climate goals and global efforts to clean up industry: report
21 May 2025
India’s plans to double steel production by the end of the decade could jeopardise its national climate goals and a key global target to reduce planet-heating gas emissions from the steel industry.
Coal India to set up $3 billion worth clean energy projects to boost renewable heft
14 May 2025
The world’s largest government-owned coal producer will set up clean energy projects of around 4.5 gigawatts at a cost of 250 billion rupees (about $3 billion), it said on Thursday, as it aims to achieve net zero carbon emissions from its operations.
Government projected to badly miss 2035 climate target, fall shy of 2030
Fri 28 Nov 2025
Australia is expected to badly miss its 2035 climate commitment, according to department projections.
Trump seeks to ease US regulations for coal-fired power plants
Thu 27 Nov 2025
President Donald Trump's administration has asked a federal court to strike down 2024 soot limits for power plants and factories.
China's new coal plant permits set for four-year low in 2025, analysis finds
Thu 27 Nov 2025
China's new coal plant permits for 2025 are on track to fall to a four-year low, a new Greenpeace analysis showed on Tuesday, indicating that growing use of renewables is cutting into demand for new coal plants.
The carbon capture plan turning cattle farms into power plants
Fri 28 Nov 2025
The Frontier coalition is backing new technology that produces green electricity from biogas, while capturing waste carbon.
Ed Miliband confirms crackdown on North Sea exploration – but new drilling will continue
Fri 28 Nov 2025
Strategy paper released with budget allows new oil and gas projects to move ahead if they are linked to existing fields.
The hidden dangers in Canada’s oil and gas ambitions
18 Nov 2025
Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith thinks global demand for oil will grow to 2050, perhaps beyond, and the Alberta industry will be viable for a hundred years.
Pacific Islands rue lost chance to host COP climate summit
21 Nov 2025
Pacific islanders decried on Thursday a wasted chance to draw eyes to their climate troubles, after their bid to co-host next year's COP climate summit was brushed aside.
Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica
13 Oct 2025
Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed as the region warms, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing rate".
European Investment Bank pledges over 2 billion euros for African renewables projects
Wed 26 Nov 2025
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is pledging more than 2 billion euros ($2.3 billion) of financing for renewable energy projects on the African continent over the next two years.
Brazil sees issues related to import of US biofuels 'practically resolved'
Fri 28 Nov 2025
Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin said on Tuesday that unspecified issues related to the country's imports of U.S. biofuels were "practically resolved".
10 years after the Paris Agreement, world leaders are letting go of its most famous goal
Thu 27 Nov 2025
This year's U.N. climate negotiations crashed out on a hard truth: It’s all about the money.
