Asia flood death toll surpasses 1,500 as calls grow to fight deforestation
8 Dec 2025
The death toll from last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides in parts of Asia surged past 1,500 Thursday as rescue teams raced to reach survivors isolated by the disaster with hundreds of people still unaccounted for across the region.
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‘Not normal’: Climate crisis supercharged deadly monsoon floods in Asia
12 Dec 2025
Cyclones like those in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Malaysia that killed 1,750 are ‘alarming new reality’.
Philippines tests ‘transition credits’ to cut coal use in novel experiment
12 Dec 2025
The Philippines is testing a new type of carbon credit aimed at encouraging companies to cut their climate warming emissions.
India at COP30: A mismatch between grandstanding and climate action
11 Dec 2025
Despite India’s attempt to anoint itself as the leader of the developing world, at the COP30 summit, New Delhi’s track record remains contradictory.
Politicians in South-East Asia ignore climate change at their own political peril
9 Dec 2025
Anger and frustration are growing in devastated communities, as governments botch their response to the climate crisis.
Families on rooftops, homes buried by mud: Asia floods show water is overtaking wind as main threat
4 Dec 2025
The fallout marks a grim escalation in deadly weather across the region that has been aggravated by the blanket of carbon pollution heating the planet.
From COP30 to net zero by 2070: India insists on not billions but trillions to lead the global south
3 Dec 2025
At COP30 in Belém this November, New Delhi demanded that wealthy nations provide climate finance on the scale of not billions but trillions, while pressing for technology access that does not tether developing economies to costly licensing regimes.
Floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand leave more than 1,140 dead
2 Dec 2025
Flooding and landslides have killed more than 1,140 people across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia following tropical storms in recent days, with efforts under way to help thousands affected by the extreme weather.
Floods in Thailand, Malaysia kill over 30, displace thousands
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
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.
