A quarter of Bangladesh under water, NASA photos reveal
The flooding this year could be the worst in a decade and the longest-lasting since 1988
Can China’s dynamic zero-COVID policy survive in the face of citizen protests, infectious variants?
China is recording more than 70,000 COVID-19 cases daily, a pandemic high for the country
China, south Asia not proactive in reducing climate impacts on women: ICIMOD
Most policy documents are silent on the existing pay gaps and women’s access to agricultural resources
Asiatic Cheetahs are fast becoming extinct; less than 50 alive
Human-wildlife conflict, habitat loss and fragmentation, and illegal trade are major reasons for disappearance of these cheetahs
Why the International Solar Alliance is geopolitically significant
Trans-regional solar energy cooperation can pave the way for equability and a just energy order in the international arena
Cooking with ‘dirty’ fuels affects women’s mental health
Providing women in Nairobi, Kenya with stoves fuelled with bottled gas reduced their stress levels, study finds
Asia’s largest cities, including Delhi, lack water security
Urban water security in Asian cities is in decline, forcing them to find new ways to manage this prescious resource
Sloth bear, dhole, tiger most affected among apex predators globally due to road development: Study
More roads will be built in the years to come and can wreak havoc on top predators worldwide, study warns
Iraq eliminates trachoma as a public health problem
Becomes 50th country globally to eliminate at least one neglected tropical disease
Why is climbing Mount Everest so dangerous?
Over 310 people have lost their lives on Mount Everest since 1922, through to the end of the 2022 climbing season
Most Asia-Pacific countries ill-prepared for natural disasters: ESCAP
Over the past 60 years, temperatures in the region have increased faster than the global mean
Messengers of the gods: 1,400-year religious protection of sika deer in Japan’s Nara have made them genetically unique
Deer around the shrine were found to have unique mitochondrial DNA, which is passed only from mother to offspring
Raptor attention: 160 species of birds of prey endangered worldwide
The threats to the birds are a result of habitat loss, pollution, human–wildlife conflicts and climate change
Land, freshwater species in Asia-Pacific impacted by plastic pollution: UN Study
Data on the impacts of plastic pollution on land and freshwater species missing from most research, according to new UN study
COVID-19: Asia-Pacific region lost 8% of working hours in 2020, says report
The pandemic pushed 75-80 million people in developing Asia-Pacific region into extreme poverty in 2020
‘Rising mercury is making Nepal glaciers vulnerable’
Changing nature of glaciers and glacial lakes make the Himalayas one of the most climate vulnerable regions on the planet. Rijan Bhakta Kayastha, …
India’s not joining the latest free-trade deal which limits Australia’s market access
India would have been the main area of additional market access for Australian agricultural and other exports
‘Attacks against land rights activists rising in India, Asia’
Special legislation and quick response systems needed to provide protection and support to these defenders, experts said at a meeting in Udaipur
Asia Pacific Climate Change Forum: community involvement key to successful adaptation
Hundreds of delegates have gathered at the 5th Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum in Colombo
Typhoon Megi kills 5, injures over 600 in Taiwan and China
After causing human casualties in Taiwan, the typhoon moved westward and made landfall in eastern China
'Transition to low-carbon economy will benefit Asia'
The adaptation should begin from the energy sector, which contributes two-thirds of Asia's emissions, the Asian Development Bank says
The reality of water security in Asia and Pacific regions
A recent report says that water security has improved, but long-term access to freshwater is still a concern
COVID-19 cut China's carbon dioxide emissions by a quarter: Report
COVID-19 may have shaved off more than 100 tonnes of CO2 in the early February 2020
This Indonesian organisation is going global by promoting food biodiversity
JAVARA is creating farm-entrepreneurs and helping them discover forgotten food biodiversity
Child and adolescent mortality declined globally from 1990 to 2015
But countries with a low socio-demographic index saw about 75 per cent of deaths in 2016 as compared to 61 per cent in 1990