Typhoon Haiyan, the most devastating storm ever to make landfall in all of history, left buildings, homes, and businesses in Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines wiped out in its aftermath.... Read more »
Solar farm in China. The mainland’s renewable energy projects are booming domestically, but are lagging abroad, particularly in countries covered by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Difficulty in... Read more »
Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex in northern Vietnam. The forest ecosystems services programme is the first national plan that puts a price on carbon and funnels those dollars specifically... Read more »
After two years of increases, emissions remained unchanged last year, but annual emissions reductions of 7.6 per cent are needed to avert the worst impacts of climate change, the... Read more »
Seawater in an island in Zhuhai, Guangdong province in China is being desalinated using waste heat from diesel generators to produce fresh water. How can one of the world’s... Read more »
Children play in a river lined with coal stockpiles in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Indigenous groups and local officials have successfully argued that the firm, PT Mantimin Coal Mining, should... Read more »
Bushfires on Gospers Mountain in New South Wales. Australia’s wildfires have destroyed an area 70 times the size Singapore. The climate-cooked nation reports 2019 was its hottest and driest... Read more »
Emissions from a coal power plant in Punjab, India. The Asia-focused bank has announced a new climate policy that renews its commitment to stop financing the fossil fuel, which... Read more »
Deforestation of a rainforest in Indonesia. Researchers are calling on the industry to help buffer climate change by doubling tree harvest rotations to 80 years, and urge government agencies... Read more »
The China Development Bank (CDB) Tower in Shanghai. The bank is a major financier of BRI projects but is still funding coal projects overseas and has yet to publish... Read more »