The Philippines has long been vulnerable to extreme weather. Based on the 2019 Global Climate Risk Index, the island nation is among the countries most affected by climate change. The Philippines has been hit with a series of violent storms and typhoons that have increased in severity over the past decades. On average, about 20 tropical cyclones […]

(UPDATED) Following the recent United Nations climate summit in New York, experts reminded world leaders of the urgency to phase out coal power generation and other emissions-generating activities. Pope Francis, Greta Thunberg blast world’s ‘weak’ climate action According to global think-tank Climate Analytics, the Philippines is not doing enough to adhere to the Paris Agreement, a […]

KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia will raise the issue of transboundary haze at the Asean Ministerial Meeting on Environment which is being held in Cambodia, said its environment minister. The item is on the agenda for the four-day meeting that started on Tuesday (Oct 8), said Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister Yeo […]

This year has been rough for the 70 million people who call the Mekong River basin home:  a severe drought rocked the region for months before yielding to deadly flooding. The Mekong slowed to its lowest level in recorded history, knocking the world’s largest freshwater fishery—Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake—out of balance. The drought hurt the region’s fishing and farming […]

An air quality app went out of commission in Vietnam after seriously unhealthy air pollution levels hit capital Hanoi this week. Switzerland and United States-based air quality monitoring firm IQAir’s AirVisual app went down on 6 October following a series of “abusive and threatening messages” left on the company’s Apple App Store and Google Play Store […]

NEW YORK — Malaysia has notched major socio-economic achievements while at the same time managing and sustaining its resources, said Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday (Sept 26). “Since gaining Independence in 1957, Malaysia has successfully diversified its economy, from one that was initially commodity-based to that which is now more driven by robust manufacturing […]

The climate change movement around the world is being spearheaded by youths, such as 16-year-old Swede Greta Thunberg. Singapore has its very own young climate champions too, including those who spoke at the inaugural Singapore Climate Rally earlier this month. TODAY speaks to three of them on how they are spreading the message on climate […]

Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is an area that is extremely vulnerable to climate change. Residents are being forced to move after their houses are flooded and collapse into the Delta. Vietnam is just one example of forced human displacement due to climate change. Scientists estimate that sea levels could rise 5 or 6 feet by 2100. The recent IPCC climate report on […]

NEW YORK: Member states of the United Nations need to redouble their efforts to mitigate climate change, said Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday (Sep 23), calling climate change the “ultimate global commons challenge”. “As leaders, we all have the responsibility to do our part to rally our people’s support for sustainable development; to convince […]

NEW YORK – Singapore will do its full part to mitigate climate change, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong pledged on Monday (Sept 23) at the United Nations Climate Action Summit, where dozens of world leaders outlined what their countries were doing to confront global warming. “But however hard we try, Singapore will not be able […]