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El Niño and Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
El Niño and Southeast Asia
The region is highly susceptible to El Niño events, and to climate change.
El Niño and Southeast Asia
Climate Change and the Pacific
June 30, 2015
Climate Change and the Pacific
It is likely that countries in the region will become uninhabitable long before they are submerged.
Climate Change and the Pacific
Saving Indonesia’s Forests
Southeast Asia
Saving Indonesia’s Forests
Despite recent signs of modest progress, the fight to save Indonesia’s natural forests is far from being won.
Saving Indonesia’s Forests
The Plan to Save the Great Barrier Reef
Oceania
The Plan to Save the Great Barrier Reef
A new plan to protect the natural wonder enjoys rare bipartisan support in Australia.
The Plan to Save the Great Barrier Reef
Change on the Mighty Mekong
Southeast Asia
Change on the Mighty Mekong
Hunger for affordable energy is threatening traditional livelihoods and a unique biodiversity.
Change on the Mighty Mekong
Will Indonesia Get Serious on Carbon?
Southeast Asia
Will Indonesia Get Serious on Carbon?
Indonesia has a poor record on climate change. Will this be the year that changes?
Will Indonesia Get Serious on Carbon?
The Growing Mekong Controversy
Southeast Asia
The Growing Mekong Controversy
Mekong consultants have exposed serious flaws in the Don Sahong Dam project, which continues regardless.
The Growing Mekong Controversy
Lima: Climate Change Optimism Returns to Earth
December 17, 2014
Lima: Climate Change Optimism Returns to Earth
After the positive feeling of the U.S.-China climate deal, a return to the realities of multilateral negotiations.
Lima: Climate Change Optimism Returns to Earth
Vietnam, Agent Orange, and GMOs
Southeast Asia
Vietnam, Agent Orange, and GMOs
An Agent Orange maker is being welcomed back to Vietnam to grow genetically modified organisms.
Vietnam, Agent Orange, and GMOs
Cambodia’s Environment: Good News in Areng Valley?
Southeast Asia
Cambodia’s Environment: Good News in Areng Valley?
Can Cambodia’s nascent environmental movement save the pristine Areng Valley from a Chinese dam?
Cambodia’s Environment: Good News in Areng Valley?
Laos: From Guns to Headlamps
Southeast Asia
Laos: From Guns to Headlamps
A look at efforts to rescue the wildlife of Laos from the brink of extinction.
Laos: From Guns to Headlamps
China’s Climate Change Paradox
East Asia
China’s Climate Change Paradox
It is the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide, but recent shifts in China give cause for hope.
China’s Climate Change Paradox
Catastrophe and Optimism: South Asia at the UN Climate Summit
South Asia
Catastrophe and Optimism: South Asia at the UN Climate Summit
Although India’s PM Modi skipped it, South Asia still had a presence at the climate change gathering in New York.
Catastrophe and Optimism: South Asia at the UN Climate Summit
Japan: Let Them Eat Whale
East Asia
Japan: Let Them Eat Whale
When it comes to whaling, perhaps it is time to give Japan what it says it wants.
Japan: Let Them Eat Whale
Cleaning Up the Ganges
South Asia
Cleaning Up the Ganges
Narendra Modi will need more than just rhetoric to clean up India’s most important river.
Cleaning Up the Ganges
Food Security and Solomon Islands
Oceania
Food Security and Solomon Islands
Pests and other ravages of climate change are creating a food security challenge for the Pacific island nation.
Food Security and Solomon Islands
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