A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Electric vehicles are “the most direct and efficient solution to improving the air quality in Vietnam , and in other countries in Southeast Asia,” Nguyen told Vietnam Investment Review in 2022. Launched in December 2021, the USAID Southeast Asia Smart Power Program (SPP) aims to mobilize $2 billion for clean energy projects across the region.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Over the past 20 years, the majority of flood losses have occurred in Asia, where climate change-induced rainfall is expected to hit the hardest. The majority of flood losses occurred in Asia, where climate change-induced rainfall is expected to hit the hardest. Photo © GKarunakar / Wikimedia Commons.

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Real Climate

MAY 31, 2023

Do the global climate models (GCMs) we use for describing future climate change really capture the change and variations in the region that we want to study? I also want to know whether the ensemble of GCM simulations that I use provides representative statistics of the actual regional climate I’m interested in.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

More than 37,000 non-native species have been introduced to ecosystems and regions around the world and more than a third these introductions have occurred since 1970. In terms of impacts, 34% are reported in the Americas, 31% in Europe and Central Asia, 25% in the Asia Pacific region, and 7% Africa.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Mekong River, the longest waterway in Southeast Asia, is often called the world’s most productive river because it holds a greater abundance of freshwater fish than any other river basin on the planet. Last year local fishers made a spectacular discovery in this region of ecological mysteries. Agency for International Development.

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Breezometer

MAY 26, 2022

Smoke haze impacts multiple countries across Southeast Asia every year, affecting agriculture, economy, and health to such a degree it’s become known as the ‘Asian haze’ phenomenon and created major public outcry for better air quality management solutions. How Has the Haze Over South Asia Impacted Agriculture?

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 14, 2021

“Every region behaves differently,” Hallegraeff, an emeritus professor at the University of Tasmania, told Circle of Blue. This work shows very clearly that we need to study this problem region by region and species by species. Though lacking proof of a global trend, the study did find evidence of regional variations.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 20, 2021

One hundred thousand people are displaced after ethnic clashes broke out in northern Cameroon earlier this month—the latest escalation of water-fuelled tensions in the region. The most recent wave of violence originated in the village of Ouloumsa in Cameroon’s Far North region.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) has announced the launch of an online portal to track various hazard hotspots as well as climate adaptation efforts across the Asia Pacific region, featuring up-to-date information from over 50 countries including the Philippines. Read more →

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APRIL 6, 2023

Tibet is known as the ‘Water Tower of Asia,’ providing water to about 2 billion people and supporting critical ecosystems in High Mountain Asia and the Tibetan Plateau, where many of the largest Asian river systems originate.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 24, 2023

Early in 2023 China brokered a deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore diplomatic ties and direct contact between the two regional heavyweights, and aspiring leaders of Shia and Sunni Muslims, for the first time in seven years. That effort has grown to encompass international mediation.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Chambers Asia-Pacific highlighted Arnold & Porter as a "Leading Firm" in Dispute Resolution and recognized three attorneys as "Leading Individuals" in its 2023 edition. The below practices were recognized by Chambers Asia-Pacific : Dispute Resolution: International Firms—South Korea.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 17, 2023

When looking at regions leading the fight for a safe, nuclear weapon free world the Global South (and not the West) is leading far ahead. This treaty in many ways has become the golden standard for other Nuclear Weapon Free Zones (NWFZs) in the world such as the South Pacific , Africa , Southeast Asia , and Central Asia.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 8, 2022

The Deloitte Economics Institute modeled region-level data from 15 geographies across Asia, Europe, and the Americas to estimate how much it could cost the global economy if we aren’t able to prevent global average temperatures from rising 3 degrees C by the end of the century.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The rapid melting of the glaciers threatens water supplies for millions of people across Asia. Meanwhile, the threat of severe flooding in the region continues to build, as inflows from multiple tributaries across the state continue to increase. TODAY’S TOP WATER STORIES, TOLD IN NUMBERS. 286 PEOPLE.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 11, 2023

The Himalayas, known as the water tower of Asia, rise over the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Pollution and climate change in India’s Ladakh region are jeopardizing local shepherds’ long-standing, sustainable ways of life. Photo © Keith Schneider/Circle of Blue. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. Christian Thorsberg, Interim Stream Editor.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 31, 2022

Global F&B giant PepsiCo is on the hunt for novel sustainability technology in the food and beverage sector to complement its business within the Middle Eastern region, with plans to look at other markets including Asia Pacific in the future as well.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 11, 2021

According to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report published Monday, Southeast Asia coastal zones are among the world’s most climate vulnerable regions. There are a handful of high-impact “tipping points” that could drastically change global or regional water cycles.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 18, 2021

As parts of the region experience the worst drought in 13 years, experts say Central Asian governments must urgently look at options to mitigate extreme weather events. A severe drought in Central Asia is causing mass livestock die-offs and shortages of water for irrigation. Photo credit: Alamy. By Ryskeldi Satke.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

A new Pew Research Center survey in 17 advanced economies spanning North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region finds widespread concern about the personal impact of global climate change. Read the full story from the Pew Research Center.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 28, 2024

During that pause, the Department of Energy (DOE) is to conduct a review looking at the economic as well as environmental impacts of projects seeking approval to export LNG to Europe and Asia. US allies in Asia also covet LNG as they seek to slow coal consumption.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Chambers Asia-Pacific highlighted Arnold & Porter as a "Leading Firm" in Dispute Resolution and recognized three attorneys as "Leading Individuals" in its 2022 edition. The below practices were recognized by Chambers Asia-Pacific : Dispute Resolution: International Firms—South Korea.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 9, 2021

Greenpeace East Asia has been analysing how the scorching temperatures experienced at Tokyo 2020 are becoming more frequent in cities across East Asia. Greenpeace East Asia climate urgency project manager Mikyoung Kim said: “Over the past two weeks we have seen multiple Olympic athletes collapse due to heatstroke.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 17, 2022

The regions that rely on the river have to deploy pumps and cloud-seeding rockets as a long drought has been depleting water levels and threatening crops, and the heatwave engulfing the region is set to last for another two weeks. The Yangtze, the longest river in China , has been feeling the impacts of climate change.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The 2,700 mile-long Mekong is the longest river in Southeast Asia. Historically, the delta region is where the river deposits nutritional sediment that supports rice crops grown by Vietnamese farmers. . .” — Marc Goichot, a river specialist at the WWF in Vietnam.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 6, 2021

Regional drought is found on most continents around the world. The probability of simultaneous drought across multiple regions is increasing.” – Franziska Gaupp of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg, Austria. In South America, snowfall on the Andes Mountain range is at a historic low.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

The Asia Pacific region is expected to lead the charge when it comes to the largest gains in renewable power, with an annual average growth rate of 11.6%. Asia also dominated the growth in demand. Good news for another low-carbon energy source, nuclear power production, which is predicted to rise 3.6%

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Indigenous peoples’ homes have been destroyed along the banks of Loktak Lake, the largest freshwater lake in South Asia , as the Indian government plans major development projects. Acres of land and sea on the Mitre peninsula, Argentina’s southernmost region at the tip of South America, placed under permanent government protection.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 4, 2023

By Tej Prakash Bhardwaj Erratic regional rainfall and temperature fluctuations pose risks for the hugely popular but climatically sensitive plant. The hugely popular plant, consumed by millions of people in South Asia, is struggling amid erratic rainfall and unusual temperature fluctuations. Photo credit: Tej Prakash Bhardwaj.

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Edouard Stenger

JUNE 6, 2023

Air pollution is dangerous at local and regional levels, while climate was beyond the harmful levels for humans in groups but not quite past the safety guideline for the planet as a system, the study from the Swedish group said.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2022

To prevent manatees from dying, an EPA regional administrator says that Florida needs to do more to clean up its waters. Asia, stoked by extreme heat in Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan, experienced its warmest April on record. And lastly, the House passes a Senate bill to address harmful algal blooms in Florida. “We By the Numbers.

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Frontiers

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The adoption of seafloor sediments as a common indicator for microlitter for the north-east-Atlantic region would allow for future assessments at a regional level as well as regional action plans rather than isolated national remediation measures, the researchers pointed out.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 30, 2023

Solar panels in the Bavarian Holledau region in Au, Germany. 2022 was dominated by turmoil in energy markets , as Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine helped to boost gas and coal prices to record levels in Europe and Asia. Most of the growth comes from North America and the Asia-Pacific region.

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Frontiers

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In a new paper published in Frontiers in Earth Science , researchers investigated how tropical cyclones’ destructive power has changed over the eastern and southeastern regions of Asia between 1979 (hereafter) and 2016. Tropical cyclones are one of the most dangerous types of natural disasters.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Then there is of course, climate change, which is driving people away from ecologically stressed regions towards more habitable regions. There is one called regional fortresses in which we do invest in north America and Europe and east Asia and more sustainability, but we ward off migrants. I make scenarios, right?

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 1, 2022

Cutting down trees in Brazil’s Amazon region is threatening to destabilize moisture feedbacks that nourish the iconic rain forest. The report notes that these vulnerability hot spots are clustered in Africa, South Asia, Central and South America, and small islands like those in the South Pacific.

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Frontiers

JULY 5, 2022

To help prepare for the implementation of open science, UNESCO’s office in Jakarta partnered with the Sydney-based Institute or Study and Development (IFSFD) worldwide to map current open science implementation strategies and mechanisms in Asia and the Pacific.

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