A news website covering the environment, climate, and sustainable development in East Asia. The region is both one of the largest sources of pollution and a leader in green energy investment—a contradiction that provides an inexhaustible news agenda. The site covers policy, corporate initiatives, climate data, and environmental projects.
NOAA issues Level 2 coral bleaching alerts across 80% of Southeast Asian reefs as sea temperatures exceed bleaching thresholds for the second year running.
Tuvalu and Australia sign a treaty granting climate migration pathways as rising seas threaten to submerge the Pacific island nation.
An extreme heatwave breaks all-time records in Thailand, Philippines, Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia, causing over 600 deaths and $1.8 billion in crop losses.
Satellite data shows groundwater in India's Indo-Gangetic Basin declining 30% faster than projected, threatening irrigation for 300 million people.
Record monsoon flooding in Bangladesh displaces 2 million, destroys 1.2 million tons of rice, and accelerates climate-driven internal migration.
The Mekong River drops to record lows, threatening 65 million people across Southeast Asia with the worst drought since 1965.