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Photo of a place flooded. Overflow. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Iraq, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, World

Coastal communities will be the next casualties of war

by Bahauddin Foizee October 17, 2018October 17, 2018

A world map with climate anomalies during the World Climate Change Conference 2015. Photo: Reuters/Stephane Mahe

Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Dire warnings and urgent calls in climate change report

by Andrew Salmon October 8, 2018February 18, 2020

The remains of a home destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban City in 2013. Photo: Wikipedia

AT Finance, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, World

Typhoon Haiyan: a harbinger of tomorrow’s climate

by Aaron Pedrosa September 9, 2018

A coal fired electric generation plant in China. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Australia, European Union, Indonesia, Oceania, World

Rich countries must not be allowed to buy the right to keep polluting

by Meena Raman September 7, 2018

A man wipes perspiration from his face in Tokyo on July 24, 2018, as Japan suffers from a heatwave.
An 'unprecedented' heatwave in Japan killed at least 65 people in one week, government officials said. Photo: AFP / Martin Bureau

Australia, European Union, Oceania, United Kingdom, World

We are all climate refugees now

by Jeffrey D. Sachs August 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Hurricane Irma drives toward Florida past the eastern end of Cuba in this NASA satellite image taken on September 8, 2017. Photo: NOAA National Weather Service National Hurricane Center / via Reuters

World

Energy for the common good

by Jeffrey D. Sachs June 19, 2018

A convoy of ships follows an ice breaker on the Arctic's Northern Sea Route. Photo: iStock

China, European Union, Russia, South Asia, Taiwan, World

The Arctic as the next battleground? Don’t count on it

by Richard A. Bitzinger April 13, 2018

Photo: Reuters/China Daily

AIIB’s pipeline project touts return of ‘Beijing Blue’

by Asia Times staff March 20, 2018February 18, 2020

A coal fired electric generation plant in China. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Australia, China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Carbon cloud hangs heavy over India, Southeast Asia

by Alan Boyd November 4, 2017February 18, 2020

A man holds a firework while celebrating the Hindu festival of Diwali, the annual festival of lights, in Mumbai on October 19, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Danish Siddiqui

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Malaysia, Middle East, Oceania, Pakistan, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Amid fuss over Diwali fireworks ban, air pollution plagues India

by Sunil Dhavala October 30, 2017October 30, 2017

Representational image: Flickr Commons

European Union, Germany, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Climate change: Why don’t cooler heads prevail?

by Yongfu Huang October 15, 2017October 15, 2017

Hurricane Irma drives toward Florida past the eastern end of Cuba in this NASA satellite image taken on September 8, 2017. Photo: NOAA National Weather Service National Hurricane Center / via Reuters

Germany, India, South Asia, World

Dinner parties and climate change: a guide

by Tilak Doshi October 10, 2017October 10, 2017

US President Donald Trump delivers a threat-filled address at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly on September 19, 2017. Yet science fiction envisages an even bleaker future. Photo: Reuters / Lucas Jackson

AT Finance, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Sci-fi writer manages to imagine even worse dystopia

by Bradley K. Martin October 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Photo: Sovcomflot

India, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Russia’s Northern Sea Route is completely ice-free and shipping thrives

by Asia Unhedged September 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Vladimir Putin attends the naming ceremony of the new Russian-build LNG tanker Christophe de Margerie. Photo: Sovcomflot

European Union, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Russian LNG tanker uses Arctic route to reach Korea in record time — without icebreakers

by Asia Unhedged August 25, 2017February 18, 2020

Hyundai may be sending ships north soon.

China, European Union, Germany, India, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

S Korea’s Hyundai eyes container shipping along Russia’s Arctic Coast

by Asia Unhedged August 22, 2017February 18, 2020

Green roof of City Hall in Chicago, Illinois. Installing green roofs is one of the adaptation measures that cities can use to lower local temperatures and hence the economic impacts of climate change. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

Urban heat island effect could more than double climate costs for cities

by Mike Gaworecki June 18, 2017February 18, 2020

Representative image,. Photo: iStock

Australia, China, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

The global warming boogeyman

by Todd Royal June 14, 2017June 14, 2017

President Donald Trump displays his knowledge of amounts of temperature change as he announces that the US will withdraw from the landmark Paris Agreement, in the Rose Garden of the White House on June 1, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Middle East, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, World

After Paris: Uncertainty ahead in confronting global warming

by Yongfu Huang June 13, 2017

Trump's approval rating is low, but that doesn't tell the whole story. Photo: Reuters / Kevin Lamarque

Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Italy, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, World

Trump announces US withdrawal from Paris climate deal

by Agence France-Presse June 2, 2017February 18, 2020

A world map with climate anomalies during the World Climate Change Conference 2015. Photo: Reuters/Stephane Mahe

AT Finance, China, European Union, France, Italy, Middle East, Syria, Vietnam, World

Trump under fire over expected global climate deal withdrawal

by Reuters June 1, 2017February 18, 2020

420-foot Coast Guard Cutter Healy breaks ice in the Bering Sea. Photo: US Coast Guard, Jonathan Lally

China, Russia, World

US may deploy armed Arctic icebreakers against Russia, China

by Asia Unhedged May 23, 2017February 18, 2020

Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

South Korea shipbuilder profits from Global Warming

by Asia Unhedged March 29, 2017February 18, 2020

Uncategorized

2016 was Earth’s hottest year on record; humans are to blame

by Admin January 19, 2017

An aerial view of an ice floe along Devon Island, in the Canadian High Arctic. Photo: AFP / Clement Sabourin

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, Iran, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, World

China is wild card in US-Canada split over Northwest Passage

by Doug Tsuruoka January 10, 2017February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia, Syria, Thailand, World

Militarization’s brutal assault on the environment

by Bahauddin Foizee December 6, 2016December 6, 2016

Asia and the vicious cycle of bank bailouts

by Chan Akya August 11, 2007September 29, 2020

AT+

It’s not the end of the world – it’s the end of you

by Spengler February 3, 2004September 1, 2020