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With the region still recovering from previous shocks, the latest ADB analysis serves as a timely reminder of the region’s exposure to distant geopolitical events.

The report’s central message is hopeful amid the grim projections: adaptation works when strategically deployed.

The study leverages tools like the Climate Shift Index to attribute temperature changes, providing a scientific basis for policy and public awareness.

I get climate anxiety. Five years ago, I stopped reading the news. Because I chose to work where I could actually make a difference. I chose my battleground.

The report warns that the world risks locking itself into a future of escalating plastic pollution, rising costs, and mounting environmental and health consequences

The world has faced oil shocks before. This one, Birol made clear, is different – deeper, wider and more dangerous. How governments respond in the coming weeks will determine whether the pain remains temporary or becomes a lasting scar on the global economy.

Beyond records, impacts could include intensified heatwaves, coral bleaching, and disruptions to agriculture and water supplies across multiple continents. In regions like India, where monsoon rains support hundreds of millions, a developing El Niño often correlates with weaker rainfall, though exact outcomes depend on the event’s strength and timing.

UNICEF also urged combatants to take every possible precaution in their choice of weapons and tactics, specifically calling for an end to the use of explosive weapons in areas where children live and learn.