Climate change

Climate talks at COP29 in Baku on Wednesday turned to the pressing issue of how to manage the demand for minerals essential to producing electric vehicles and solar panels without triggering a “stampede of greed” that exploits local communities and crushes the poor. 

India still faces a shortfall in coking coal and high-grade thermal coal, both critical for industries like steel production.

Instead of investing $36 billion in LNG plants, the money could be used to develop 62 GW of renewable energy, more than double the country’s current total electricity generation capacity.

The ADB report says that by 2070, the forecasted impacts of climate change could threaten not just the future of Asia-Pacific’s economy but the...

During periods of warmer temperatures, such as the Roman Warm Period and the Medieval Warm Period, vegetation patterns suggest increased agricultural productivity, which may...

Humanitarian organisations are calling for more robust intervention from the government to address the immediate needs of flood survivors, as well as long-term strategies...

Despite a marginal improvement in food security since peak hunger levels in 2021 and 2022 — thanks largely to massive food and nutrition assistance...

The UN has called for urgent global cooperation to tackle the escalating climate crisis. The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the world...