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The worsening water crisis highlights an urgent need for better groundwater governance in India.

The Malaysian winner of the Sustainability Leadership Youth A-List says channeling hope and anger into meaningful action is how every Southeast Asian can help protect a region disproportionately affected by climate change.

Better early-warning systems make for better disaster preparedness – but the vulnerable are still missing out on long-term help.

Global yields of wheat are around 10 per cent lower now than they would have been without the influence of climate change, according to a new study.

By Le Quynh

Thomson Reuters Foundation

By Sam Geall

By Farahnaz Zahidi Moazzam

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To enable cities to adapt to extreme heat, authorities must clearly understand the risks and which solutions work best for whom. By Pablo Lazo and Eric Mackres

Pursuing a sustainable blue economy requires striking a delicate balance between using the ocean’s resources and respecting its natural limits, especially amid the escalating climate crisis. By Ulrike Decoene

Urban heat is a public health emergency, an infrastructure challenge and a climate crisis rolled into one. To safeguard cities and their most vulnerable populations, India needs city-level cost-effective long-term mitigation strategies. By Sanjay Seth and Yatin Choudhary

We need innovative solutions to allow small island nations to manage debt and build climate resilience as global funding declines. By Emily Wilkinson and Ali Naseer Mohamed

By Chirag Dhara and Ayantika DC

By Vera Songwe and Moritz Kraemer

By Serge Ekué and Javier Díaz Fajardo

By Dr Guyo M Roba

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The sea-level rise expert has moved to Hong Kong – now seen as a gateway to more collaboration with China on climate science. But he tells the EB Podcast that data from US agencies is still critical for calculating climate defences in Asia.

Eyes are on whether the city’s plan to build the world’s “greenest highway” will take off. The Eco-Business Podcast speaks to Marwa Nahlawi from Diamond Developers, the real estate developer behind Dubai's "Sustainable City" brand, which adopts a similar green spine concept.

Asia lags the world in natural catastrophe protection. Part of the problem could be counting extreme weather losses only after they happen, industry insiders tell the Eco-Business podcast.

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