Global warming
Sinking Bangkok among cities to be hardest hit by climate change
As Bangkok prepares to host climate change talks, the Global Warming and Climate Change Conference from October 4-5, experts once again remind that unchecked...
Forest fires cost Indonesia $16 billion, contribute to climate change
Forest fires in Indonesia last year cost the country at least $16 billion in economic losses, equivalent to 1.9 per cent of its GDP,...
Climate change growing issue for Philippine tourism
Tourism may be one of the easiest means to achieve inclusive growth in the Philippines, but extreme weather conditions such as typhoon Yolanda threaten...
Filipino UN delegate on hunger strike for climate action
The Philippines' Climate Change Commissioner broke down in tears at the start of United Nations climate change talks in Warsaw on November 12, pledging...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...