North Jakarta braces for tidal flooding until end June
To further mitigate the impacts of tidal flooding, the Jakarta administration plans to install additional water pumps in coastal areas.
Environment
How Malaysia’s Malacca is transforming waste oil into wealth
Every two months, the Malacca City Council organises a collection drive to collect recyclable waste.
Asia warming nearly twice as fast as global average: WMO report
The report says that 2024 was the warmest or second-warmest year on record depending on the dataset, with widespread and prolonged heatwaves. The warming trend between 1991–2024…
Turbulence ahead: How used cooking oil could hinder aviation’s green fuel hopes
A joint investigation by The Straits Times and Climate Home News reveals how soaring demand for this key ingredient in sustainable aviation fuel has led to ‘ridiculous’ data…
Environmental activists detained, protest curtailed in India’s Jaipur over forest conservation
Despite several hours of dialogue and attempts to persuade the authorities, the police neither allowed the gathering at the Dol Ka Badh entrance nor permitted anyone to visit the…
Killing elephants is ‘murder’, says minister over spate of deaths in Malaysia’s Sabah
Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Christina Liew has issued an emotional plea to villagers to come forward with any information related to the recent spate of Borneo…
2 new rhino rehabilitation areas to be set up in India’s Dudhwa national park
Under the Forest and Wildlife Department’s ambitious plan, a budget of Rs 1.5 crore has been allocated for the project. This fund will be utilised for the long-term preservation…
Forests, parks and ponds can help cool Kathmandu by up to 1.6°C, study finds
Scientific analysis of 301 parks, 130 forest patches and 26 ponds in Kathmandu Valley offers practical solutions to combat rising urban temperatures.
Bangladesh unveils new renewable energy policy
A target has been set to meet 20% of power demand from green sources by 2030. The new policy offers a 10-year corporate tax exemption for all government and private renewable…
Why we need to hear women’s voices from the hills in Bangladesh
A crisis is quietly unfolding in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, where long-running mountain streams are drying slowly but inexorably, pushing Indigenous communities deeper into…