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Surface temperatures have exceeded the 1.5°C limit for over 10 months, leading to more calls for climate action. While every fraction of a degree still matters, do decarbonisation plans now need to be recalibrated?

Climate change is altering the chemistry of West African waters, and local harvesters are paying the price.

Flooding in Mentakab Town central Pahang, Malaysia, in December 2021.

Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam are among 13 countries with a “clear overlap” of perpetuating global warming while also facing the harshest climate impacts, new research shows. Extreme heat is the most pervasive physical risk.

As the world moves towards AI-based weather forecasting, a lack of precise data spells a rough patch ahead for Indian climate scientists.

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It's ironic that as scientific evidence on climate change and vaccines have become more compelling, public opinion on social media appears more divided. By Dr Geoffrey Dobson

Unlike war, environmental impacts are not accepted as a reason to seek asylum under international law. But this could change as Australia’s climate visa for citizens of small-island state Tuvalu legalises the status of the climate migrant. By Philline van der Wolk-Donggay

Cutting-edge research and practical decision-making is helping the Australian Open make a call when the weather gets too hot to handle. By Grant Lynch and Ollie Jay

Not all Antarctic sea ice is the same. And the finer details are what scientists need to know more about to understand its impact on the climate system. By Alexander Fraser, Takenobu Toyota

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Gaurav Sant, founder of startup SeaChange, tells Eco-Business about a technology he hopes will give the world's oceans the capacity to absorb additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Southeast Asia's largest energy consumer has been slow to transition to renewables, but recent policies point to greater expansion of the country's solar, tidal and geothermal energy production.

In the video, environmental law group ClientEarth compares the oil and gas giant's advertisements on its low-carbon investments to a burger chain claiming that they’re vegan because they’ve got salad on the menu.

Eco-Business releases the trailer for a documentary that traces the relationship between ecosystems in the North Pole and Asia, in the second edition of its flagship campaign on climate action, Changing Course.

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"We are already at 1.1°C of warming – a matter of life and death for the Global South", says Professor Winston Chow, the recently appointed co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's working group on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.

The Singapore scientist, recently elected to the UN's top climate body, tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the precarious state of climate adaptation in developing Asia. The region is not well-prepared to manage the cascading risks of extreme climate events, he says.

Scientists in the Global South are studying how solar geoengineering could affect their communities. One team in Pakistan is focusing on malaria, a mosquito-borne disease that affects millions in tropical and sub-tropical countries yearly.

"We have a choice about the speed of sea-level rise." The Eco-Business Podcast talks to climate scientist Professor Ben Horton about how close the world is to reaching crucial climate tipping points, and what can be done to stop runaway climate change.

Why is there so much secrecy and controversy around sand extraction? Eco-Business speaks to Madhumitha Ardhanari to find out more about the narrative surrounding sand in Singapore, the largest importer of sand in the world.

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