Global warming is thawing the Arctic and igniting a high-stakes race for the riches beneath its ice. Global warming is heating up the Arctic, and global powers like the United States, Russia and China are manoeuvring to stake a claim to the resources under its melting ice. Some experts say the region, once known as an … Read more
101 East investigates rampant alleged corruption in flood-control projects in one of Asia’s most typhoon-prone countries. In the Philippines, a massive corruption scandal is triggering street protests and putting pressure on the government of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The population’s increasing exposure to typhoons, floods and rising sea-levels has seen the government allocate $9.5bn of taxpayer … Read more
Divisions mark the last days of the UN climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belem. Division marked the COP30 climate summit in Brazil as countries struggled to reach a consensus on several sticking points, including a push to phase out fossil fuels. As the world seeks to address the climate crisis, experts say scientists, … Read more
Published On 16 Nov 202516 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Tens of thousands of people have thronged the streets of an Amazonian city hosting the COP30 talks, dancing to pounding speakers in the first large-scale protest at a United Nations climate summit in years. As the first week of … Read more
Speaking at this year’s COP30 in Brazil, UN chief Antonio Guterres called the inability to limit global warming to 1.5C (2.7F) a “deadly moral failure”. But does the same apply when it comes to protecting the environment in conflict? Israel’s two-year war on Gaza has created 61 million tonnes of rubble, with nearly a quarter … Read more
Published On 9 Nov 20259 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Super Typhoon Fung-wong, the most powerful storm to threaten the Philippines this year, has begun battering its northeastern coast, killing at least one person so far, disrupting power and forcing nearly one million people to evacuate as authorities urgently … Read more
Instead, ministers on Wednesday agreed an 85 percent cut in domestic emissions by 2040. Governments intend to achieve the remaining 5 percentage points by paying other countries to reduce pollution on the bloc’s behalf, a system of purchases known as carbon credits. The deal also opened the door to outsourcing additional efforts as part of … Read more
Hundreds of people are dead and millions affected. Pakistan has been hit by its worst flooding on record. Hundreds of people have been confirmed dead, with farms and livestock washed away and homes and businesses destroyed. Just three years ago, a third of the country was submerged in similar catastrophic floods. Pakistan is highly vulnerable … Read more
Rescuers in northern Pakistan have pulled dozens of bodies overnight from homes ravaged by landslides and flash floods, taking the death toll to at least 321 in the past two days, according to disaster agencies. Hundreds of rescue workers continue to search for survivors in the Buner district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan … Read more
Huge fires around Bursa, Turkiye’s fourth-largest city, broke out over the weekend, leading to more than 3,500 people fleeing their homes. On Monday morning, fog-like smoke from fires and smouldering foliage hung over the city. Unseasonably high temperatures, dry conditions, and strong winds have been fuelling the wildfires, with Turkiye and other parts of the … Read more