Zelenskyy upstages UN climate summit

An unexpected U.N. Security Council meeting derailed a high-profile meeting of world leaders.

A woman holds a handful of tea leaves at a tea plantation in Moganshan, Zhejiang province. Moganshan's tea is among the most famous and aromatic teas in China. Climate change is having an impact on the ancient art of tea-making, as a long dry spell has left high-end crops across the region parched and yellow amid dwindling supply, according to agricultural experts and tea connoisseurs.

Storm in a teapot: Climate change hits ancient art of tea-growing

2023-09-16

Drought, storms leave high-end crops parched and yellow as yields plunge.

Burned maize stubble left in a farm in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, April 4, 2023.

Report: Forest encroachment for maize cultivation increased in Lower Mekong

2023-09-12

The crop’s slash-and-burn practice, responsible for toxic air pollution in the region, is rising, Greenpeace says.

Floods swamp Hong Kong streets after record rainfall in wake of Super Typhoon Haikui

Floods swamp Hong Kong streets after record rainfall in wake of Super Typhoon Haikui

Residents criticize the government over the lack of early warning, and 2 people die.

Summer 2023 was the hottest on record, UN report says

Summer 2023 was the hottest on record, UN report says

Heatwaves worsen air quality and pollution, World Meteorological Organization warns

China’s average coal power emissions rise by a third, report says

China’s average coal power emissions rise by a third, report says

Australia, South Korea and China are top coal electricity polluters per capita.

Harmful invasive plant and animal species pose severe threat to nature: report

Harmful invasive plant and animal species pose severe threat to nature: report

A quarter of invasive species reports were noted in the Asia-Pacific region.

Tens of thousands gather in Seoul to protest Fukushima discharge

Tens of thousands gather in Seoul to protest Fukushima discharge

The mass rally is the second since Japan started releasing nuclear wastewater.

Hong Kong fishermen protest outside the Japanese consulate in Hong Kong on Aug. 22, 2023, a day after Tokyo announced its plan to release treated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant into the Pacific Ocean.

Upset about Fukushima, Chinese netizens bash Japan, make nuisance calls

Some Hong Kong news outlets point out that Chinese reactors’ wastewater is more contaminated.

People buy sacks of salt in Daoxian, Hunan province, China, in these images obtained from a social media video released on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023.

Beijing’s protests over Fukushima water release spark panic-buying of salt

Smoking chimneys are seen along a highway in a coal producing region in Yulin in northwestern China’s Shaanxi province, April 24, 2023.

IMF: China leads as global fossil fuel subsidies hit record $7 trillion

An aerial view shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which started releasing treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, Aug. 24, 2023.

Japan releases Fukushima nuclear wastewater despite concerns

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