People along the densely populated Pacific coasts are exposed to strongly fluctuating rainfall patterns: In East Asia, heavy ...

[1] And if unsustainable fishing practices and deterioration of coastal and marine ecosystems continue, by 2050 there will be no usable fish stocks in the Asia Pacific Region [2]. In these uncertain ...

Cities across East Asia and the Pacific are not delivering infrastructure, jobs, and services at a pace as rapid as urban development, leading to widening inequalities which may hamper economic growth ...

El Niño, a climate troublemaker, has long been one of the largest drivers of variability in the global climate. Every few ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The East Asia and Pacific region continued to outpace global economic growth in 2024, though momentum has slowed compared to pre-pandemic levels, according to the World Bank’s ...

Before India can extend its power projection to Southeast Asia or the Pacific ... which divide the Indian Ocean into two halves and prioritize only its eastern part, India cannot afford such ...

That funding will instead be ploughed into programs in the Pacific and South-East Asia which Australia funds directly, in an effort aimed at helping those countries deal with the looming US cuts ...

dangling access to a vast patch of Pacific Ocean harbouring coveted metals and minerals. Beijing has been ramping up efforts to court Pacific nations sitting on lucrative sea-floor deposits of ...