Conserving and restoring Southeast Asia's carbon-rich peatlands and mangroves could mitigate more than 50 per cent of the region's land-use carbon emissions, according to a new international study.

The new study addresses a critical gap in climate policy for Southeast Asia by providing annual climate change mitigation potentials from peatlands and mangroves. Climate mitigation potential for ...

SINGAPORE – Efforts to safeguard South-east ... Asia. Previous studies have shown that tropical cyclones rated Category 3 and above can cause mangrove forest structure damage, said Ms Kwan ...

The agreement on the new climate finance goal was a disappointment to Southeast Asia, which urgently needs more funding to tackle and adapt to climate change. At the summit, developed countries agreed ...

SINGAPORE – Conserving the remaining, nearly intact peatlands and mangroves of South-east Asia – the region’s green lungs – ...

Conserving and restoring Southeast Asia’s carbon-rich peatlands and mangroves could mitigate more than 50 per cent of the ...

Natural” world heritage sites, such as the Galápagos Islands, Serengeti national park and Great Barrier Reef, could be ...

ultimately affecting Southeast Asia’s major markets. ASEAN countries should more actively engage in minilateral initiatives as a step towards region-wide climate and economic risk mitigation.

Protecting and restoring peatlands and mangroves can strengthen Southeast Asian countries’ efforts to combat climate change ... comprise only 5% of Southeast Asia’s surface.

According to a joint scientific study released in July, typhoons in Southeast Asia are forming closer to coastlines, intensifying more rapidly, and lasting longer over land due to climate change.

Protecting and restoring peatlands and mangroves can strengthen Southeast Asian countries' efforts to combat climate change ... In Southeast Asia, mangroves and peatlands are often treated ...

One of the executive orders that United States President Donald Trump signed the day he was inaugurated was a 90-day pause in US foreign development assistance. The US Agency for International ...