For the first time, more than 130 states have agreed to collectively seek the opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding the survival of mankind. Led by Vanuatu and a core group of ...

The year is likely to see cooperation between China and the European Union become more important, but both sides will have to carefully navigate developments that could lead to more trade friction.

Four back-to-back typhoons pummelled the Philippines in 10 wild days of November. The storms followed 14 other typhoons to lash the archipelago last year, leaving its rescue teams frazzled, frustrated ...

As the planet’s number one emitter, there are hopes that renewed policies and reporting guidelines will pave the way for China to realise its 2030 carbon neutrality ambitions. While 2025 signals ...

Indigenous communities in the Philippines’ Mount Kalatungan protected area have since 2015 carried out a tree-planting campaign to restore native vegetation lost to decades of commercial logging and ...

As the COP29 climate conference wrapped up in late November, it became clear that its legacy would be uncertainty regarding global cooperation on climate action. Attendees did predominantly agree on ...

Arichal Munai Beach lies at the eastern tip of Rameswaram Island, in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state, just past the abandoned village of Dhanushkodi. Looking out onto the Gulf of Mannar with nothing ...

A record surge of clean energy kept China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions below the previous year’s levels in the last 10 ...

There are plans to transform the Philippines’ socioeconomic planning agency, NEDA, into a new Cabinet department. But this ...

Indonesia is considering withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, arguing it is unfair for developing nations to comply when a ...

Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippo, became an overnight sensation online. Videos of her were watched by millions. But ...

M23 rebels' advance in mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo puts green minerals rush in the spotlight.