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Climate Change in Asia

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Climate change is one of the biggest challenges faced globally and an issue with significant implications on energy, food and water security, as well as health and safety of people across the world. Melting glaciers, heat waves, sinking cities, droughts and floods - the effects of climate change are too evident to be ignored.

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Nine of the fifteen cities with the highest air pollution in the world are in East Asia. Asia’s greenhouse emissions are increasing at a rate twice as fast as the global average. Much of South-East Asia’s original forest cover has been destroyed, at an annual loss rate the size of Switzerland. On top of that, Asia has the highest annual water withdrawal of all the world’s regions.

Clearly, the region is facing enormous environmental problems and the need for widespread information on all aspects of the environment, climate, natural resources and energy is crucial to mitigate these issues as much as possible.

As part of our latest project, we have set up a website to report on the effects of climate change in Asia through a series of data-driven stories including infographics, figures and tables. In total, we have published sixteen stories on environmental issues ranging from natural disasters and air pollution, to deforestation and renewable energy. The data and projections are based on independent research and built on a large body of work undertaken for the region.

The website can be found here: Climate Change in Asia

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