It’s perverse, almost a joke of the cosmos: the same policies that saved millions from toxic air in East Asia have helped push the planet toward record-breaking heat. Since the past 15 years, as China ...

West Asia is anticipated to get an extreme heat event once a decade, and in the Philippines, that likelihood is even less, about once every 20 years when El Niño isn't at play. In South Asia at ...

Severe weather events, such as heavy rainfall, are on the rise worldwide. Reliable assessments of these events can save lives ...

More information: Yupeng Li et al, Warming triggers snowfall fraction loss Thresholds in High-Mountain Asia, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41612-025-00935-y.

Asia climate woes mount as heat shatters May records. By David Stanway. June 1, 2023 8:07 AM UTC Updated June 1, 2023. Item 1 of 3 People use fans as they gather in a park amid a ...

Asia was the world's most disaster-hit region by climate related hazards last year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said, with floods and storms causing the highest number of casualties.

The State of the Climate in Asia 2023 report also found that floods were the leading cause of death in reported events in 2023 “by a substantial margin”. Hong Kong recorded 158.1mm ...

The climate challenge is significant and urgent for the Asia-Pacific region, so governments must seize every opportunity to accelerate adaptation and mitigation work already taking place. Fiscal ...

Asia was the world's most disaster-hit region from climate and weather hazards in 2023, the United Nations said Tuesday, with floods and storms the chief cause of casualties and economic losses.