Tag: Asia
UN report shows 402 million Asian suffer from hunger
Asia, especially the southern subregion, struggled to significantly reduce moderate and severe food insecurity between 2021 and 2022
An environmental challenge for solar power companies
The Philippines must stop the destruction of forests and natural resources and protect the environmental protectors that are being murdered
Filipinos join Asia-wide pedal for global climate action
Developed countries pledged in 2009 to jointly mobilize $100 billion annually in climate finance by 2020 but failed to meet the goal
Asia’s heatwaves 30 times more likely due to climate change, scientists...
Another group says the next 5 years will almost certainly be the warmest on record
‘Hotter and hotter’: Swathes of Asia sweat in heatwave
Scientists say global warming is exacerbating adverse weather
Asian Catholic bishops call for ‘pastoral action’ to address challenges facing...
The Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences urged Churches to go “off the beaten track” and to “face new pastoral priorities”
New report says civic space across Asia still ‘repressed’
The report, “People Power Under Attack 2022,” shows that out of 26 countries or territories in Asia, seven are rated as “closed”
Asian markets enjoy some much-needed festive cheer
"The market is coming around to the notion that we will have a more orthodox 2023"
‘State authoritarianism’ in Asia restricts freedom to worship, says new report
From tightening constraints in Vietnam to an almost total ban in North Korea, state authoritarianism restricts ability to worship freely
Asia gets mixed marks amid ‘global rule of law recession’
Cambodia, Myanmar among the world’s worst jurisdictions for the rule of law, new report says
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