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Trucks loaded with oil palm fruit bunches outside a mill in Sanggau, West Kalimantan province, Indonesia, on Oct. 2.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 19, 2026
El Nino-powered drought leaves Indonesian palm farmers high and dry as river recedes
Palm oil mills accounting for roughly half of West Kalimantan province’s processing capacity have been affected by the transportation disruptions.
Nepal is seeking compensation for climate change-related damages from a United Nations fund set up to help developing nations deal with the worst impacts of global warming.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Sep 7, 2026
Nepal’s request for flood payout tests new climate-aid system
Costs are expected to come to at least $5 billion, an enormous amount for one of Asia’s poorest countries, and the fund it’s hoping to tap is new, underfunded and untested.
A satellite image of Hurricane Lowell (left) and Hurricane Karina over the Pacific Ocean on Sept. 2
ENVIRONMENT
Sep 3, 2026
Rare train of Pacific cyclones fueled by historic El Nino
Hurricane Lowell and Hurricane Karina are Category 4 storms that are both expected to pass Hawaii from a distance, according to the National Hurricane Center.
A United States Coast Guard vessel pass under the Bridge of the Americas at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal in Panama City on April 21, 2026. The canal will cut the number of ships passing through it starting next month.
WORLD
Aug 21, 2026
Panama Canal to reduce shipping over El Nino-fueled drought
From Sept. 3, the number of vessels allowed through each day will fall from 36 to 34, before dropping further to 32 from Sept. 15 onward.
Cattle farmer Sam Squier with his herd of Aberdeen Angus cows on a green pasture at Humphreys Farm, in Great Waltham, Chelmsford, England, on Aug. 11
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Aug 20, 2026
As Europe bakes, momentum grows for climate-resilient farming
Extreme weather has added urgency to the debate over whether climate change has transformed the economics of intensive agriculture designed to feed the maximum number of people.
Houseboats are seen on the Het Meertje river, as water levels being lower than expected for this time of the season in Nijmegen, Netherlands, on July 17.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Aug 17, 2026
Faced with historic drought, the Dutch rethink water management
The Netherlands, which designed its dikes, dams and vast waterworks to battle floods, faces a dilemma: how to retain water while protecting itself from it?
A drone view shows a residential area along the Musi river as smog covers it due to recent wildfires in Palembang, South Sumatra province, Indonesia, on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 11, 2026
Indonesia races to contain fires as haze spreads
Indonesia is facing a longer and more severe dry season this year as El Nino intensifies, raising the risk of drought, forest fires ?and air pollution.
Firefighters work on a burning area near Loumpa, as wildfires hit West Attica, Greece, on Aug. 3.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 10, 2026
How the hard reality of climate change hit Europe’s economy this summer
Record heat and droughts this summer have wreaked havoc in power production, shipping and public health systems.
A view of Gerola Bridge as the Po River's water level runs low amid high drought severity in Mezzana Bigli, Italy, on Aug. 6
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 10, 2026
Italy’s record-low Po River forces farmers to weigh crop switch
The river’s climate change-fueled violent swings between flood and drought is also forcing industries to compete for a resource they once took for granted.
A former eel fishing boat covered in mud sits at the banks of the river Rhine as the water levels fall near Neuss, Germany, on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 6, 2026
Low water levels on Germany’s Rhine amid heat and drought threaten economic blow
Shallow water is imposing tighter limits on how much ship cargo can float down the river — sending prices up for riverboat freight and heaping pressure on the government to act.
A resident of Szentendre-Pismany, Hungary, fills a tank with drinking water on July 31. Due to drought and low levels of the Danube River, the small city has run out of potable water.
WORLD
Aug 6, 2026
Austria hits record temperature and Hungary curbs power use as Europe feels the heat
The world’s fastest-warming continent, Europe has endured record-breaking heat and destructive wildfires this summer.
A displaced Palestinian woman washes clothes on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City on July 14.
WORLD / Society
Jul 22, 2026
In Gaza, a mother’s hunt for water lays bare a worsening health crisis
Gaza is facing an unprecedented collapse of its water and sanitation systems, warn aid agencies, U.N. officials and Palestinian ?health authorities.
Kubota is buying atmospheric water harvesters made by Delaware-based AirJoule to be initially deployed in California and Texas to provide developers of suburban subdivisions with sufficient water supplies.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 22, 2026
Kubota to use H2O-from-air technology to supply water-stressed suburbs
The climate-driven water crisis is becoming a housing crisis as builders increasingly face challenges in securing sufficient water supplies for new residential developments.
Firefighters work to contain a fire at a warehouse facility during a wildfire near Oraiokastro, a suburb of Thessaloniki, Greece, on Saturday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jul 8, 2026
Faster, fiercer wildfires are testing evacuation plans
Firestorms now ignite without warning as temperatures soar, increasingly spreading at lightning speed into cities that border wildlands.
Farmers clean vegetables in South Omdurman, Sudan, on May, 21.
WORLD
May 26, 2026
Iran war poses new threat to harvests in hunger-stricken Sudan
Sudan is particularly vulnerable to the fallout from the Iran crisis as it relies on the Persian Gulf for more than half of its fertilizer needs, according to U.N. ?data.
An uncovered sandbar due to low water levels of the Mississippi River in Greenville, Mississippi, in 2022
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
May 14, 2026
Why more intense bursts of rain are making the planet drier
Intense, concentrated rainstorms have been on the rise for decades. And those bigger storms turn out to have a counterintuitive effect.
Water buffaloes wade through the Chibayish marshes in Iraq on Thursday.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
May 8, 2026
Iraq’s historic marshes revive as water returns after years of drought
Rising water levels are beginning to revive the country’s wetlands, drawing buffalo herders and fishermen back to areas once abandoned.
A family walks across a dried up fishery south of Manila in 2015, where the El Nino weather phenomenon ravaged farmlands and damaged crops.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 5, 2026
‘Super El Nino’ raises fears for Asia reeling from Middle East conflict
The continent is now facing the prospect of strong climate conditions that could spike energy demand, sap hydropower?and damage crops.
A North Korean village in 2016. Elizabeth Salmon, the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea, said in February that food shortages are already a key concern in the isolated country.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 30, 2026
North Korea faces ‘severe’ drought, according to state media
Natural disasters such as drought tend to have an outsized impact on the isolated country because of its weak infrastructure and economy.
A cloud-seeding generator outside the town of Fraser, Colorado, produces snow for the Winter Park ski resort, several miles downwind.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Feb 2, 2026
U.S. ski resorts turn to drones to make it snow amid dire drought
Resorts are increasingly seeking solutions to freshen up the brown slopes spanning the American West this winter, even as the East Coast grapples with back-to-back storms.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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