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Commercial seaweed farming began in the Philippines in the 1970s and has grown to be one of the country’s most significant aquaculture enterprises, supporting more than 200,000 coastal families.

Port Dickson beach sand - before and after

Sarawak is most severely affected by shoreline erosion, and in some instances, entire beachfronts have been 'swallowed' by stronger waves, but its stories and losses have not been well-documented in Malaysia.

The Pakistani megacity releases 88 per cent of its sewage untreated into the Arabian Sea, mostly through open drains that flow past fishing villages.

The International Seabed Authority, the intergovernmental body tasked with overseeing deep-sea mining in international waters, concluded its recent set of meetings, which ran from July 4 to Aug. 4, 2022.

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Tacloban city in the Philippines after the destruction wrought by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013

Typhoon season in Asia is an annual, grim reminder of the need for more resilient infrastructure as the impact of climate change intensifies. Arcadis’ John Batten III talks about how cities can prepare themselves for worse weather. By John Batten III

China is establishing itself as a renewables leader in richer nations but is still pushing polluting coal technology in Asia and Africa. By Simon Nicholas

To avoid 2 degrees of climate change, global carbon emissions will need to be reduced by at least … By Guest Writer

CSIRO recently announced that energy from the ocean could supply 11 per cent of Australia's demand by 2050. … By Guest Writer

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Southeast Asia's largest energy consumer has been slow to transition to renewables, but recent policies point to greater expansion of the country's solar, tidal and geothermal energy production.

Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University is building the region’s first model electricity grid that can tap and distribute power from multiple energy sources, including fossil fuels and renewable energy.

The Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay is looking to build a sustainable marine community that relies on tidal power for low carbon electricity, food security from aquaculture, and eco-tourism for their livelihood. Watch the video here.