Environment

UN official calls for urgent action to improve air quality in Asia-Pacific region

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Bangkok, Thailand.

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UN relief officials sound alarm over deepening food insecurity in Palestine

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On recent trip to the Middle East, WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin (centre) spent time with a...

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Volcano, trading cities and whaling town given UN World Heritage status

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Temple of Preah Vihear.

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Survey: 8 of 10 Filipinos Personally Experience Impacts of Climate Change

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The country’s poor derive income from agriculture, fishery and natural resources that are vulnerable to climate...

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