Efforts to clean up air pollution in China and across East Asia may have inadvertently contributed to a spike in global warming, a new study has found. The decline in aerosol emissions — which can ...

By Xihao Jiang, Joe Cash and Xiuhao Chen SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Sweltering heat enveloped China's eastern seaboard on Friday, as a high-pressure system settled over the country's most populous ...

The economy grew more slowly than expected in the March quarter, as extreme weather and a slowdown in government spending dampened growth.

But more frequent and intense extreme weather events seem to be nudging utilities nationwide to invest more in cleaner and renewable energy because of the costs connected to them.

A new study provides the first comprehensive look at how baseline updates influence the detection of extreme climate events across China.

The backward-looking index analyses how climate-related extreme weather events affect countries and ranks countries according to economic and human effects on them.

Typhoons often hit China Image: Jiang Kehong/Xinhua/IMAGO Honduras, third on the index, feels the effects of extreme weather particularly hard as one of the poorest countries in the western ...

Shortly after tariffs on China imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump took effect on Tuesday, China's Finance Ministry said it would impose levies of 15 per cent on imports of U.S. coal and LNG ...

News Asia outlook 2025 Extreme weather is intensifying – is Asia ready? Asia Pacific nations face mounting climate costs as the world crosses the 1.5°C threshold, with extreme weather driving ...

China experienced its warmest year on record in 2024, a new high since comparable temperature recordings began more than 60 years ago, the country’s meteorological service has said.

Last year was China's warmest on record, its weather agency said, as the world experiences a surge in extreme weather fuelled by climate change.