An Unprecedented Heat Wave in India and Pakistan Is Putting the Lives of More Than a Billion People at Risk The temperature exceeded 120 degrees in Jacobabad, Pakistan, and a leading climate scientist says even more severe heat waves projected for the subcontinent “will really begin to test limits to adaptation.” By Zoha Tunio
Indian Court Rules That Nature Has Legal Status on Par With Humans—and That Humans Are Required to Protect It By Katie Surma
In South Asia, Vehicle Exhaust, Agricultural Burning and In-Home Cooking Produce Some of the Most Toxic Air in the World By Zoha Tunio
China, India to Reach Climate Goals Years Early, as U.S. Likely to Fall Far Short By Marianne Lavelle