Over a billion people struggle to stay cool as Earth warms

More than a billion people are at risk from a lack of air conditioning and refrigeration as global warming brings more high temperatures.

Asia must race against time to prepare its citizens for an uncertain future.

Turns out the deadly floods and intense heat of the last few months are just part of a big bleak picture.

July 11, 2018 | 06:57 am GMT+7

The power plant, once operational, will produce a maximum output of approximately 450 million kWh each year.

July 09, 2018 | 11:38 am GMT+7

Evacuation orders remained in place for some 2 million people and another 2.3 million were advised to evacuate.

July 08, 2018 | 02:55 pm GMT+7

The sweltering conditions have forced farmers in northern Vietnam to work at night to avoid exposure to extreme heat.

July 07, 2018 | 06:55 pm GMT+7

Mining, deforestation and dams have destroyed their terrain and rendered them extremely vulnerable to flash floods.

July 04, 2018 | 02:02 pm GMT+7

The previous record had been set just a week earlier, said the national power utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN).

July 04, 2018 | 11:08 am GMT+7

Rice plantations in Vietnam are vulnerable to rising sea levels, according to a U.N. study.

July 03, 2018 | 09:25 am GMT+7

While several factors are responsible, rampant sand mining, overexploitation of groundwater and upstream dams are compounding the problem.

June 20, 2018 | 11:08 am GMT+7

People await life-giving floods to return the delta to its former glory. The wait is futile.

June 18, 2018 | 07:42 am GMT+7

Just five days earlier, land erosion in Ca Mau Province sank three houses and badly damaged another.

June 17, 2018 | 01:40 pm GMT+7

Vietnam is among countries that would become significantly more vulnerable to flooding with coral erosion.

June 13, 2018 | 09:21 am GMT+7

Sea erosion reduces nearly 50 houses to rubble.

May 31, 2018 | 12:54 pm GMT+7

This riverside area in Can Tho City has been eroded thrice in the past month.

May 21, 2018 | 05:20 pm GMT+7