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Pollution over Shanghai. (Shreyans Bhansali/Flickr)

Is Environmentally Sustainable Economic Growth Possible in China?

Asia Society Senior Advisor Junjie Zhang looks at how China's quest for growth at any cost has created environmental problems and economic losses. more
Simran Sethi at TEDxCibeles.

Video: Reframe Climate Change Debate, Says Simran Sethi, and Bridge the Divide

Climate change has been reduced to a punch line, but it doesn't have to be that way, says Simran Sethi. more
Drought and the practice of storing water at the Three Gorges Dam have reduced the surface size of Poyang Lake from about 3,500 km to 200 km.

Video: What Will Happen If China's Largest Freshwater Lake Dries Up?

A new documentary short examines both the causes of Poyang Lake's frequent droughts and their ruinous environmental consequences. more
A scene from Jason Taylor's 'Goa . fishing net ~ profit,' depicting calm waters in Goa.

Interview: Filmmaker Jason Taylor Sheds Light on Goa's Struggling Fishermen

A closer look at how trawlers have led to dramatic declines in local fishing in Goa, India. Local fishermen must now turn to dolphin-watching trips for tourists to make a living. more
A soaking wet child sits on a post on a flooded street in suburban Manila on August 8, 2012. (Jay Directo/AFP/GettyImages)

Gallery: Nature's Wrath Devastates Asia

A string of floods from torrential rain devastates numerous nations in Asia in the past week. more

China Air Daily

A daily snapshot of air quality conditions around the world. more
Clean drinking water from rainwater harvesting tank in Tilonia, India. (Barefoot Photographers of Tilonia/Flickr)

Asia Society Global Council Member Tommy Koh: Safe Water is a 'Human Right'

700 million people in Asia don't have access to safe drinking water. In a Straits Times op-ed, Tommy Koh proposes solutions for a looming crisis. more

Interview: New Website Tracks China's Air Pollution in Pictures

China Air Daily, a new site from Asia Society's China Green project, allows users to view daily photographs of the skies of China's major cities instead of having to plow through lists of statistical data. more

Watch: New Documentary Short Explores Northern China's Huge Water Crisis

"The Story of Invisible Water," produced by Asia Society's China Green project, heads to the North China Plain to shed light on "of the world’s worst environmental crises." more

Video: China's Natural Forests Under 'Savage Attack'

Asia Society's China Green project's latest video, "China's Fragile Forests," was produced by China-based multimedia journalist Sean Gallagher. more