AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoClimate impacts on livelihoods: A South Korean migratory beekeeper says warming is shrinking flowering seasons and disrupting bee navigation, while mites and new diseases add pressure to honey farming. Food security stress: Hot, dry weather linked to an expected strong El Niño is already hurting crops across Asia, from India’s wheat belt to Southeast Asian rice and Indonesia’s plantations, with prices rising on supply fears. Waste policy in the Pacific: Fiji rejected an Australian billionaire’s “energy-from-waste” plan after landowner and tourism backlash, citing concerns over imported waste, hazardous ash, public health, and unresolved environmental and economic impacts. Ocean monitoring cutbacks: The US is ending the Ocean Observatories Initiative, meaning major Pacific and coastal sensor data streams will go dark even as past data remains online. Renewables & power demand: India’s peak power demand hit a record 270.82 GW in May as electricity trading on IEX rose, while a cabinet support package targets volatile aviation fuel costs. Low-carbon data centres: Thailand’s data-centre push is driving talks on renewable procurement, grid readiness, and decarbonisation at a low-carbon data centres summit in Bangkok.
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