By Stephen de Tarczynski

MELBOURNE, Dec 26 (IPS) - As Australia continues to call on Japan to abandon its whaling program, leading environmental groups are divided in their response to the government’s plan to stop Japanese whaling.

By Marwaan Macan-Markar

TENGANAN, Bali, Indonesia , Dec 19 (IPS) - When they next harvest the the terraced paddy fields on a gently sloping hill, the farmers in this village will reinforce a tradition that celebrates harmony between people and the environment -- and do their bit to slow down climate change.

By Ramesh Jaura

NUSA DUA, Bali, Dec 13 (IPS) - 'SIDS' and 'AOSIS', the two agitating words heard repeatedly ten years ago in one of Japan's large cities Kyoto, appear to have evaporated in the tropical heat of the Indonesian island Bali.

By Ann Ninan

NEW DELHI, Dec 12 (IPS) - Precious little is expected to emerge from the ongoing United Nations climate change conference in Bali, but climatologists and scientific experts warn that time is rapidly running out for planet earth.

By Kalinga Seneviratne and Evelyn Agato

BEPPU, Japan, Dec 5 (IPS) - It could have been a Pacific Islands summit on climate change. Of the nine heads of state attending the first Asia Pacific Water Summit (APWS), underway in this Japanese town, seven are from the islands and more concerned with global warming than anything else.

By Sahana Singh

BEPPU, Japan, Dec 4 (IPS) - Although 2.6 billion people in the world -- two-thirds of whom are in southern or eastern Asia -- are living without access to basic sanitation, the issue has been a poor cousin to water supply in terms of visibility and financing.

By Lynette Lee Corporal

SINGAPORE, Nov 29 (IPS) - A report released by the Asian Development Bank (AsDB) in this affluent city-state on Thursday urges the region’s policymakers to place water-related issues high on their development agenda.