Originally from rural Yorkshire, Michael has more than 15 years of journalism experience – mostly with Thomson Reuters. He moved to Asia in 2011 and has reported from various countries across the region. Michael’s interest in climate change and resilience began while posted in Indonesia, where he reported on the annual haze, natural disasters, food security, deforestation and infrastructure from the capital Jakarta. He joined the Thomson Reuters Foundation as its Asia resilience correspondent in late 2017.
The Rimba Collective is backed by major household brands and aims to invest $1 billion in conservation efforts in Southeast Asian forests over 25 years.
Digital tools, including mobile apps, which allow fishermen to share ideas and monitor catches are helping to tackle overfishing and protect livelihoods.
Tens of thousands of people in the world's biggest cities died from air pollution-related causes last year, despite COVID-19 lockdowns easing congestion.
Some 80 million gloves are used COVID-19 health workers every month, yet the synthetic rubber they're mostly made from stays in landfill for 100 years.
Rising demand for cooling and heating in commercial buildings has pushed up their carbon emissions. This temperature-sensitive window could help reduce these.
An Indonesian project, offering affordable healthcare to villagers living near forests is helping to reduce illegal logging and fight climate change, a new study has found.
Since 1970, populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have shrunk by 68%, mainly due to farming and the wildlife trade, says WWF.
With millions of us staying home to stop the spread of COVID-19, here are some ways to help the environment - even if you can't go out.
Tokyo, Jakarta and Shanghai are among the cities that may need to relocate people and development away from risks, researchers say.
PetaBencana.id uses real time results and AI to help deal with the 100s of natural disasters Indonesia face
Ten major companies that sell and use palm oil have teamed up on a new radar system to monitor forests across Malaysia and Indonesia more closely and speed up action to stop deforestation.
"There is an urgent need to safeguard these landscapes because they play an indispensable role in stabilising the climate."
The country's environment ministry has established an agency to manage repairs to the natural habitats and educate local communities.
The world lost 12 million hectares of tree cover in 2018. Forest regeneration is a solution to boost biodiversity and limit climate change.
Singapore uses 141 litres of water per person every day and is the fifth most likely country in the world to face extremely high water stress by 2040 - but tech innovations are helping to...
