This file photo taken on September 28, 2021 shows a man riding a bicycle on a promenade along the Huangpu river across from the Wujing Coal-Electricity Power Station in Shanghai. Asia-Pacific accounts for about three-quarters of global coal consumption -- even as the region struggles with the environmental and public health impacts of global warming, from deadly levels of air pollution in India to extreme heatwaves and wildfires in Australia. AFP FILE PHOTO
BANGKOK: Asia suffered its hottest year on record in 2020, the United Nations said on Tuesday ahead of the COP26 summit, with extreme weather taking a heavy toll on the continent's development.
