For Asian economies, resilience is necessary to ensure hard-won development gains are not eroded by climate shocks, says COP30 special envoy and environment think tank CEO Arunabha Ghosh. NEW DELHI: Torrential rains in Darjeeling, India and Nepal , where landslides swept away lives and bridges; Hanoi's streets once more submerged after the latest of successive typhoons; deadly floods in Thailand across 19 provinces; residents of Japanese islands battered by Typhoon Halong forced into evacuation