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Latest news and updates about issues impacting the global environment, including climate change, recycling, pollution and sustainable living.
Legislation finally being reviewed by Beijing not only addresses power generation and climate change, but also security and self-reliance amid rivalry with West.
Deadly flooding downstream in Guangdong province and extreme drought upstream in hydropower hub of Yunnan show how critical the issue of climate change has become.
The world’s largest double-decker bus maker, Alexander Dennis, said electrification is the future for Hong Kong’s bus fleet and hopes to roll out more battery-powered models for the city to meet its decarbonisation goals.
Facilities capable of producing 70,000 to 100,000 tonnes of green methanol from leftover food will be ready by the end of 2025, Shi Pingyang, vice-president of Shenergy, told reporters on Wednesday.
A senior official in Thailand’s climate change office thinks a move could be possible, with much of the capital already battling floods during the rainy season.
The International Chamber of Sustainable Development will also expand the accredited planner course, which more than 3,000 people have completed in Hong Kong, to Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
The Cambodian activist, a member of environmental activism group Mother Nature, spent five months in pre-trial detention on charges of “plotting” to oust government.
Two Chinese firms withdraw bids for Romanian photovoltaic park contracts after Brussels opens investigations under its foreign subsidies regulation.
Readers discuss Malaysia’s revival of its semiconductor industry, the exclusion of an elevated cycle track from Hong Kong’s Trunk Road T4 project, and the need to prevent work-to-rule-style bureaucracy .
Environmental group Greeners Action urges government to promote takeaway container borrowing services in community as further step to reduce plastic.
Authorities and non-governmental groups have deployed rescuers and aid, warning that some areas have been cut off.
The river, celebrated with birth and death ceremonies on its banks, is also linked to waterborne diseases which kill thousands of adults and children annually.
The Post finds many of city’s most luxurious hotels have not scrapped free plastic amenities for guests despite recent ban amid leeway offered during transition period.
The health ministry said on Friday that 61 people have died from heatstroke since the beginning of 2024, compared with 37 in all of 2023.
Maritime assessment in March shows coral reefs on Pag-asa Island severely degraded, with debris around the area indicating the damage is man-made.
Senior Counsel Benjamin Yu, club’s representative in legal challenge, says environmental report failed to properly assess site’s ecological value or address public concerns.
A deadly heatwave that has sent temperature records tumbling across the region in recent weeks – as well as a prolonged spell of low rainfall – has seen reservoirs run low.
The play on China’s panda diplomacy has been proposed amid new regulations meant to ensure palm oil products don’t contribute to deforestation
Extreme rain from climate change saw hundreds of thousands of tons of potatoes fail to make it to market in Europe in 2023, driving up prices and leaving farmers in deep water.
Thailand’s farms are buckling under the high temperatures, while Malaysia braces for ecological impacts like rising dengue cases
Simon Wong of restaurants federation says bigger operations better equipped for fast change to green alternatives to single-use plastics.
More than a million people have no access to drinking water and fast-rising water levels are straining dams, while rescuers face a huge task with entire towns inaccessible.
Differences in prices and provisions of plastic-packed toiletries and other items spark anger among some visitors from across border.
The HKMA has issued a ‘green taxonomy’ framework to help banks and investors determine the sustainability of economic activities, the latest effort to boost the city’s standing as a green finance centre.
Environmental Protection Department says garbage handling fees have added financial pressure to the operators of restaurants, businesses and nursing homes.
Sustainable packaging firms have seen an increase in business as the recent ban on disposable plastic takeaway containers pushes the city’s food and drink companies to opt for environmentally-friendly alternatives.