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Two women use their mobile phones at a store in Beijing on November 29, 2025. Photo: AFP
Mainland China

China’s second-hand boom fuels bruising battle for trade-in traffic

Recycling platform ATRenew is scaling up as China’s young consumers shed the stigma around second-hand shopping.

China energy security

China hopes to power AI boom with green energy in new data centre strategy

Science

Chinese drone completes world’s first delivery on Mount Everest

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Hong Kong Sevens

Major sports events including HK Sevens need to ‘double down’ on sustainability

With global sports emitting as much as countries such as Spain, major events must ‘double down’ on sustainability, says GB sevens player Jamie Farndale.

This year’s Hong Kong Sevens used reusable plastic cups. while some merchandise, including T-shirts, were also made using recycled plastics. Photo: Elson Li
This year’s Hong Kong Sevens used reusable plastic cups. while some merchandise, including T-shirts, were also made using recycled plastics. Photo: Elson Li
Green living

What saves your health, money and the planet? A whole food plant-based diet

Experts say eating WFPB meals instead of animal products is much better for the environment, reduces risks of chronic diseases, and can be significantly cheaper calorie for calorie.

International Women's Day

On International Women’s Day 2022, three Hong Kong trailblazers

The plight of the environment, migrant workers and widows and divorcees has occupied the minds of these women in Hong Kong and prompted them to act.

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ESG investing

Hong Kong’s ESG bonds quadruple as city’s green credentials take shape

ESG-related debt, also called sustainable bonds, are fixed-income financial products that raise capital for the purpose of financing projects that have environmental or social benefits.

The Exchange Square complex, which houses the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, on March 23, 2021. Photo: Bloomberg.
The Exchange Square complex, which houses the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, on March 23, 2021. Photo: Bloomberg.
Banking & finance

Hong Kong sells US$3 billion of green bonds, including first euro issue

Hong Kong’s government priced its first green bond in euros as it plans to issue US$22.5 billion of the sustainable financial instrument over the next five years.

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Environment

A problem that runs deep: noise pollution’s toll on Chinese white dolphins

Underwater noise from marine traffic affects the critically endangered dolphins’ ability to hunt and communicate, explains documentary maker Daphne Wong in her new film, Sea Of Noise.

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Food and agriculture

Urban farms sprout up as Covid-19 leaves celebrities with thyme on hands

While Covid-19 has been creating havoc with everything else, one hobby has just kept growing: gardening. And even Bollywood fingers are turning green.

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Kareena Kapoor’s Instagram picture of her actor husband Saif and son Taimur gardening together.
Green living

6 ways to make your New Year’s Eve party more eco-friendly

Limit your impact on the environment this NYE with these tips for a green celebration

Start the new year as you mean to go on: cleaner, greener and healthier.
Start the new year as you mean to go on: cleaner, greener and healthier.
Conservation

The great rape of the Everglades

What nature took millennia to build took humans only decades to tame. If only we knew then what we know now ...

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Conservation

The wildlife of the Everglades in photos

Florida’s tropical wetland is home to stunning beauty both in the water, and on the land and in the trees surrounding it.

Conservation

The epic battle to rid Florida's Everglades of invasive Burmese pythons

Among the vast range of flora and fauna in the national park are a number of invasive species that are threatening the natural balance.

A Burmese python swims in the everglades

10 top tips for a greener Christmas celebration

Yes, you should celebrate. But be mindful of the impact your celebrations have on the planet.
Yes, you should celebrate. But be mindful of the impact your celebrations have on the planet.
Conservation

Some good news, finally, for coral reefs

An experiment at the Great Barrier Reef, which involves playing recordings of healthy coral, is luring fish back to dead patches, which could lead to the reefs’ revival.

Climate change

What is carbon offsetting, and does it work?

Countries can pay to fund emission reductions in another country to help reach its own emissions reductions targets

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Green living

How to buy clothes without destroying the planet

Shopping tips that will help protect the environment from further damage, from an expert on sustainability and fast fashion

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Clothes are terrible for the environment, but there are some simple steps you can take to lessen your impact on the earth.
Clothes are terrible for the environment, but there are some simple steps you can take to lessen your impact on the earth.
Climate change

Climate change is causing diseases like dengue, as well as flesh-eating bacteria to flourish

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Healthy eating

7 tips to help you put your diet on a plant-based path

Green living

Which milk is best for the environment? A guide to the impact of cow, almond and soy milk on the planet - and your health

We compared the carbon footprint, water footprint, and nutritional value of the three products, and suggest some possible alternatives.

Which milk is best for the environment? A guide to the impact of cow, almond and soy milk on the planet - and your health
Green living

Five easy ways to cut down on plastic waste and live a green life

Let’s face it: most of us have a serious addiction to plastic.

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Five easy ways to cut down on plastic waste and live a green life
Climate change

Are paper straws really better for the environment than plastic ones?

An expert explains why they may not be the eco-friendly alternative the name suggests.

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Climate change

10 air pollution facts that should terrify you

The World Health Organisation says polluted air causes 7 million deaths globally each year.

Environment

Five things you’re getting wrong about tropical rainforests

A fire blazes on a tract of Amazon jungle in Porto Velho, Rondonia state, Brazil. Photo: Reuters
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