Topic

Climate change
Advertisement
  • Chinese scholar Da Wei tells Beijing forum recent deterioration in major power relations are ‘very difficult times’
  • US view of UN Gaza resolution signals ‘powers are determining the outcome or making the decisions rather than the multilateral institutions’: analyst
videocam

The world is just beginning to see the worst impacts of climate change, and world leaders must put aside their distrust and geopolitical tensions to deliver on their decarbonisation commitments, one of the world’s top climate scientists has said.

videocam
Advertisement
Advertisement

‘Excess capacity poses risks not only to American workers and firms and to the global economy, but also to productivity and growth in the Chinese economy,’ Yellen says.

videocam

A report said more than US$1 trillion worth of food was binned by households and businesses at a time when nearly 800 million people were going hungry.

videocam

The nation’s largest oil and gas producer says it is on track to peak carbon emissions next year and double the contribution of low-carbon energy to its output capacity over two years, top leaders say.

The east Malaysian state is surrounded by water, but years of infrastructure neglect and an El Nino-triggered drought have brought severe shortages as tankers are deployed to supply water to villages ‘around the clock’.

videocam

City’s finance chief and California’s secretary for environmental protection Yana Garcia call for political differences to be put aside at a University of Hong Kong forum.

Government plans to establish a clear pathway on sustainability reporting for businesses in Hong Kong this year, a move that is ‘essential’ to ‘reinforcing Hong Kong’s leading position on the international sustainable-finance map’, says financial services secretary.

Readers discuss the need for national governments to work with cities on climate change, public officials using plastic bags and containers, and the potential for social media to help ecological preservation.

The city needs to set financing volume targets, restrict fossil fuel financing and enact a specialised anti-greenwashing law, environmental group says.

videocam

Reaching 160km/h (99mph) in a trial run, China’s new hydrogen-powered train is touted as a cleaner transport option as the nation strives to peak emissions by 2030.

With the world facing a US$4 trillion green investment gap a year, transition finance will grow in importance because of regulatory support in Asia, experts say.

videocam

China’s 2025 decarbonisation goals are in danger of veering off track after policymakers redefined a key energy target that could drive emissions higher, climate experts warn.

videocam

The UN’s World Meteorological Organization’s report confirmed preliminary data indicating that last year was by far the hottest year ever recorded/

videocam

Beach erosion has seen three major casinos in Atlantic City pressing the federal and state governments to expedite a sand replenishment project that was supposed to have been undertaken in 2023.

‘Modest adjustments’ to plans for use of electric arc furnaces versus coal-fired furnaces would accelerate emissions cuts, US think tank Global Energy Monitor says.

Companies in Asia-Pacific will need education, cooperation with suppliers and exchanges of best practices to meet tightening climate-disclosure requirements, says Alexander Bassen of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s Independent Standards Board.

videocam

Groundwater, relied on by over one-third of the city’s 13 million residents, is running desperately low – resulting in sky-high costs for water and a quickly dwindling supply.

More than 200 greentech companies currently operate in the city, of which some are equipped with ‘globally competitive’ technologies and are making inroads into the mainland Chinese and overseas markets.