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Local scientists warn that Hong Kong will suffer from extreme weather that can overwhelm infrastructure, if the world fails to keep temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius. The warning is in response to a “code red for humanity” issued by the United Nations as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) released its sixth assessment report examining the physical science of climate change. A previous report in 2013 prompted governments to renew commitments under the 2016 Paris Agreement to limit warming to well within 2 degrees, including Hong Kong, which set a target to become carbon neutral by 2050. Local environmental experts say one way for the city to achieve that is by shifting investments from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
In the Ko Losin, a marine protected area off the coast of Thailand’s southern Pattani province, volunteer divers have conducted a two-day operation to remove abandoned fishing nets that covered coral reefs. The nets measuring 2,750 square metres (29,600 sq ft) had been lodged in the reefs for about a month and a half before the removal action in June 2021. The volunteers from SOS Group said they go out on at least five such expeditions each year.
In the Ko Losin, a marine protected area off the coast of Thailand’s southern Pattani province, volunteer divers have conducted a two-day operation to remove abandoned fishing nets that covered coral reefs. The nets measuring 2,750 square metres (29,600 sq ft) had been lodged in the reefs for about a month and a half before the removal action in June 2021. The volunteers from SOS Group said they go out on at least five such expeditions each year.
Lowland cities and islands such as the Indian city of Mumbai may face increasingly frequent floods and storms as global sea levels continue to rise in the coming centuries, according to a UN report released on September 25, 2019.
Lowland cities and islands such as the Indian city of Mumbai may face increasingly frequent floods and storms as global sea levels continue to rise in the coming centuries, according to a UN report released on September 25, 2019.
