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The Earth is warming at an alarming rate in recent years due to cumulative excessive heat-trapping emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane to the atmosphere. Agriculture and other human activities that require fossil fuels combustion since industrialisation started in the mid-1850s were the main drivers for the emissions. This has contributed to more frequent extreme weather events like rainstorms, heatwaves and hurricanes, posing major environmental and social damages such as loss of lives, assets, habitats and work hours, as a result of droughts, floods, sea level rise and ice sheets melting.
City needs to not only punish storm chasers and windsurfers who endanger the lives of others, but also take more safety measures against the wrath of nature
The Chinese state-owned carmaker said it plans to intensify its push into Hong Kong’s electric vehicle market by setting itself an ambitious target of 4,000 sales in the city by the end of this year.
China has eased curbs on solar and wind installations to cut use of fossil fuel, a positive sign for the country’s renewable energy sector, which has been struggling with oversupply.
Four industrial sectors have been singled out – steel, petrochemicals, non-ferrous metals, and building materials – with new capacity strictly prohibited or restricted in certain subsectors.
Ambassador to Washington delivers video speech as slew of agreements announced on Wednesday in Berkeley at the China-US High-level Event on Subnational Climate Action.
Justice League passes, The Meg does not. Glass Onion passes, San Andreas does not. Fewer than 10 per cent of 250 Hollywood films researchers studied present climate change as an issue or even acknowledge it.
The city’s maritime sector has ‘a lot of catching up to do’ in terms of its decarbonisation efforts, especially given fast-changing regulations and technology advances, says the Hong Kong Shipowners Association.
India Meteorological Department said the reading at a station in the suburb of Mungeshpur may have been due to an ‘error’ in the measuring equipment.
China aims to establish a national standard for corporate sustainability disclosure by 2030 as part of efforts to improve economic sustainability, tackle climate change and catch up with its global peers when it comes to environmental, social and governance reporting.
Malaysia has a long-standing commitment to maintain forest cover across 50 per cent of its territory, but that promise is at risk and may even already have been broken, a climate watchdog report said
A series of powerful storms swept over the central and southern US over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, and left a wide trail of destroyed homes, businesses and power outages.
Temperatures rose above 52 degrees Celsius in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, the highest reading of the summer.
Simultaneous loading and refuelling quickens turnaround time, so the ship can sail at a slower pace, reducing fuel use and leading to lower costs and emissions.
Only 1 per cent of large-cap Hong Kong-listed firms in the MSCI AC Asia-Pacific IMI index have set greenhouse gas reduction targets considered ‘fully’ credible, less than the regional average.
Dozens of coastal villages were flooded as embankments were washed away or damaged by storm surges. At least four people died.
Search teams picked through wreckage left by tornado-spawning thunderstorms that swept the US Southern Plains and Ozarks.
Excessive heat is expected in South Texas, where the heat index was forecast to approach 49 degrees Celsius in some spots during the weekend.
The discussions, which will take place in California, will concentrate on industrial decarbonisation, carbon markets and clean energy deployment.
The acquisition ‘vertically integrates the energy supplier and key end-user’, Hans Energy CEO Yang Dong says, adding that its ‘strategic development of the hydrogen industry’ aligns with Citybus’s net-zero emissions goal.
Drainage Services Department reveals smart sensors to collect data from stormwater drain manholes and robots to aid in underground pipeline inspections.
Sustainable changes in farm practices could sequester nearly 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide globally a year, Swiss company says.
Chinese tech behemoth to fund technologies that prevent carbon dioxide emissions and suck the greenhouse gas from the atmosphere.
Growing scepticism and a lack of trust in the performance of ESG investments are the ‘top barrier’ for Asian investors, according to a study by AXA Investment Managers.
The Post talks to experts about different types of turbulence, how often flights are seriously affected and how passengers can protect themselves from harm.
Unexpected heavy turbulence is not only a threat to passengers and crew, but also to the long-term safety of planes carrying them, according to researchers who say this phenomenon is on the rise.