Tag: Climate
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Young leaders advancing potential climate solutions could win $1 million grants
Youth-led climate groups are getting a $25 million injection from a philanthropic collaborative that hopes other funders will follow their lead in supporting solutions created by ... -
SMG forecasts high temperatures in spring
The Meteorological and Geophysical Services (SMG) have provided forecasts for the upcoming spring season, indicating that the average air temperature in Macau from March to May ... -
Nearly 250 million children missed school last year because of extreme weather: UNICEF
At least 242 million children in 85 countries had their schooling interrupted last year because of heatwaves, cyclones, flooding and other extreme weather, the United Nations ... -
Climate pact withdrawal breaks trust in US
This year will see countries finalize their national plans to meet their emissions reduction targets by 2035, the focus of this November’s COP30 global climate talks ... -
Biggest name world leaders missing at UN climate talks, but others try to fill the void
World leaders are converging yesterday at the United Nations annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan although the big names and powerful countries are noticeably absent, unlike ... -
Asia needs to spend much more to adapt to climate change and limit its damage, bank study says
Countries in Asia will suffer worse damage from the climate crisis than other regions and are falling far behind in spending on improvements to limit the ... -
City braces for potential cyclone and more storms
The director of the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), Leong Weng Kun, has issued a cautionary statement regarding the heightened likelihood of a tropical cyclone forming ... -
Why the COP28 climate summit mattered, and what to watch for in 2024
Reading down the lengthy final agreement of the COP28 United Nations climate conference held in December 2023, you’ll go a long way before finding a strong, ... -
Delegates at UN climate talks in Dubai agree to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels
United Nations climate negotiators directed the world yesterday to transition away from planet-warming fossil fuels in a move the talks chief called historic, despite critics’ worries ... -
Earth is running a fever UN climate talks are focusing on the contagious effect on human health
With Planet Earth running a fever, U.N. climate talks focused yesterday on the contagious effects on human health. Under a brown haze over Dubai, the COP28 ... -
Vietnam’s plan for spending $15.5 billion for its clean energy transition to be announced at COP28
A plan for how Vietnam will spend $15.5 billion to transition to cleaner energy has been finalized and will be announced at the COP28 climate conference, ... -
Skyscraper-studded Dubai has flourished during regional crises. Could it benefit from hosting COP28?
In a city known for its excesses, whether reaching toward the sky with the world’s tallest building or hard partying at its beach resorts and bars, ... -
Six young activists devote years to climate fight, now comes their day in court
Sofia Oliveira was 12 years old when catastrophic wildfires in central Portugal killed more than 100 people in 2017. She “felt it was now or never ... -
UAE announces plans to invest $54B in energy and triple renewable sources
The United Arab Emirates plans to triple its supply of renewable energy and invest up to $54 billion over the next seven years to meet its ... -
Projections indicate Swiss approve climate bill as Alpine nation’s glaciers succumb to warming
A majority of Swiss citizens yesterday voted in favor of a bill aimed at introducing new climate measures to sharply curb the rich Alpine nation’s greenhouse ... -
Pakistani premier promises compensation for flood victims
Pakistan’s prime minister yesterday promised the country’s homeless people that the government will ensure they are paid to rebuild and return to their lives after the ... -
Tokyo warned of power crunch as Japan endures heat wave
People in Tokyo are sweating it out as the government warns of possible power shortages and urges greater efforts to conserve energy while Japan endures unseasonably ... -
Mean air temperature relatively high in 2021
The annual mean air temperature in Macau in 2021 was relatively high, at 23.5 degrees Celsius, up by 0.2 degrees year-on-year and 0.7 ºdegrees above the climatological norm for ... -
Climate change: Let’s keep the Spirit of Paris alive!
By Alexandre Giorgini, Consul-General of France in Hong Kong and Macau Five years ago in France, for the first time in history, the world’s nations came ...
