Asia must ramp up wind and solar power to keep global warming under 1.5 degrees

To meet the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), nine major Asian economies must increase the share of electricity they get

Drought and mismanagement have left a French island parched

Drop by disappearing drop, water is an ever more precious resource on Mayotte, the poorest place in the European Union. Taps flow just one day out of

City sets new record for highest October temperature

Macau sweltered through its hottest October on Oct. 4, reaching 35.2 degrees Celsius, which was attributed to Typhoon Koinu, with the city entering autumn in September.

Africa Climate Summit links ‘unfair’ debt burden with calls to make continent’s green assets pay off

Climate change is “relentlessly eating away” at Africa’s economic progress and it’s time to have a global conversation about a carbon tax on polluters, Kenya’s president declared yesterday

Governments are gathering to talk about the Amazon rainforest. Why is it so important to protect?

The Amazon rainforest is a massive area, twice the size of India and sprawling across eight countries and one territory. It’s a crucial carbon sink for

As summer breezes fade, sweltering Europeans give air con a skeptical embrace

During Europe’s heat wave last month, Floriana Peroni’s vintage clothing store had to close for a week. A truck of rented generators blocked her door as

Climate change made July hotter for 4 of 5 humans on Earth, scientists find

Human-caused  More than 6.5 billion people, or 81% of the world’s population, sweated through at least one day where climate change had a significant effect on the average daily

Study finds fingerprints on July heat waves in Europe, China and America

The fingerprints of climate change are all over the intense heat waves gripping the globe this month, a new study finds. Researchers say the deadly hot

Climate change leads to growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases, EU agency says

European Union officials warned yesterday there is a growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases such as dengue and chikungunya in Europe due to climate change.

Fishing regulators need more transparency, ocean groups say

Some regional fisheries management organizations that were set up by the United Nations to measure and conserve fish populations — but are difficult to hold to

Policy, climate, war make 2022 ‘pivot year’ for clean energy

For renewable energy companies in India, it's a good time to be in business. One of India's largest renewable energy firms, Renew Power, will be among the corporations big and small

Samsung sets goal to attain 100% clean energy by 2050

Samsung Electronics is shifting away from fossil fuels and aiming to entirely power its global operations with clean electricity by 2050, a challenging goal that

Its largest lake is so dry, China digs deep to water crops

  With China’s biggest freshwater lake reduced to just 25% of its usual size by a severe drought, work crews are digging trenches to keep water flowing

China fights brush fires, extends power rationing in drought

Brush fires have forced the evacuation of more than 1,500 people in southwest China and power rationing for factories has reportedly been extended as weeks of record

Air quality in PRD region worsened in 2021, indicators show

Air quality in the group of cities comprising the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region have been mixed during 2021, with some indicators showing improvements while

Breaking News | ‘Nowhere to run’: UN report says global warming nears limits

Earth's climate is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a

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 together in a

CLIMATE CHANGE | Mainland surpasses EU in per-capita pollution for first time

The findings led by scientists at two British universities show the scale of the challenge of reining in emissions damaging the climate. They estimate that humans already have spewed into

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