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Latest news and updates about issues impacting the global environment, including climate change, recycling, pollution and sustainable living.
Elevate your outdoors: create an alfresco oasis with multifunctional spaces, durable materials and biophilic design from brands like Soho Home, Soho House’s homeware brand. Photo: Handout
Architecture and design

How to create a private outdoor paradise right at home this summer

Let nature be the inspiration, whether you’re landscaping or introducing elemental features like fire or water, to create an outside hideaway with help from names like RH and frenchCALIFORNIA.

Extreme weather

8 dead in Europe heatwave, as early summer temperatures hit records

Hong Kong environmental issues

Hong Kong’s South Lantau ecotourism plans could harm environment: green groups

France

France shuts schools, top of Eiffel Tower, as heatwave grips Europe

The extreme heat increased the risk of field fires as farmers in France, the EU’s largest grain producer, begin harvesting this year’s crop.

The sun rises by the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
Japan

Japan’s hottest June on record sparks climate concerns

The unprecedented temperatures underscore a worrying global trend of extreme weather events and long-term climate shifts.

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France

50,000 evacuated from wildfires in Turkey as Europe battles heatwave: ‘it’s awful’

Meanwhile, Spain was on course for the hottest June on record, as health alerts were issued across the continent.

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Malaysia

Soft soil caused Malaysia’s huge gas pipeline fire: authorities

A high-level special committee will be formed to ensure sufficient measures are in place to prevent the incident from recurring.

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An aerial drone photo of the gas pipeline fire in Malaysia on April 1. Photo: Xinhua
Science

China steps up deep-sea science role with UN-backed oceans exploration project

Ocean Decade endorsement for Chinese-led initiative ‘reflects’ increasing leadership role in specialised marine field.

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War and conflict

Opinion | US attack on Iran shakes East Asia’s faith in non-proliferation norms

Amid the bombing of Iran, the region finds itself navigating a contested, multipolar nuclear order fraught with instability.

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Indonesia

Indonesia’s US$5.9 bn battery project sparks environmental concerns

The world’s largest nickel producer is trying to capitalise on its vast reserves, with a 2020 export ban spurring a domestic industrial boom.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto holding one of the EV battery products during the inauguration of Southeast Asia’s largest battery industry project in Karawang, West Java, Indonesia, on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Trail running and hiking

Students swim, hike and clean their way across Hong Kong as part of youth award

Malvern College group tackles 40km section of Argyle Ross Trail, clearing beaches of plastic waste as they go.

Students from Malvern College Hong Kong cleared beaches in the New Territories of plastic waste. Photo: Handout
Indonesia

The rat in the room: understanding Indonesia’s hantavirus cases

Medical experts say there is no cause for alarm as the 8 reported cases of a disease linked to the virus happened at a local level.

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Hong Kong environmental issues

Opinion | No better time than a property slump to ‘future-proof’ urban Hong Kong

Genuine consultation, better communication, and policy with targets and teeth – like Singapore’s – are needed to ensure city’s sustainability.

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Pacific nations

The future of climate migration? Tuvalu’s people seek a new home in Australia

About 3,125 Tuvaluans have entered the ballot for a climate visa to live in Australia, but analysts warn of brain drain.

The serpentine coastline of Funafuti Atoll of Tuvalu. Scientists have warned Tuvalu is likely to have only 80 years before it becomes uninhabitable. Photo: AFP
Consumers

Letters | Labubu is cute, collectible and oh so carbon-heavy

Readers discuss how the toy craze is adding to the world’s plastic waste problem, healthcare legislation, and the Strait of Hormuz.

People look at Labubu toys at a Pop Mart pop-up store in Bangkok on May 6. Photo: AFP
Pacific nations

A drop in the ocean? Pacific nations tap local know-how for marine conservation

Among the measures being taken are a ban on fishing and mining activities in vast marine protected areas.

Brazil

Chinese energy firms say Brazil must clarify rules or face loss of investments

Energy Summit panellists say that Brasília needs to act quickly on framework for energy storage and long-term concessions.

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Science

China-led study proposes global green-energy network to solve power crisis

Researchers evaluate global solar-wind potential to develop a phased pathway to a fully coordinated system by the 2050s.

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China’s technological capabilities are likely to shape a global energy system, according to scientists studying the possibilities and logistics of a global network. Photo: AFP
Indonesia

‘No, thank you’: is Indonesia set to follow Hong Kong with its own tiny homes?

Housing authorities are mulling reducing the floor space for affordable homes to a mere 18 square metres (194 sq ft).

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South China Sea

Opinion | How data-sharing can help defuse South China Sea tensions

A project to share maritime information could contribute to turning the region from a geopolitical flashpoint into a model for preventive diplomacy.

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Climate change

Asia is heating up at double the global rate amid climate crisis, UN warns

Asia’s vast land mass is intensifying extreme heatwaves as its sea surface warms at twice the global average, a new UN report reveals.

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A man in Jammu, India, bathes from a roadside water tap on June 15 to cool himself off on a hot summer day. Photo: AP
Banking & finance

Open Questions | Veteran banker Jin Liqun on leading AIIB during its formative first 10 years

With his tenure as Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank president drawing to a close, the financier surveys the landscape for multilateral development.

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Hong Kong science and tech

2 Hong Kong pilot schemes testing drones for landslide prevention operations

Drones are being used to help the Geotechnical Engineering Office with its work, including inspecting landslide sites and monitoring hillsides.

Middle East

Iraq’s Dukan reservoir drops to 20-year low, forcing rationing

Dwindling rains and damming upstream by Iran and Turkey have forced strict water rationing for 4 million Iraqis.

Japan

Japan on alert against scorching temperatures after 4 die of heatstroke

Meteorological agency issues precautions against early heatwave, as experts warn temperatures this year are likely to be ‘above normal’.

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People walk amid scorching heat in Tokyo’s Ginza district on Tuesday. The Japan Meteorological Agency has warned people to take precautions against an early heatwave that has enveloped the nation. Photo: Kyodo
Japan

Japan plans to expand nuclear risk payouts for towns, critics call it a ‘bribe’

The proposal would expand subsidies to towns within a 30km radius of nuclear facilities, up from the current 10km.

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Tepco’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Japan’s Fukushima prefecture. Photo: AFP
Science

China to lead global space weather monitoring and warning network

Latest agreements add to country’s initiative in long-term surveillance system to protect communications, power grids.

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Climate change

‘Crunch time’ for climate as scientists issue urgent global warning

Scientists warn key climate indicators in uncharted territory, 1.5-degree ‘carbon budget’ nearly exhausted.

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