This derivative regional analysis covers the East Asian region consisting of China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. While the Climate Vulnerability Monitor 3rd Edition (Climate Vulnerable Forum & V20 2022) provides a global overview of climate vulnerability with national-level data, the emphasis of this …
The majority of the world’s major cities have disclosed that climate change presents a physical risk to the businesses operating in their cities. This real and current threat is driving local governments to take concrete action in response, so finds Protecting our Capital.
Cities from Sao Paulo to Hong Kong say climate change threatens their economies, and most are taking measures to protect business, according to a report today from the Carbon Disclosure Project. About 76 percent of 207 cities surveyed by the non-profit group said that extreme weather and other effects of …
China should establish emissions inventories for all major port cities as soon as possible to detail pollutants from ships and ports, experts have suggested. They say these pollutants may account for as much as 20 percent of the cities' airborne pollutants and have also called for the diesel fuel standard …
A man takes a photograph standing in front of a structure covered with an image of the Hong Kong island skyline at the waterfront in the Tsim Sha Tsui area on Aug. 22, 2013. United Nations carbon regulators will consider new rules next month to make it easier for China …
Typhoons, cyclones and hurricanes worldwide are shifting out of the tropics and more toward the poles and generally larger populations, likely because of global warming, a new study finds. Atlantic hurricanes, however, don’t follow this trend. While other studies have looked at the storms’ strength and frequency, this is the …
Hong Kong on Thursday began destroying nearly 30 tonnes of ivory seized from smugglers, in the world's largest such operation that marks a significant step in combating the illegal trade in elephant tusks. The operation, which involves incinerating a stockpile seized since 2003, comes after a government committee on endangered …
Rain doused Hong Kong yesterday, causing street flooding and prompting the weather bureau to raise a black storm warning, the second time the highest alert has been triggered this year. The black storm alert was in effect from 10:30 p.m. to 11:40 p.m. local time yesterday, according to the Hong …
China is set to beat its 2020 targets for nuclear power, the chairman of the country's top nuclear firm told Reuters, after getting back on track with projects that had been halted after Japan's Fukushima disaster. Beijing is undertaking the world's biggest expansion of civilian nuclear power as the government …
Hong Kong’s Air Quality Health Index recorded ‘very high’ health risk at one of the three roadside-monitoring stations, according to data from the Environmental Protection Department. The index was 8 on a scale of 1 to 10+ in Central and Causeway Bay and 7 or “high” in Causeway Bay as …
A cull of 20,000 chickens was under way in Hong Kong today after the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus was found in poultry imported from mainland China, days before Lunar New Year. Fears over avian flu have grown following the deaths of two men from the H7N9 strain in Hong …
Hong Kong’s Air Pollution Index was “very high” at two of the city’s roadside-monitoring stations, according to data from the Environmental Protection Department’s website. The index was 103 in the Central business district and 109 in Causeway Bay as of 9 a.m. local time. A reading of more than 100 …
Nitrogen dioxide readings jumped in Hong Kong at two roadside pollution monitoring stations, reaching concentrations at which it becomes a toxic gas. The reading in the downtown district of Central was 231.8 micrograms per cubic meter at 3 p.m. local time, data from the Environmental Protection Department show. The gas …
Predicted sea-level rises threaten many of the world's most important cities, write Alison Kemper and Roger Martin We owe much of our prosperity to oceans. As UK readers know best, easy access to the sea allows economies to trade and to grow. Shanghai, New York, Hong Kong, London, Sydney, Mumbai, …
Thousands of residents at Hazaribagh in the city are facing severe sufferings due to unhygienic environment because of hundreds of toxic chemical shops there. The chemicals, imported from Germany, Spain, Hong Kong, Italy, China, Argentina and Brazil, are used for processing of rawhides, this correspondent was informed while visiting the …
Hong Kong will offer HK$12 billion ($1.5 billion) in subsidies to replace old diesel vehicles, a 20 percent increase from an initial proposal, to clean up its smoggy streets. The increase from HK$10 billion for vehicle owners was made after consultation with the industry, Christine Loh, the city’s undersecretary for …
Hong Kong will offer HK$12 billion ($1.5 billion) in subsidies to replace old diesel vehicles, a 20 percent increase from an initial proposal, to clean up its smoggy streets. The increase from HK$10 billion for vehicle owners was made after consultation with the industry, Christine Loh, the city’s undersecretary for …
Hong Kong’s Air Pollution Index reached 189 in Central, the highest reading since April, and recorded a “very high” reading at all three of the city’s roadside-monitoring stations, according to the Environmental Protection Department. The index was 155 in Causeway Bay and 116 in Mong Kok as of 9 a.m. …
Standing in his flatbed truck, Marc Goss touches "take off" on his iPad 3 and a $300 AR Drone whirs into the air as his latest weapon to fight elephant poachers around Kenya's Maasai Mara National Reserve. "It's an arms race," said Goss, whose green khaki clothing shields him from …
Hong Kong’s Air Pollution Index was “very high” at two of the city’s roadside-monitoring stations, according to data from the Environmental Protection Department’s website. The index was 124 in Causeway Bay and 119 at the Mong Kok station as of 8 a.m. local time. A reading of more than 100 …
A powerful typhoon hit Hong Kong and the southern China coast on Monday, killing at least 20 people on the mainland, crippling power lines and causing flooding and gale force winds. Typhoon Usagi, the strongest storm to hit the Western Pacific this year, began pounding the Asian financial center late …
