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 …
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 …
Hong Kong’s Air Pollution Index was “very high” at all three of the city’s roadside-monitoring stations, according to data from the Environmental Protection Department’s website. The index was 122 in the Central business district and 119 in Causeway Bay as of 7 a.m. local time. The reading in Mong Kok …
So beloved are Hong Kong’s red taxis that they’ve inspired t-shirts, art installations, and even recycled watches. But along with minibuses, the city’s taxis are responsible for up to 40% of certain kinds of roadside air pollution, says the government. That makes the city’s fleet of 18,000 liquefied petroleum gas-powered …
This study explores the complex process of transit and land-use integration in rapidly growing cities in developing countries. It first identifies barriers to and opportunities for effective coordination of the transport infrastructure and urban development. It then recommends a set of policies and implementation measures for overcoming these barriers and …
Hong Kong residents breathed in the worst air of 2013 on Monday, joining citizens in mainland China who have been choking on dangerously high pollution levels, and further undermining the city's role as an Asian financial centre, Air pollution index readings hit their highest levels this year at roadside monitoring …
A strain of bird flu that has been found in humans for the first time in eastern China is not a cause for panic, the World Health Organization said on Monday, as the number of people infected rose to 21, with six deaths. The WHO praised China for mobilising resources …
A decade after severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, swept through Hong Kong and then around the world, the city is among the first to become worried about the emergence and spread of another, genetically related virus in the Middle East. Medical researchers emphasize that they do not know if …
An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted Philippine Islands region at 15:25:23 GMT on Saturday (23:25:23 Hong Kong Time), the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 57.60 km, was initially determined to be at 5.9090 degrees north latitude and 127.3748 degrees east longitude.
Residents of the Indian capital, who thought they had conquered air pollution a decade ago, are once again choking on exhaust fumes and dust and New Delhi has regained its status as one of the world’s dirtiest cities, according to environmental campaigners and official air quality data. Scientists have sounded …
Mumbai has the dirtiest streets in the world, is the worst city for commute, its taxi drivers are not friendly, and most importantly, it is not just women, even tourists who visit the metropolis do not feel very safe here. India's financial capital was handed the damning report card by …
Bangladeshi capital Dhaka has topped a global list of cities facing the highest climate change risks in the coming decades, while Indian metropolis Kolkata is ranked seventh, Mumbai eighth and Delhi at 20th. Manila, the capital city of The Philippines, was ranked second in the British risk consultancy Maplecroft’s fifth …
Dhaka has been ranked the top city in the world to face the highest climate change risks in the coming years. The Bangladesh capital came top in the ranking of 50 cities by Maplecroft, a British firm specialising in risk analysis, as the changing temperatures and weather systems are forecast …
Multinational companies operating in the Asian growth economies will be exposed to spiralling environmental risks over the coming decades, according to Maplecroft’s 5th annual Climate Change and Environmental Risk Atlas , which identifies Dhaka, Manila, Bangkok, Yangon, Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City and Kolkata as the cities facing the most …
Malaysia is currently building the world's most advanced low-carbon mega-city comparable in size to the area of Luxembourg, with an expected population of 3 million by 2025. Iskandar Malaysia, the first "smart metropolis" of Southeast Asia founded on principles of social integration as well as low carbon emissions thanks to …
China cut its energy usage by 2.01 percent last year to 0.79 tons of standard coal equivalent for every 10,000 yuan ($1,570) of China's GDP, according to government data issued Thursday. Beijing posted the greatest decline, dropping its energy use by 6.94 percent to 0.45 tons of standard coal equivalent …
A snowy winter scene isn’t exactly standard summer fare, but that’s the sight that greeted beach-goers in Hong Kong over the weekend. Millions of tiny white plastic pellets have been washing up on the city’s shores for the past two weeks, since the city was struck by the worst typhoon …
Hong Kong has urged people to stay indoors as the city chokes under the worst cloud of man-made air pollution the city has recorded, officials say. Air pollutant readings on Thursday broke records going back to 1999, except for levels reached when a natural dust storm hit the southern Chinese …
Hong Kong-based CLP Holdings (formerly known as China Light & Power) chose to come to India at an unexpected time: when power company Enron's failure and collapse was making headlines around the world, and Enron's Dabhol Power Company — which was to be a showcase of foreign direct investment (FDI) …
As Hong Kong strives to consolidate its reputation as a financial hub and major offshore conduit for China's wealth, the smog that often envelops its skyscrapers exacts a heavy cost on its pro-business credentials and competitiveness. Business and green groups say outgoing chief executive Donald Tsang has failed to address …
Water flowing through Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions is safe to drink despite the increasing number of environmental incidents on the Pearl River in recent years, the river's monitor agency said. There has been a string of environmental scandals across the country in recent years in the wake …
