Sluggish demand growth for liquefied natural gas (LNG), combined with a record increase in global export capacity through 2028, will likely thrust markets into an extended period of oversupply, according to the latest Global LNG Outlook from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). As major importing regions—including …
Commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma has assured his South Korean counterpart Yoon Sang-jick that India is expediting clearance to the $12 billion Posco project in Odisha, the largest foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country so far. South Korean steel major Posco was last week given environmental clearance for …
Cities are choking because of their own construction and demolition (C&D) waste with serious environmental consequences warned the sustainable building experts at the conference organised by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) & Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA). While construction necessitates enormous amount of construction material that accounts for about …
BEIJING: China, Japan and South Korea on Sunday agreed to jointly combat air pollution, a common challenge to East Asia, to boost sustainable development for greater ecological improvement. At the end of a two-day summit in Xianghe, a county about one hour's drive east of Beijing, representatives from the three …
A top U.S. Federal Reserve official on Monday suggested that farmers consider a path toward internationally accepted standards for genetically modified crops, following rejections of U.S. corn shipments by China. Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher told a gathering of farmers in Chicago that it was important that the …
The Green Climate Fund, designed as the United Nations' most important funding body in the battle on climate change in developing nations, launched its headquarters on Wednesday in South Korea, but uncertainty over finances clouded the event. The launch was largely symbolic, as the Fund, set up by developed nations …
Following is a list of some of the assistance offered to the Philippines from around the world after a devastating typhoon hit the center of the country last weekend. - THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT MOVEMENT is appealing for 87 million Swiss francs ($94.6 million) to provide 100,000 …
Indonesia, one of the world's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, is planning to launch a voluntary carbon trading scheme that could link to other countries if successful, a senior government official said on Tuesday. The South East Asian nation is lining up carbon trading as one of several policies to …
As elsewhere, in South Korea electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are marketed, in part, as a smoking cessation aid. We assessed the prevalence of e-cigarette use among Korean adolescents and the relationship between e-cigarette use and current (past 30-day) smoking, cigarettes/day, attempts to quit conventional cigarettes, and ceasing to use cigarettes.
The United States called on Tuesday for a more flexible approach to a new United Nations' climate deal which balances the needs of all countries and has a better chance of success. Two years ago, some 190 countries agreed to develop a pact to succeed the Kyoto Protocol which would …
Asia-Pacific countries face serious challenges from ‘lifestyle’ diseases and ageing populations even as they overcome more traditional illnesses, the World Health Organisation’s regional director said Monday. Western Pacific WHO director Shin Young-soo said such ailments, often arising from a change in diets and less exercise, were sharply rising in Asian …
Simulations from six global climate models participating in Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5 are used to project future changes in regional early spring (February–April) temperature and in cherry (Prunus yedoensis) first-flowering date (FFD) over South Korea in order to investigate a potential plant growth response to local climate change. For …
Climate change will lead to more flooding and drought in East Asia and could chop 5.3 percent off annual gross domestic product by the year 2100 if measures aren’t adopted to tackle it, according to the Asian Development Bank. Rising temperatures in China, Japan, Mongolia and South Korea will spur …
South Korea should reduce its reliance on nuclear power in view of public discontent with corruption in the industry and Japan's difficulty tackling the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster, a group weighing up the problem said on Sunday. The Energy Ministry published the findings of a study group of 60 …
—$200,000 has been denoted to Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) by Republic of Korea for rehabilitation of Balochistan earthquake victims. On Wednesday, Korean ambassador to Pakistan Dr Song Jong-Hwan presented the cheque of US $ 200,000 to PRCS Chairman Major General (Retd) Ch Muhammad Nawaz Khan at the PRCS National …
This regional study includes the People’s Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Mongolia and examines how strategies for adapting to climate change up to 2050 can be combined with measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in East Asia. Besides discussing climate model results for costs of adaptation …
Scientists of Korea and Bangladesh are working jointly under a project to develop modern farm machinery and research capacity along with a cold-tolerant rice variety, said a press release issued by the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) yesterday. The BRRI has already been provided with a number of facilities for …
Posco contended that forest clearance for its project was granted in 2009 while it has been challenged in 2013 South Korean major Posco today claimed before National Green Tribunal that a plea challenging the forest clearance to its Rs 51,000-crore mega steel project in Odisha was not maintainable as it …
Climate change increasingly threatens the health of our planet and the stability of our economies at the local, regional and global levels. Many countries are already suffering from climate impacts—severe water shortages, intense droughts and wildfires, and record-breaking floods, along with disappearances of indigenous species and outbreaks of invasive ones. …
Sri Lanka and South Korea yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to have more closer cooperation in the field of environment and water management fields. The agreement was signed by Korea's Deputy Environment Minister Baek Gyuseok and Water Supply and Drainage Deputy Minister Nirupama Rajapaksa in the presence of Water …
The Korean Government will provide $3.0 million support to Bangladesh to improve its poor people's access to food in the disaster-prone regions. The fund, to be disbursed under a three-year project titled "KOICA-WFP Food for New Village (FFNV)", commenced this year, will also enable the poor to take advantage of …
