Tires made with tomato, sugar cane hit the road as manufacturers eye environment
The automobile tire market reached $144.7 billion in 2021 and is expected to continue growing at a yearly average of 4 per cent from 2022 to 2030.
Environment
COP27: A stark reminder to protect the poor in climate battle
In this year alone, extreme meteorological and climate events have claimed more than 200 lives and injured over 800 and displaced over 3 million others.
Urgent funds needed to tackle climate crisis in Asia
Governments and the providers of climate finance must urgently ensure that scaled-up and grant-based adaptation finance reaches vulnerable communities at the local level to…
Makassar, Banjarmasin, Batam experience most ‘climate shifts’: Report
The report also noted that areas that experienced high levels of shifts tended to be locations close to the equator and the coasts.
Indonesia introduces three baby-step methods to axe coal plants
The current backbone of the country’s power generation – the long-remaining lifespan of coal plants – is the key hurdle to reach net-zero emissions goal.
Development of sheet-coating technologies underway for cars and motorcycles
Mazda Motors has estimated that introducing the new technology will help reduce CO2 emissions by more than 50 per cent from the current level.
Tropical storm Nalgae deaths rise to 101; over 2 million affected in Philippines
So far, 158 cities and towns have declared a state of calamity. with an estimated P1.174 million damage to agriculture over the country.
1 in 5 Bangladesh children in poverty, at climate risk: Report
The 11.1 million children are among the almost 350 million children across Asia, who are gripped by both grinding poverty and climate disaster.
68 hurt as another earthquake hits Northern Luzon
Initial reports showed that about 100 houses in Abra and Ilocos Norte were damaged by the quake.
Japan woman turns plastic waste into press-on fingernails
While participating in a beach cleanup, 40-year-old Arimoto noticed myriad pieces of plastic waste scattered across the sand and was struck by the idea.