Chinese museums place sustainability in the spotlight
Museums worldwide have attached greater importance to sustainability in the past two years.
Environment
G7 leaders seek to decarbonise existing cars
“It’s a fragile agreement, like glasswork,” a senior official of Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry said. “It requires careful handling.”
Call for uniform air quality indicator in Asean ahead of transboundary talks
This comes as Singapore gets ready to host talks with Asean members in June to develop a second road map for transboundary haze cooperation.
Next five years set to be hottest period ever: UN
Global temperatures are poised to exceed the more ambitious target set out in the Paris climate accords, with a two-thirds chance that one of the next five years will do so, said…
Some 100 rare fish released into Mekong
30 Mekong giant barbs and 70 striped catfish, both rare and listed as endangered species of fish, were released and expected to increase fish stocks.
No plans to declare emergency yet despite heatwave: Malaysia government
Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid said the present weather conditions would last until September, with temperatures expected to soar above 40°C in August.
Alert level raised after 4.5 magnitude quake hit East Sea
It was the 22nd-strongest quake ever detected on or around the Korean Peninsula.
Bear suspected to have attacked angler in Hokkaido; human head found on banks of lake
In Japan, the number of bear encounters have soared to over 20,000 in 2020, the latest year for which figures are available.
Cambodia rolls out UN-linked five-year green economy plan
The government approved the plan in a move towards economic development with due consideration for sustainability.
Malaysia’s states must learn to share water: Water commission chairman
He noted that while dams were drying in some states, most of Perak’s dams were full to the point of being at above normal capacity despite the current dry weather.