What has led Bangladesh to its current energy crisis?
The unprecedented long period of high energy prices and supply shortage are exerting tremendous pressure on all economies.
Environment
HCM City aiming at turning 80 percent of waste into power by 2025
However, authorities claim that despite transforming into business or cooperative, individual collection teams still maintain their separate operations at inconsistent times.
Bangladeshi capital’s air turns “unhealthy” after being moderate for 4 days
Dhaka, with an Air Quality Index score of 113 on July 5, ranked 14th in the list of world cities with worst air quality, with the cities of Johannesburg, Lahore, and Riyadh took…
Eco-friendly wooden building draws attention at university in Tokyo
The building is designed to attract the attention of people passing by, and is made of domestically sourced cedar and larch.
Gaetbeol, the Korean tidal flats and sustainable seafood dining
The gaetbeol are a complex muddy and sandy environment submerged in the water at high tide and exposed at low tide, providing life-sustaining conditions for a healthy food chain…
Island nation’s landmark legal challenge on climate change
Initiatives such as Vanuatu’s seek to hold polluting governments and companies around the world to account.
Amid Covid-19, energy prices, Vietnam’s road to net-zero is bumpy but hopeful
According to an expert, Vietnam’s economy can be rebuilt more effectively based on a green, sustainable basis through post-pandemic recovery policy interventions.
G-20 environment ministers to issue joint communiqué pushing climate action
The working group previously met for its first session in Yogyakarta in March, and will conclude at the G-20 Environment Ministers’ Meeting in Bali in August.
Jakarta’s air pollution becomes political football
With a recorded Air Quality Index of 188, Jakarta was 12 points shy from having a “very unhealthy” atmosphere.
Police preparing for possible Mt. Fuji eruption
The National Police Agency estimates that some 36,000 police officers will need to be mobilized for conducting rescue activities and guiding evacuees if an eruption occurs.