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Current crisis could spur countries to invest in nuclear energy: IEA economist

Belgium, for instance, reversed a decision to phase out nuclear energy by 2025 and extended the life of two reactors for another decade after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

  • Published: May 19, 20221:20 pm
  • Author Ang Qing and Cheryl Tan
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World’s oceans at most acidic level in 26,000 years, climate report warns

The report follows the latest UN climate assessment, which warned that humanity must drastically cut its greenhouse gas emissions or face increasingly catastrophic changes to the…

  • Published: May 19, 20229:06 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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Time to stop the decline of the ocean’s health

Among other harmful threats, plastic waste is choking the ocean, and if we continue on our current track, more than half of the world’s marine species may become extinction by…

  • Published: May 18, 20226:55 am
  • Author Peter Thomson
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Provincial board lifts ban on open pit mining in South Cotabato

The lifting of the ban would potentially unlock the resources of Southeast Asia’s largest untapped copper-gold minefield.

  • Published: May 17, 202212:53 pm
  • Author May
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In East Java, climate change takes a bite out of apple crops

The unseasonal non-stop rains in the area have been upsetting the flowering season, damaging blossoms, and shrinking harvests, destroying the crops of many apple growers.

  • Published: May 17, 202212:50 pm
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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True water security calls for our protection of ‘invisible’ water

Closer to home, almost 10 percent of Indonesia is expected to experience a water crisis by 2045, with Java already feeling the effects of a water shortage as the nation…

  • Published: March 21, 20221:38 pm
  • Author Pia Yasuko Rask
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Amid NFT boom, artists worry about climate costs

Most NFTs are currently traded on a platform on a called Ethereum. Ethereum is estimated to use as much electricity as all of the Netherlands, with a carbon footprint comparable…

  • Published: March 15, 20227:54 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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Climate change a matter of political will

The writer says the politicians’ lack of ownership of the climate issue as a political one has impacted Nepal's ability to hold emitter countries responsible for their actions.

  • Published: March 15, 20227:53 am
  • Author Aakriti Ghimire
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South-east Asia among regions hardest hit by climate change: IPCC report

The report also said that if global warming continues, the impact of climate change could be more severe with irreversible results.

  • Published: March 1, 202211:33 am
  • Author Cheryl Tan
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Global plastic disposal nearly doubled over 19 years: OECD report

According to the report, worldwide plastic production also increased from 234 million tons in 2000 to 460 million tons in 2019.

  • Published: February 28, 20229:00 am
  • Author The Japan News

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