Philippine government expert urges adoption of small nuclear reactors
Carlo Arcilla, director of the Department of Science and Technology, said the advanced nuclear reactors could provide the country with continuous energy with zero pollution.
Global Warming
Landslides in S’pore spiked in 2021, highest in past five years due to heavy rain
Torrential downpours caused slopes to collapse in multiple parts of the island last year, felling trees and scarring infrastructure, even though there were no injuries reported.
Natural disasters to be more fierce and unpredictable in 2022
Natural disasters in Vietnam have killed 35 people, injured 15, and caused a total loss of VND483 billion in the month of May alone.
Burning need to safeguard the planet
Climate change is the result of an ever-increasing demand for energy, states Sunita Narain, director-general of the New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment.
Observatory: Hong Kong’s May much cooler than usual
With a stronger than normal northeast monsoon affecting southern China, the city's monthly mean temperature was 25.0 degrees Celsius, 1.3 degrees below than normal.
Green power: How Indonesia plans to cut its carbon footprint
At COP26 last month, Indonesia pledged to reduce its carbon footprint. As G-20 host next year, it has made sustainable development a key focus.
Sustainable palm oil: Market leakage remains a challenge
Home to the world's third-largest tropical forests, Indonesia is also the biggest producer of palm oil, an industry heavily scrutinized by environmentalists.
We can’t even water livestock of 4 households now: Mongolian herders
In a peaceful demonstration against unregulated mining licenses, the herders submitted 9 demands to restore their "rights to live in a healthy and safe environment”.
Millions may face severe hunger following worst drought in Horn of Africa: UN
Drought has combined with a global rise in food and fuel prices, pushed up by war in Ukraine, to impact millions of people across the continent.
Hanoi, northern provinces forecast to have hail, floods after record rainfall
With this year’s weather developments, the North will see more rain than the average for many years in the future, predict meteorologists.