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Supporters of the Friday for Future climate movements took to the streets ahead of the European elections. Demonstrators emphasised the role of the European Union in climate protection in climate marches in Berlin and Amsterdam. It is now about fighting for democracy and for the climate, some of them said. According to the ‘Fridays for Future organisation, more than 13,000 people demonstrated in the German capital. In Amsterdam, thousands took to the streets to demand large companies stop financing projects that damage nature, people and the environment. “I think it’s particularly important th...
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After his friend Rosa was swept away, 14-year-old Benjamin Van Bunderen Robberechts sat watching the treetops sway left to right outside the window. He slouched in the chair because if he sat up, he could still see the raging stream that had taken her as they tried to reach their campsite base in Marcourt, Belgium. “I thought then this is a moment I’m going to remember for the rest of my life,” he says. “I could hear the water and I could see the flashes of sirens through the window - police, ambulance, fire. But I was just sitting there looking at the trees.” Rosa Reichel, 15, was one of more...
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Hong Kong may send part of its waste mountain to the Greater Bay Area under a proposal now being discussed, a senior official has said after the government delayed a waste charging scheme for a third time. Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan said that in order to achieve its goal of shutting down all landfill sites by 2035, Hong Kong had been speeding up development of waste incinerators. However, the official told Metro Radio on Wednesday the city might not be capable of dealing with all its waste after the landfills are shut, and the government was considering transporting som...
Hong Kong Free Press
By Paul Zimmerman With the decision to postpone waste charging, there is a need to refocus support on the cleaners who sort and collect recyclables in households, businesses, buildings, estates and public areas. The cleaners play a key role in helping building managers minimise waste. Contrary to the popular opinion that the city does a poor job of recycling, Hong Kong is quite successful: we recycle 42 per cent of our used paper, and 92 per cent of our waste metal, including aluminium cans. This is thanks to the efforts of a dense network of cleaners. In addition to the estimated 2,900 scaven...
Hong Kong Free Press
Hundreds of heatstroke victims are being treated at hospitals across Pakistan as an intense heatwave continues to blast the country. Local residents are being urged to stay indoors after temperatures soared above 50C in some areas on Monday. Across the country, volunteers have set up temporary relief camps where people can drink iced water and shelter from the heat. The state-run ambulance service is also now carrying bottled water and ice to provide emergency treatment to victims of the extreme weather. Pakistan's southwest and northwestern areas are also affected by the heatwave. Daytime tem...
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A waste charging scheme first discussed two decades ago will be delayed, the Hong Kong government has said after a trial that saw limited adoption rates among residents. Deputy Chief Secretary Warner Cheuk on Monday told the the Legislative Council’s (LegCo) Panel on Environmental Affairs and Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene that the waste tax would not go ahead as planned this August. He did not provide an alternative date for the introduction of the scheme. The Municipal Solid Waste Charging scheme, which was originally meant to take effect in April, will require residents to d...
Hong Kong Free Press
The full implementation of Hong Kong’s waste-charging scheme, which was already delayed to August earlier this year, will not go ahead as scheduled, local media reported on Sunday citing sources. Sources said authorities will not impose the municipal solid waste tax on August 1, and will not set a date for the scheme’s citywide roll-out following a two-month trial run. The plan was first raised two decades ago. The government will continue to distribute designated garbage bags to public housing estates for six months to allow residents to get used to using the designated bags. Private housing ...
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An international ocean court has just delivered a “historic” legal opinion outlining countries’ obligations in the face of climate change. The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) - a UN court on maritime law - found that anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions can be considered a marine pollutant. It said countries have a legal obligation to implement measures mitigating their effect on oceans. ITLOS’s expert opinion was requested last September by a group of nine small island states in the Pacific and Caribbean threatened by rising sea levels: the Commission of Small Island S...
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A one-year-old baby is a litigant in a case against the South Korean government over its ‘insufficient’ response to climate change. “Woodpecker”, as the baby boy is nicknamed, was not yet born when his parents filed the case on his behalf, alongside the parents of more than 61 children under the age of five. The young peoples’ case was merged with three similar ones filed between 2020 and 2023, with the first hearing held in the South Korean constitutional court last month. The second and final hearing takes place tomorrow (21 May). Woodpecker isn’t only one of the youngest plaintiffs in clima...
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Ocean temperatures that have gone “crazy haywire” could make the current global coral bleaching the worst in history. It's so bad that scientists are hoping for a few hurricanes as they cool the oceans. More than three-fifths - 62.9% - of the world's coral reefs are badly hurting from a bleaching event that began last year and is continuing. That's nearing the record of 65.7% in 2017, when from 2009 to 2017 about one-seventh of the world's coral died, says Derek Manzello, coordinator of the US's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coral Reef Watch Program. When water gets to...
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