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Relief tempered with caution has been the response from Brussels-based campaigners to last night's agreement on the EU’s five-year strategic agenda and its recognition of a triple environmental crisis, with some concerned by the possible impact of an overarching commitment to boosting Europe’s competitiveness and industrial base. “Our natural environment is facing increasing damage and disruption due to climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution,” heads of government acknowledged near the top of the document, which is intended to inform the policy making of the new European Commission set...
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Greece’s summer season has got off to a tragic start with its earliest heatwave on record causing several deaths this month. At least six tourists are known to have died in the searing temperatures, which also shut schools and sites including the Acropolis. One firefighter also lost his life while battling a wildfire last week, as blazes broke out across the country “almost every 10 minutes” according to the fire service. Temperatures in Athens are currently below the official heatwave threshold of 38C, but little respite is expected for the rest of the summer. There is no doubt that the Medit...
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Canada's historic wildfires last year pumped more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air than India did by burning fossil fuels. Put another way, the fire spewed nearly four times the carbon emissions as flights do in a year. This is the same amount of carbon dioxide that 647 million cars put in the air in a year, based on US EPA data. The new data lays bare the vicious circle of wildfires - they are becoming more frequent due to global warming which is caused by burning fossil fuels which produces emissions. Forests remove a lot of emissions from the atmosphere so when they burn down they ...
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The number of elderly Hongkongers taken to hospital has risen by 20 per cent within a week amid persistently high temperatures, a senior citizens’ charity has said. The Senior Citizen Home Safety Association (SCHSA) and the Hong Kong Observatory held a joint press conference on Thursday to warn residents, and in particular older members of the public, of “extremely hot” weather expected this summer. Temperatures soared to 34.4 degrees Celsius in Tsim Sha Tsui on Thursday, making it the hottest day of the year so far, as the Very Hot Weather Warning remained in force for a seventh consecutive d...
Hong Kong Free Press
“What the hell is a climate migrant? I don't know,” Dominic Kniveton, a professor of climate change and society at the UK’s University of Sussex, says with a hint of a smile. “That all depends on who is asking and who is determining the rules.” Immigration and climate change are two hot-topic political issues - with concerns about the former fuelling far-right gains in the EU’s recent election, as some voters back tougher rules. The climate crisis is slowly making more and more places uninhabitable due to extreme weather and a lack of ways to make an income, and it’s often assumed this will le...
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Temperatures in Romania's capital city of Bucharest exceeded 35 degrees over the weekend, forcing the city's workers to adapt around the higher temperatures. Employers took special measures for workers in restaurants, who were carrying out their shifts in extreme temperatures. Chef Justian Manea told Euronews, "It is probably 50 degrees near the grill, I haven't counted. But we are ok, we are taking turns. We will manage to get through this heatwave." A heatwave has been recorded across Romania, including in the southern region of Prahova, where experts have warned that 4,000 people will face ...
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As the Balkans baked in temperatures hovering or exceeding 40 degrees Celsius in June, leaving up to six foreigners dead or missing, the Greek government is warning tourists of the dangers associated with the extreme heat. Greek Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis said holidaymakers need to be "very careful" while visiting the country as it grapples with soaring temperatures, and to not take "unnecessary risks". "We have had cases of foreign travellers who lost their lives in Greece. They lost their lives because they underestimated the phenomenon," he told reporters at a press conference. Wa...
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Heavy rains in southern China have killed nine people and left six missing, state media reported Thursday. Downpours in Guangdong province this week sparked floods and landslides, with the spate of extreme weather impacting nationwide. In Jiaoling county near the city of Meizhou, five people died and two were missing following floods, according to state broadcaster CCTV. In a separate district of Meizhou, four more were killed and four others were unaccounted for, CCTV said. It added that some areas have endured “once-a-century flooding… (or) the biggest since historical records began”. CCTV s...
Hong Kong Free Press
Around 80 per cent of Italians want their country to focus on protecting and restoring nature - yet the government was among a handful to vote against the EU's landmark Nature Restoration Law on Monday. That's just one small insight from the People’s Climate Vote, the biggest ever standalone public opinion survey on climate change, which was released today. Respondents from around the world echoed this call for governments to do more, with 80 per cent saying they want stronger action on climate change. An even higher number - 86 per cent - want their countries to set aside geopolitical differe...
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The high cost of hydrogen fuel stood in the way of mass adoption of the clean energy source, the city’s environment minister has said after the government announced its strategy for hydrogen energy development. Environment minister Tse Chin-wan told RTHK on Wednesday that the city would adopt hydrogen where it would be cost-effective, pointing to the high cost of the fuel and Hong Kong’s land crunch. “But in the long term, traditional forms of fuel such as coal, petrol, and natural gas will be gradually phased out,” he said. The city’s first hydrogen-fuelled double-decker bus commenced service...
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