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A group of older Swiss women who won a landmark case at the European Court of Human Rights on climate change are urging their government to fully comply with the judgment. In April, the court ruled in favour of an association of more than 2,000 women, known as the KlimaSeniorinnen, stating for the first time that insufficient government inaction to tackle greenhouse gas emissions is a breach of human rights. It was seen as a historic decision, not only in Europe but around the world. Swiss politicians fought the case from the startHowever, there was resistance within Switzerland from the start...
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The government should encourage Hongkongers to reduce food waste at source while also promoting recycling, the founder of environmental group The Green Earth has said. “By letting the public understand both ways to deal with waste, then the outcome, the effect, will be much better,” Edwin Lau of The Green Earth said on government-backed broadcaster RTHK’s Hong Kong Today programme on Thursday. Lau’s comments came after the issue of food waste recycling was raised in the Legislative Council. Responding to questions asked by lawmaker Dennis Leung on Wednesday, Secretary for Environment and Ecolo...
Hong Kong Free Press
The Acropolis has shut its doors to tourists amongst a heatwave that has seen temperatures soar to 43 degrees celsius. Greece's most popular tourist attraction, the ancient Acropolis site, shut from 12-5pm today in a bid to keep visitors safe. Local media have reported tourists fainting while queuing up to get into the site. 4 million tourists visited last year. Athens is using drones to monitor temperatures across the city and plan the public health response. Greece heatwave: How long will it last?Greece is currently gripped by a heatwave which started last week. Temperatures at the Acropolis...
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Euronews asks MEP candidates and EU citizens what their priorities are for the European Parliament elections. Flower shop owner Annette proposes she would speed up bureaucracy in Germany, which would help her and other business owners make quicker decisions. Volt Candidate for European Parliament Nela Riehl says she would strive to make Europe climate neutral by 2040 as our ecosystem is under threat by climate change.
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The rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023 with 92 per cent of last year's record-shattering heat caused by humans, top scientists calculated. The group of 57 scientists from around the world used UN-approved methods to examine what's behind last year's deadly burst of heat. They said even with a faster warming rate they don't see evidence of significant acceleration in human-caused climate change beyond increased fossil fuel burning. Last year's record temperatures were so unusual that scientists have been debating what's behind the big jump and whether climate change is accelerat...
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Hong Kong has experienced a “much warmer than usual” spring, with the mean temperature of 24.5 degrees Celsius from March to May. It is the second highest figure on record, despite May being both cloudier and cooler than monthly climatological norms. The Hong Kong Observatory on Tuesday issued a summary of May’s weather, noting that it was “characterised by cloudier-than-usual weather with localised heavy rain over parts of the New Territories.” Parts of Sai Kung, in the south-eastern New Territories, saw over 700 millimetres of rainfall in May, while the Observatory in Tsim Sha Tsui recorded ...
Hong Kong Free Press
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...
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