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Leaders from Germany and Spain are calling for a global tax on billionaires to help tackle the costs of the climate crisis. Brazil, which chairs the G20 group of the world’s largest economies, first proposed a tax on the super-rich at a meeting of finance ministers in February. Now, finance chiefs from Germany, Spain and South Africa have joined Brazil in fleshing out the proposal which could see the world’s 3,000 billionaires made to pay a minimum 2 per cent levy on their wealth. “It is time that the international community gets serious about tackling inequality and financing global public go...
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Strong southerly winds carried the dust from the Sahara Desert, giving the atmosphere of the Greek capital a Martian-like filter in the last hours of daylight. The skies are predicted to clear on Wednesday as winds shift and move the dust, with temperatures dipping. On Tuesday, the daily high in parts of the southern island of Crete topped 30 degrees Celsius, more than 20 degrees higher than what was registered in much of northern Greece. People took to social media to express surprise at the orange skies that covered the city. The strong southerly winds over the past few days have also fanned...
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Hong Kong restaurants have been slow to switch to eco-friendly alternatives following the single-use plastics ban enacted on Monday, with many still using disposables. Single-use plastics including straws and utensils are forbidden under the ban. Restaurants have a six-month grace period to comply with the new rules, under which the government will not take enforcement actions. As the transition began on Monday, coinciding with Earth Day, chain eateries have been quicker to make the transition than smaller restaurants. Of the eight eateries visited by HKFP, only two had started using paper con...
Hong Kong Free Press
A climate protester who faced up to two years in prison for holding a sign outside a courthouse reminding jurors of their right to acquit defendants cannot be charged with contempt of court, a London judge has ruled. Trudi Warner (63) had been arrested last March and accused of “deliberately targeting” jurors before a trial of climate activists from the group Insulate Britain. She held a sign in front of Inner London Crown Court that said: “Jurors you have an absolute right to acquit a defendant according to your conscience.” High Court Justice Pushpinder Saini said yesterday (22 April) her ac...
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One third of rivers across Europe breached the ‘high’ flood threshold last year, climate scientists have calculated, while 16 per cent swept past the ‘severe’ mark. From Italy to Slovenia and Greece, swollen rivers took a deadly toll throughout 2023. The year ended with major river basins such as the Rhine and Danube at record or near-record levels. This hydrological volatility is one big impact of the climate crisis on Europe, captured in extensive detail in the new State of the Climate report from the EU’s climate agency Copernicus and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). “In 2023, E...
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Hong Kong’s Environment and Ecology Bureau is not participating in a trial of the city’s waste charging scheme, saying that the way rubbish was collected from its location in the Central Government Offices made it “not a suitable location.” First suggested by the government in 2005 before becoming law in 2021, the waste charging scheme was in January postponed from its April 1 launch date until August. Environment chief Tse Chin-wan cited public misunderstanding of the policy as the reason. At the time, Tse added that the scheme would be trialled by government offices from April, saying “then ...
Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong’s ban on single-use plastics began on Monday, coinciding with Earth Day. A variety of disposable plastic tableware and other plastic products are now prohibited from being sold or taken away. The first six months following the roll-out will be an “adaptation period,” which means the government will not take enforcement action against non-compliant businesses. The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) said in an April briefing session that it will focus on “promotion and education” during this period, and send staff to inspect around 20,000 restaurants and 20,000 retail stores as ...
Hong Kong Free Press
Once again our government appears lost as it contemplates how to manage Hong Kong’s growing mountain of garbage. The logic of the endlessly postponed solid waste charging scheme is clear: if you charge residents to throw rubbish away, they will seek to minimise the charge by sorting it for recycling. Behaviour change. However, critical infrastructure and incentives are missing from the solid waste management scheme. Political leadership that prioritises the issue is also apparently absent. Rather, the government hasembarked on yet another trial to better understand the problems. In Hong Kong s...
Hong Kong Free Press
The climate crisis will reduce global income by about a fifth in the next 25 years compared to a fictional world that's not warming. That’s according to a new study which predicts people in the world’s poorest areas and those least responsible for heating the atmosphere will take the biggest monetary hit. Climate change’s economic bite out of incomes is already locked in at about $38 trillion (€35.6 trillion) a year by 2049, researchers at Germany's Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) found. By 2100 the financial cost could hit twice what previous studies estimate. “Our analysi...
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Charities Avaaz, WeMove and Oxfam were joined by several young activists to highlight wealth inequality outside the European Parliament in Brussels. Protesters used an inflatable jet in order to draw attention to the lavish lifestyles of the super-rich. According to a report from Oxfam published in April this year, EU governments are losing out on €286.5 billion in revenue annually due to their failure to adequately tax the rich. The amount equals out to roughly €33 million per hour. Julian Desiderio, a policy advisor on tax and inequality at Oxfam Belgium told Euronews, "If we are able to hav...
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