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Korea and Japan carmakers bet heavily on hydrogen vehicles to achieve carbon neutrality. Is it the right solution?
Korean and Japanese car companies are relying heavily on hydrogen vehicles, also known as fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). However, various recent studies showed that FCEVs are a dangerous mistake that could deter us from decarbonizing in time to save our climate, due to how hydrogen is generated and the energy inefficiency of fuel cell…
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Let’s Talk About Climate Change: From seed to cup, coffee guru Goran Wong shares climate actions we can all take
Are you a coffee lover, a hipster perhaps? But did you know that coffee prices have spiked up recently because Brazil, the coffee giant, was affected by frost? Barista and Q-grader Goran Wong has more on how climate affects coffee production and how microclimate affects the quality of coffee. He’ll also share tips on tackling…
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Plastic-free Hunt on Cheung Chau, a joint community effort!
With a vision to extend the “Plastic-free Map” in Hong Kong, Greenpeace has been recruiting plastic-free community teams since 2018, engaging restaurants and shops to go plastic-free from district to district.
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5 ways the climate crisis will change Asia
The scenes are now all too common. Millions forced to flee their homes as flash floods create rivers that surge along city streets in Japan; the vulnerable rushed to the…
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What do the Tokyo Olympics tell us about the climate crisis?
I’m sure you’ve all been watching the Tokyo Olympics. Unfortunately, one gold medal that Japan looks set to win is the one for the hottest and most humid Olympics in…
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The Vanishing Tastes: 5 Common Food Highly Influenced by Climate Crisis
Speaking of global warming, the faraway scenes of melting icebergs, overheated polar points, or wildfires set off in Australia would pop up in the minds of most Hong Kong people, projecting false images these happenings are too distant to many of us. In fact, they can be close to our mouths! Why is it? Numerous…
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“Plastics Goes Wild” into the Water Cycle – the First-ever Microplastics Quantity Survey in Hong Kong Countryside Streams Rings the Bells
Greenpeace has just conducted the first pilot survey on the quantity of microplastics in the countryside streams of Hong Kong. The finding is alarming: microplastics were recorded at the front end of the water cycle. To protect the environment, not only shall we leave no trace, but we shall also reduce waste from the source.
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Missing Brownfields: Hong Kong Brownfields Report 2021
The government identified 1,579 hectares of brownfields in its first official brownfield data in 2019. Using similar research methods, our research team identified 1,958 hectares of brownfields...
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Let’s Talk About Climate Change: An environmental education class with Dr Xoni Ma
"Everything is connected" was the first principle Dr Xoni Ma learned from his ecology study. Now a Hong Kong environmental educator, Xoni has been conveying the same message to the public. The principle also applies to how we arouse public awareness of risks in climate change.
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Plastic-free Business Opportunities – Stories of 5 Hong Kong Business Owners
Greenpeace initiated the #PlasticFreeNow campaign in 2018. Since then, we have been mapping out plastic-free initiatives and encouraging possible solutions to the plastic waste issue. In 2021, the “citywide plastic-free investigation team” of our Plastic-free Community has been reactivated. We believe: “With you, It is Possible”. Here we are going to share the plastic-free strategies…