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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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Greenpeace maps growing climate risk from extreme weather in China’s major cities
A new report from Greenpeace East Asia analyzed climate risk from extreme heat and rainfall across the major metropolitan regions around Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou-Shenzhen,¹ finding risk is now highest in dense city centers but is growing faster for urbanizing communities on the outskirts.
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HYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP’S 2050 RE100 DECLARATION– GREENPEACE COMMENT
Hyundai Motor Group has announced that they will join the #RE100 initiative & achieve 100% renewable by 2050. This is good news, but on average RE100 corporations are aiming to achieve 100% renewable energy by 2028, a full 22 years earlier than Hyundai. Hyundai must #AccelerateChange and phase out polluting internal combustion engines as quickly…
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Samsung Electronics roadmap to 100% renewable energy
This report set out to identify key updates since 2018 relating to; Samsung’s growth and impact; growth and electricity use trend of the ICT sector including climate impacts; corporate uptake…
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Five facts about sea-level rise in Asia that will surprise you
We may live on land, but we couldn’t survive without the oceans, we literally wouldn’t be able to breathe. Oceans provide us with at least 50 percent of the oxygen…
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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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Are the seas really rising?
Terrifying scenarios of coastal cities submerged underwater have long been seen as an impending consequence of the climate emergency.
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Sea Level Rise Poses Economic Threat to Asia Coastal Cities
The report estimates that by 2030, 15 million people across the seven cities will live in areas at risk of flooding. The analysis is one of the first of its kind to use high spatial resolution data to suggest the areas of each city that are at risk from floods.
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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.
