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The world’s top carmakers are holding us back on climate action–by violating CO2 regulations in certain markets
The climate crisis is making forests burn, temperatures soar, storms rage and floods engulf homes at a faster and harder rate than ever before. Never has it been more urgent to decarbonise than it is today. While countless efforts are being made to save our climate, the transportation sector - who is responsible for reducing…
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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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24 new coal-fired power projects approved in China in first half of 2021: Greenpeace
China’s provincial governments approved the construction of 24 new coal power projects in the first half of 2021, adding a total 5.2 gigawatts (GW) of capacity, including three large-scale¹ coal-fired power plants that were approved from key project lists,² which provincial governments use to apply for financial support and priority status from the central government.
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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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Extreme Temperatures on the Rise in Tokyo, Beijing, Seoul
Scorching temperatures are becoming much more frequent in cities across East Asia, according to a new analysis from Greenpeace East Asia.
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For China’s post-COVID stimulus, big gaps in how much each province got, how they spent it: data
A province-by-province analysis of China’s post-COVID economic stimulus done by Greenpeace East Asia shows a widening split between provinces leading in the post-Covid green recovery and those lagging behind, especially coal-dependent provinces, with disparities in the amount of fiscal stimulus package and how they spent aid money.
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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…
