The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra has set a record under the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals after the collective attendance of the group’s performances of an eco-friendly remake of an ancient string instrument reached about 1 million. The group started exploring greener alternatives to python skin to cover the huqin’s soundbox in 2005, eventually settling on…
Taipei, Taiwan – China’s failure to meet a key carbon emissions target has raised concerns about its ability to achieve carbon neutrality, a potentially decisive factor in global efforts to avert the worst effects of climate change. China’s carbon intensity – a measurement of carbon emissions per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) – fell…
PIEDMONT, Mo. – Violent tornadoes and high winds decimated homes, wiped out schools and toppled semitractor-trailers as a monster storm that killed at least 32 people ripped its way across the central and southern U.S. Dakota Henderson said he and others rescuing trapped neighbors found five bodies scattered in the debris Friday night outside what…
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Published on Mar. 3, 2025, 8:44 PM Updated on Mar. 3, 2025, 8:56 PM Extraordinary heat from a future supercontinent formation could lead to a mass extinction of mammals, including humans, in about 250 million years, according to a study led by the University of Bristol. Attempting to predict the end of the world is…
Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad met with representatives from Sinoway, a Chinese company specializing in afforestation, forest restoration, and environmental sustainability, to explore avenues for cooperation in implementing forestry and afforestation projects in Egypt. During the meeting, Sinoway presented its vision for expanding operations in Egypt by undertaking pioneering projects focused on afforestation, wetland restoration,…
Some Japanese tour agencies and hotels are elevating holiday travel by offering a snow-shovelling experience as a unique tourist attraction for overseas visitors. During the week-long Spring Festival holiday in January and February, mainland China recorded 7.7 million entry-exit trips. Japan emerged as one of the top international destinations for Chinese tourists, with tourism orders…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ £8.06 billion Earth fund for climate and biodiversity has halted funding for the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), an international body that assesses whether companies are decarbonising in accordance with the Paris Climate Agreement. This development came as US President Donald Trump exited the Paris Agreement, sharply contradicting Bezos’ earlier climate…
Rescue efforts continue to find at least 28 missing people as landslide buries nearly a dozen homes. Rescuers in southern China are searching for dozens of people missing after a landslide tore through a village, killing at least one person, according to Chinese state media. The landslide, triggered by heavy rainfall, took place in Jingping…
Beijing’s emergency ministry reports two people have been rescued and 200 relocated. China has launched a search for more than 30 people after a landslide hit the southwestern Sichuan province. The landslide hit Jinping village in the city of Yibin on Saturday at about 11:50am (03:50 GMT), state broadcaster CCTV reported. Authorities said dozens are…