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A realistic vision for resolving the climate crisis
Oped, Published on 07/11/2018
» According to the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world's main scientific authority on global warming, keeping global temperatures from rising more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels is a feasible goal. The IPCC's stance represents a move in the direction of the kind of "radical realism" that many civil-society actors have long advocated.
Nature pushed to the brink by 'runaway consumption'
AFP, Published on 30/10/2018
» PARIS - Unbridled consumption has decimated global wildlife, triggered a mass extinction and exhausted Earth's capacity to accommodate humanity's expanding appetites, the conservation group WWF warned Tuesday.
Nuns get hands dirty, and wet, to save Mexican salamander
AFP, Published on 13/09/2018
» PATZCUARO, Mexico: Rolling up the sleeves of her immaculate white habit, Sister Ofelia Morales Francisco plunges her hands into an aquarium, grabs a large, slimy salamander and lifts it dripping into the air.
Scientists: 'Over-harvesting' Nature's bounty imperils humanity
AFP, Published on 23/03/2018
» MEDELLIN, Colombia: Humanity is risking its own well-being by over-harvesting and harming Nature's bounty, said a comprehensive survey Friday that warned animal and plant species were in decline in every world region.
Global biodiversity 'crisis' subject of major summit
AFP, Published on 16/03/2018
» PARIS - Earth is enduring a mass species extinction, scientists say -- the first since the demise of the dinosaurs and only the sixth in half-a-billion years.
Coal in decline as renewables rise
News, Published on 13/11/2017
» The UN Climate Conference in Bonn, Germany represents an important moment for international climate action -- an opportunity to demonstrate continued global momentum towards our collective target of limiting the average global temperature rise to less than 2 degrees, and ideally 1.5 degrees.
Asean must walk the climate talk
Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 24/07/2017
» Next month, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is going to have the big party it deserves. The golden jubilee celebration will pay tribute to the remarkable journey of a small regional association founded by five foreign ministers from backward countries in a war-torn region.
Researchers in Cambodia find nest of rare riverine bird
Associated Press, Published on 21/07/2017
» PHNOM PENH -- Wildlife researchers in Cambodia have found a breeding location for the masked finfoot, one of the world's most endangered birds, raising hopes of its continuing survival.
Cleaning up the economy
Asia focus, Published on 10/07/2017
» The Asia-Pacific region might be entering a golden era, at least if you look at the forecasts by international organisations that praise the resilience of its economies. In its Asia Pacific Regional Economic Outlook released in May, the International Monetary Fund said Asia Pacific continued to be "the world leader in growth", which it expects will reach 5.5% this year and 5.4% next year. For the World Bank, the outlook for developing East Asia and the Pacific is broadly positive for the next three years.