Archive for ‘asia’
Mud Flow in Java
January 30th, 2008
Mud… some people drive four-wheelers through it, some people use it to displace fifteen thousand people… it’s a versatile substance. In East Java a possibly man-made mud flow is creating an inland mud sea; at the University of Washington scientists spliced rabbit genes into a tree; and Enterprise Rent-A-Car tries to go green.
Asia hardest-hit by disasters in 2007, group says
January 18th, 2008
Asia was hardest-hit by natural disasters last year that worldwide killed more than 16,500 people and caused $62.5 billion in damage, a U.N.-backed research group said on Friday.
Grow more food in cities, UN agency tells Asia
December 19th, 2007
Asian nations, many at risk from climate change, must invest more in urban and indoor farming to help feed the hundreds of millions of people in their growing cities, the World Meteorological Organisation said on Wednesday.
Breathtaking beauty of Himalayas slowly melting away
December 3rd, 2007
World leaders are meeting in Bali to end a deadlock on climate change negotiations. Countries are expected to thrash out a new roadmap for cutting the world’s carbon emissions, but many environmentalists fear the agreement may not go far enough. In the Himalayan region, where glaciers are rapidly melting, environmental groups are calling for urgent action. An AFPTV report from …
Asian nations face “unprecedented” water crisis-ADB
November 29th, 2007
Developing countries in Asia could face an “unprecedented” water crisis within a decade due to mismanagement of water resources, the Asian Development Bank said in a report on Thursday.
Japan pledges $1.8 bln for green projects in Asia
November 21st, 2007
apanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda pledged 200 billion yen ($1.83 billion) in loans over the next five years for environmental projects in Asia, officials said on Wednesday. The projects include sewage disposal and sulphur dioxide scrubbing from power plant smoke stacks.
Asian leaders agree on need to further cut global emissions
November 21st, 2007
Asian leaders on Wednesday agreed on the need for long-term goals to cut global emissions and develop clean energy resources to combat devastating impacts of global warming ahead of a crucial meeting in Indonesia next month.
Asia disappoints in climate change efforts
November 20th, 2007
Amid warnings that Asia will bear the brunt of the impact of drastic climate change, environmentalists are calling on the region’s leaders to do more than issue rhetorical declarations in the fight against global warming.
Shipping fuel fumes contribute to deaths
November 8th, 2007
Ships belching toxic fumes from diesel fuel contribute to the deaths of tens of thousands of people in Europe, Asia and the United States each year, claims a U.S. report released this week.
Skin cancer: What is it, what to look for?
October 29th, 2007
Skin cancer, one of the most common cancers among Caucasians, is becoming a problem in Asia as sunbathing and tanning salons take off.
Indonesia third ranked CO2 emitter
July 12th, 2007
Palm oil producers are blamed for some of the many forest fires to hit Indonesia. Environmental campaign group Greenpeace says the fires deliberately started to clear large areas of land for crop production are creating huge amounts of carbon dioxide and spreading haze across south east Asia.
