Depending on what one expected, the outcome of the two-week UN COP 27 summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, was either inspiring or disappointing. For those who anticipated an event producing "action" on what countries agreed upon last year, the "loss and damage" deal alone was nothing less than a historic, monumental achievement. For those hoping […]
Steam billows from the cooling towers of Great Energy Alliance Corp.'s Loy Yang coal-fired power station in the Latrobe Valley, Australia, on Sept 7, 2011. (Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg) SYDNEY – Australia is talking up its green credentials at the annual UN climate summit, but its policies do not match the portrayal as it continues to support […]
The low-income nations, which have done the least to cause climate change, often bear the brunt of the disastrous consequences of global warming ranging from floods, hurricanes to sea-level rises. The dire situation that many developing countries have found themselves in as a result of a warmer world has prompted them to call for the […]
JAKARTA, Nov 14, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) 2022 can inspire the global community and all parties to increase contribution to tackling climate change, according to Senior Vice President of Strategy and Investment of Pertamina Daniel Purba. Senior Vice President of Strategy and Investment of Pertamina Daniel […]
A ship is seen beached along the shore on the Vanuatu island of Tanna on March 18, 2015. (JEREMY PIPER / AFP) United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gave a stark warning to global leaders at the opening of the COP27 conference that humanity was on a “highway to climate hell” if the fight for a […]
JAKARTA, Nov 13, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Pertamina is making efforts to decarbonize its business and develop green businesses to support global climate change mitigation and the achievement of Indonesia’s 2060 net-zero emissions target. (ANTARA News Sumsel/Nova Wahyudi/dol) “We have two main ways for dealing with climate change; first, we have to […]
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gave a stark warning to global leaders at the opening of the COP27 conference that humanity was on a “highway to climate hell” if the fight for a livable planet was lost this decade. Many small, poor nations are already hurtling down that highway, and nowhere is this more profound […]
COP27 offers a chance for nations to step up commitments on emissions reduction Residents wade through the flood in Cavite Province, the Philippines, Oct 30, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) The recent floods in various countries, the drying up of rivers and lakes, the wildfires, droughts and frequent and drastic weather changes around the world all […]
Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States in 1979, Sino-US climate diplomacy has experienced many ups and downs. It reached a flashpoint during the Barack Obama administration, and then hit a low during the Donald Trump administration, which abandoned many of Obama's policies apart from pulling the US out of […]
A woman takes pictures in front of a display board of the 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, Nov 6, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) From the conflict in Ukraine to the midterm elections in the United States, there are plenty of ongoing […]
A picture shows the entrance of the Sharm El Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt's Red Sea resort of the same name, on Nov 7, 2022, during the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly known as COP27. (LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP) The United Nations' COP 27 climate change conference, which started in the […]
JAKARTA, Nov 7, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Pertamina is expecting its green business of new and renewable energy (NRE) to be able to meet its target of reducing 26 million tons of CO2 by 2060, higher than its 2030 target of 11 million tons of CO2 reduction. “Pertamina targets New Renewable Energy […]
(JIN DING / CHINA DAILY) Climate change has become an undeniable reality. It's not just obvious in the poles where ice caps are melting at an unprecedented pace, nor is it an issue of the future. It's what's happening now in our own backyards here in Asia. In the summer of 2022, China experienced the […]
(JIN DING / CHINA DAILY) That US President Joe Biden is hosting the first-ever US-Pacific Island Country summit on Wednesday and Thursday shows Washington is desperate to strengthen relations with the Pacific Island countries after removing them from its priority list in the 1990s. As the White House statement issued on Sept 2 said, the […]
GENEVA – A United Nations committee found on Friday that Australia had violated the human rights of a group of islanders off its north coast by failing to adequately protect them from the impacts of climate change. The complaint, filed over three years ago by eight Torres Strait Islanders and their children, is one of […]
GENEVA – A United Nations committee found on Friday that Australia had violated the human rights of a group of islanders off its north coast by failing to adequately protect them from the impacts of climate change. The complaint, filed over three years ago by eight Torres Strait Islanders and their children, is one of […]
Leaders from the United States to the European Union often emphasize that climate change is the top threat facing the world. But at the same time, they never hesitate to politicize and undermine the global fight against climate change. That was exactly the case when European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered her State […]
Aerial photo shows farmers working in a paddy field in Xinsongshuqiao village in the city of Yiyang, Central China's Hunan province, July 13, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) We are living in dangerous times of our own making. Unprecedented heat waves have been sweeping the globe－turbocharged by climate change－causing pain, loss and even deaths. This is […]
Floodwaters inundate the tourist town of Nadi on the island of Viti Levu on April 2, 2012 as Fiji braced for gale force winds which were expected to intensify into a tropical cyclone. (NEIL SANDS / AFP) SUVA – Climate change and rising sea levels pose long-term threats to Fiji's low-lying islands, including the need […]
James Shaw, New Zealand's minister for climate change, welcomes United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (not pictured) as he attends a breakfast with youth climate change and environmental leaders in Auckland on May 13, 2019. (MICHAEL BRADLEY/AFP) WELLINGTON – New Zealand launched its first National Adaptation Plan on Wednesday, which will ensure communities have the information […]
For the first time ever, a heatwave has been given an official name. And that is a bad sign for the world. Until recently, only hurricanes and typhoons had names, but now, the Spanish city of Seville has developed a naming and ranking system for heatwaves, and named the first one “Zoe”. Bearing down on […]
The Liddell Power Station (left) and Bayswater Power Station, both coal-powered thermal power stations, are pictured near Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, Australia on Nov 2, 2021. (MARK BAKER / AP PHOTO) SYDNEY – Australia's parliament sat on Tuesday in Canberra for the first time since Labor won office in an election that also saw […]
Leaders pose for photographs after the Traditional Ceremonies of Welcome at the Pacific Islands Forum in Suva on July 12, 2022. (WILLIAM WEST / AFP) SUVA – The Pacific region can balance the threats of pandemic, climate and conflict with a multitude of strengths and opportunities by using its significant natural resources on land and […]
In this file photo taken on Sept 10, 2021, people wearing face masks walk in front of the Opera House in Sydney. (SAEED KHAN / AFP) SYDNEY – Climate change protesters marched in Sydney on Monday forcing police to close major roads in the city center while morning traffic through the landmark Sydney Harbour Bridge […]
India's permanent representative to the United Nations, T.S. Tirumurti, delivered a cross-regional joint statement on climate change, themed "Global Net Zero", on behalf of 10 countries, including China, on World Environment Day on June 8. "We need a clear recognition that developing countries will need much longer beyond 2050 to reach Net-Zero given their overarching […]
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong (left) is welcomed to Parliament House by New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta ahead of a bilateral meeting in Wellington, New Zealand, June 16, 2022. (ROBERT KITCHIN / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) WELLINGTON – New Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Thursday that her visit to the Solomon Islands […]
Inia Batikoto Seruiratu (second right), Fiji's minister for defense, national security and policing, urges for action against climate change, the imminent security threat, in a session on New Ideas for Securing Regional Stability on June 12, 2022. (PHOTO / IISS) While the United States and its allies push to hype the so-called “China threat” in […]
Fiji's Minister of Defense, Inia Batikoto Seruiratu, speaks at a plenary session during the 19th International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, June 12, 2022. (DANIAL HAKIM / AP) SINGAPORE – Fiji's defense minister said on Sunday that climate change posed the biggest security threat in the […]
Performers pose with Turkish national flags on the front steps of Anitkabir, the mausoleum of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, during a ceremony marking the 98th Anniversary of the Republic on Oct 29, 2021 in Ankara. (ADEM ALTAN / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations on Wednesday granted Turkey's request to change its […]
Australia has just gone through a profound political reckoning. The right-wing conservative alliance has lost power after nine years at the helm of a ship that had lurched further to the right and allowed itself to be blown off the course of sensible diplomacy and engagement with China. The ship had been allowed to head […]