51 h. ago Hong Kong, Elior Group in land talks for Asia’s first aircraft parts centre

City authorities are in talks with a leading French aeronautical services company about the allocation of land to develop Hong Kong into Asia’s first aircraft parts processing and trading centre, with the firm set to start training classes in two months. Daniel Derichebourg, chairman and CEO of France-based Elior Group, said the company was still in talks with the government about solutions that would work best to help Hong Kong grow as a centre for aircraft parts dismantling, recycling and...

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3 d. ago China, India and Brazil set to steer global climate change agenda at Cop30

As the West falters in its commitment to fighting climate change, analysts expect emerging economies led by China, India and Brazil to seize the initiative at next month’s UN climate summit. The Cop30 conference, from November 10 to 21 in the Brazilian city of Belem, comes as the United States under Donald Trump remains largely disengaged from climate challenges following his successive orders to withdraw the world’s largest economy from the 2015 Paris Agreement, while Europe’s attention appears...

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6 d. ago Rising seas and sinking cities signal a coastal crisis in China

Rising seas and sinking cities signal a coastal crisis in China  Phys.org

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1 week ago Summers in Japan longer by 3 weeks over 42 years, researchers say

Japanese summers have lengthened by about three weeks over the 42 years from 1982 to 2023, a university research group said on Saturday. The Mie University group said that due to climate change, the number of days classified as summer has increased each year, while the length of winter has remained relatively unchanged, and the average durations of spring and autumn have shortened. The group cited “the rise in sea surface temperatures due to global warming” as the main factor, warning that “the...

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1 week ago Key bee and butterfly species in Europe face extinction risk: study

The survival of Europe’s wild pollinators is increasingly at risk, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said on Saturday as it declared dozens of bee and butterfly species as threatened. Almost all flowering plants in Europe depend on wild pollinators, particularly bees, but habitat loss and climate change have driven many vital species to the brink of extinction. Nearly 100 additional types of wild bees have been classified as threatened in the most comprehensive evaluation...

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1 week ago Developing economies face tough reforms as global aid and credit shrink

For developing nations, the storm clouds of deglobalisation and climate change grow darker by the day. These challenges demand an increasingly prominent role for the state, not only as a buffer against the economic shocks that disproportionately harm the most vulnerable but also as an architect of resilience. Governments in poorer countries must fund vast investments in infrastructure, sustainable energy, healthcare and education to inject dynamism into their economies. But the unresolved...

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1 week ago How poorer nations can fund development as global aid and credit retreat

For developing nations, the storm clouds of deglobalisation and climate change grow darker by the day. These challenges demand an increasingly prominent role for the state, not only as a buffer against the economic shocks that disproportionately harm the most vulnerable but also as an architect of resilience. Governments in poorer countries must fund vast investments in infrastructure, sustainable energy, healthcare and education to inject dynamism into their economies. But the unresolved...

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2 w. ago Xinhua News | China activates emergency response as Typhoon Matmo batters coastal regions

Xinhua News | China activates emergency response as Typhoon Matmo batters coastal regions  Xinhua

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2 w. ago China activates emergency response as Typhoon Matmo batters coastal regions

China activates emergency response as Typhoon Matmo batters coastal regions  news.cgtn.com

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2 w. ago Bankrupt China entrepreneur roars back with roasted sausage stall, inspires many

A Chinese businessman who went from owning three restaurants to bankruptcy, then made a comeback with a roasted sausage brand, has inspired many people online. Tang Jian, 57, used to own three popular restaurants and bars in Qingdao, a coastal city in eastern China’s Shandong province. He said that during the peak days of the 2000s, his business generated three million yuan (US$420,000) a month. But he “greedily” wanted to earn fast and invested his own money and loans from others into maple...

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2 w. ago Hong Kong adds additional private residential plot in Northern Metropolis

An additional private residential plot will be added to a land parcel in Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis to attract developers to invest in the economic hub near the border with mainland China, the city’s development chief has said. Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn Hon-ho said on Sunday that under a new set of laws tailored for the megaproject, construction hours might be extended to speed up work. Linn said in a televised interview that an area spanning more than 10 hectares (25 acres)...

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2 w. ago Typhoon Matmo batters China's coastal regions with fierce winds, downpours

Typhoon Matmo batters China's coastal regions with fierce winds, downpours  Xinhua

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2 w. ago First developer withdraws from Hong Kong land sharing scheme amid slow economy

An application made to a scheme designed to boost Hong Kong’s housing supply by tapping into developers’ reserves has been withdrawn for the first time amid a lukewarm response, with experts attributing the move to a sluggish economy. Brasilia, a subsidiary of Lee On Investment (Holdings), made the withdrawal of its application to the Land Sharing Pilot Scheme for a plot measuring 3.1 hectares (7.7 acres) in Yuen Long involving more than 2,000 homes earlier this year. The government did not...

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2 w. ago Climate change behind 36% of damage inflicted by Typhoon Ragasa in China

Climate change behind 36% of damage inflicted by Typhoon Ragasa in China  Yale Climate Connections

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2 w. ago Climate change made damage from Super Typhoon Ragasa significantly worse: study

Climate change may have been responsible for more than a third of the direct damage to homes and property caused by the super typhoon that struck southern China last month, a study has concluded. A warming Earth also made Ragasa – the strongest storm recorded this year – more powerful when it made landfall in Guangdong province, according to researchers from Imperial College London. They added that as the planet continued to warm, tropical cyclones were expected to become increasingly...

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3 w. ago China's coastal land development policies may outweigh climate change in future flood risks

China's coastal land development policies may outweigh climate change in future flood risks  Phys.org

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3 w. ago Ragasa’s wake brings pride and important lessons for Hong Kong

Last week, Hong Kong braved the strongest storm of the year in the world as Super Typhoon Ragasa ripped through the city as well as the Philippines, Taiwan, Macau and coastal mainland China, causing havoc. Compared with the devastation caused by Super Typhoon Mangkhut in 2018, Hong Kong did well this time. Mangkhut sank boats, damaged infrastructure, left roads strewn with debris, injured hundreds of people and caused economic losses estimated at HK$4.6 billion (US$591.3 million). Economist...

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3 w. ago From typhoons to sinkholes: Asia confronts multifaceted climate threat

Super Typhoon Ragasa’s trail of devastation across the Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan and parts of mainland China has underscored the sobering risks Asia as a region faces from the consequences of climate change, scientists warn, pointing to heavy fossil fuel production and infrastructure lagging behind rapid urbanisation. Exceptionally warm sea surface temperatures along Ragasa’s path in the South China Sea helped it intensify over 24 hours to become the most powerful storm on Earth this year,...

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3 w. ago Super typhoons, massive sinkholes: Asia grapples with sobering climate reality

Super Typhoon Ragasa’s trail of devastation across the Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan and parts of mainland China has underscored the sobering risks Asia as a region faces from the consequences of climate change, scientists warn, pointing to heavy fossil fuel production and infrastructure lagging behind rapid urbanisation. Exceptionally warm sea surface temperatures along Ragasa’s path in the South China Sea helped it intensify over 24 hours to become the most powerful storm on Earth this year,...

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3 w. ago What World Leaders Told Us About Trump, China and Climate Change

What World Leaders Told Us About Trump, China and Climate Change  The New York Times

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