Climate change

While Britain no longer holds much developing-country debt after forgiving most of it decades ago, as host of next year’s major U.N. climate summit it could put pressure on creditors in London’s financial center to participate in such swaps, he said. … [Read more...] about Debt swaps could free funds to tame climate, biodiversity and virus threats

"I think the failure that was shown in the capacity to contain the spread of the virus -- by the fact that there was not enough international coordination in the way the virus was fought -- that failure must make countries understand that they need to change course," he told AFP.  … [Read more...] about Cooperate on climate or ‘we will be doomed’: UN chief

The Vietnamese capital is home to 5.5 million motorbikes and more than 500,000 cars. With a rapidly increasing population and burgeoning middle class, these figures will only rise. The causes for Hanoi’s haze are manifold and bikes can’t shoulder all the blame for the bad air, but clogged streets are clear contributors to the problem. … [Read more...] about Solutions needed as Hanoi chokes under smog

HCM City left gloomy amid heightened levels of air pollution Air quality in HCM City worsened once again on the morning of June 26 with the air quality index (AQI) rising to 161, a level which is considered to be harmful to people’s health, following an evaluation of monitoring application AirVisual. … [Read more...] about VN cities needs strict measures to persuade residents to abandon old polluting motorbikes

What were being described as "unprecedented" wildfires, fueled by strong winds and searing temperatures, were raging cross a wide swathe of California, Oregon and Washington on Wednesday, destroying scores of homes and businesses in the western US states and forcing tens of thousands of residents to evacuate. … [Read more...] about Ominous orange sky gives San Francisco apocalyptic tint