Ebbing away: Hong Kong's ivory trade
As Hong Kong moves towards the final step of a landmark ivory ban, TRAFFIC has released a report that acknowledges progress, but urges tighter regulation on privately owned ivory stocks, antique ivory
Hong Kong
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Protecting our capital
The majority of the world’s major cities have disclosed that climate change presents a physical risk to the businesses operating in their cities. This real and current threat is driving local governments
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Sao Paulo to Hong Kong Report Climate Threat to Economies
Cities from Sao Paulo to Hong Kong say climate change threatens their economies, and most are taking measures to protect business, according to a report today from the Carbon Disclosure Project. About
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Experts urge China to detail port emissions
China should establish emissions inventories for all major port cities as soon as possible to detail pollutants from ships and ports, experts have suggested. They say these pollutants may account for
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China Wants to Feed UN Projects Into Its New CO2 Market
A man takes a photograph standing in front of a structure covered with an image of the Hong Kong island skyline at the waterfront in the Tsim Sha Tsui area on Aug. 22, 2013. United Nations carbon regulators
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Storms are expanding global reach
Typhoons, cyclones and hurricanes worldwide are shifting out of the tropics and more toward the poles and generally larger populations, likely because of global warming, a new study finds. Atlantic hurricanes,
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Hong Kong burns ivory stockpile
Hong Kong on Thursday began destroying nearly 30 tonnes of ivory seized from smugglers, in the world's largest such operation that marks a significant step in combating the illegal trade in elephant tusks.
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Hong Kong Issues Highest Storm Alert as Rain Dowses City
Rain doused Hong Kong yesterday, causing street flooding and prompting the weather bureau to raise a black storm warning, the second time the highest alert has been triggered this year. The black storm
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China to beat 2020 nuclear targets after projects restarted - CNNC
China is set to beat its 2020 targets for nuclear power, the chairman of the country's top nuclear firm told Reuters, after getting back on track with projects that had been halted after Japan's Fukushima
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Hong Kong Air Quality Health Risk ‘Very High’ in Central
Hong Kong’s Air Quality Health Index recorded ‘very high’ health risk at one of the three roadside-monitoring stations, according to data from the Environmental Protection Department. The index was
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Hong Kong culls 20,000 birds after scare
A cull of 20,000 chickens was under way in Hong Kong today after the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus was found in poultry imported from mainland China, days before Lunar New Year. Fears over avian flu have