新加坡每年人均红肉食用量约11%,但这些牲畜在饲养、运输、生产等过程所排放的温室气体,在全国因粮食而产生的温室气体排放量上占了40%。
Continue reading受访学者: 若要实现减排目标 国人生活方式要大改变
应对气候变化对新加坡带来的影响,不仅需要上至政府层面的统筹,保护沿海地区不被升高的海平面侵蚀,也需要下至每位国人,更自觉地改变原有生活方式,选择亲环境的产品与服务。
Continue reading三大重点着手实现 张志贤:我国目标2050年温室气体排放量减半
我国在应对气候变化问题上作出更大承诺,目标是到2050年将温室气体排放量从2030年的峰值减半,并争取在本世纪下半叶实现零排放。
Continue reading报告:印度空气污染最严重 中国情况改善 IQAir AirVisual: 4 of world’s 20 most polluted cities in India
全球空气质量最新报告显示,全球空气污染最严重的城市大多在印度。A new report monitoring pollution in the world revealed that 14 of the world’s 20 most polluted cities are in India.
Continue reading中国全面禁止非法野生动物交易、革除滥食野生动物陋习 China ‘comprehensively’ bans illegal wildlife trade after COVID-19 outbreak
2020年2月24日,十三届全国人大常委会第十六次会议表决通过了关于全面禁止非法野生动物交易的决定。China declared an immediate and “comprehensive” ban on the trade of wild animals.
Continue readingAustralia’s Great Barrier Reef shows signs of new coral bleaching
The government agency tasked with monitoring the health of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has detected signs of heat stress in several coral regions, increasing the prospects of another major bleaching event.
Continue readingHalf a million mussels ‘cooked alive’ in warming New Zealand ocean
Up to half a million mussels were effectively cooked in the wild in unusually balmy waters on the New Zealand coast in a massive “die-off” that marine experts have linked to climate change.
Continue reading联合国全球儿童未来报告:世界无一国能给儿童良好成长环境 Report: World failing to provide children with a healthy life and a climate fit for their future – WHO-UNICEF-Lancet
无论是贫穷或富裕国家,全球每一个儿童和青少年的健康和未来都受到生态退化、气候变化的直接威胁。As climate and commercial threats intensify, WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission presses for radical rethink on child health.
Continue reading50亿元海岸及洪水防护基金 助我国应对海平面上升威胁 New coastal, flood protection fund to tackle rising sea levels
政府将成立新的海岸及洪水防护基金,应对海平面上升对我国造成的影响。基金启动资金为50亿元。
A new coastal and flood protection fund, with an initial injection of $5 billion, will be set up to help protect Singapore against rising sea levels.
Continue readingGlobal warming causing ‘irreversible’ mass melting in Antarctica
Global warming is leading to an”irreversible” mass melting of the Antarctic ice and purging carbon from the atmosphere is the only solution to slow the process, an Australian climate scientist told Reuters on 19 Feb 2020.
Continue reading对抗气候变化 匈总理:每增一婴儿就种10棵树
为了对抗气候变化,匈牙利总理欧尔班宣布,当地每有一名婴儿诞生,政府就会种10棵树。他指出,到了2030年,匈牙利的林区将增加27%。
Continue reading生物塑胶与铝罐 比“走塑”更环保?
正当“走塑”成为世界潮流,全球最大饮料公司可口可乐(Coca-Cola)在上月举行的达沃斯世界经济论坛上却以消费者仍然喜欢为由,表明不会停止使用即弃塑胶樽,引起环保团体抨击。
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