Sustainability

INTERNATIONAL HELP The disaster could not have come at a worse time for Pakistan, where the economy is in free fall. Appealing for international help, the government has declared an...

ABU DHABI: As a twin-turboprop aircraft takes off under the burning desert sun with dozens of salt canisters attached to its wings, United Arab Emirates meteorological official Abullah al-Hammadi scans...

EXTREME WEATHER IS "THE NEW NORMAL"  "These individual events fit a pattern of increasing extreme events due to climate change," said Professor Matthias Roth from the Department of Geography at...

TOKYO: Japanese automaker Honda Motor plans to set up a new lithium-ion battery plant for electric vehicles in the United States with Korean battery supplier LG Energy Solution, the Nikkei...

JIUJIANG: Teams of drillers are working long hours to build wells to fight a devastating drought sweeping parts of China, farmers in Jiujiang city in the country's central Jiangxi province...

SHANGHAI: Shanghai will switch off decorative lights along its famed Bund riverfront for two days from Monday (Aug 22) as a nationwide heatwave sends power demands soaring, city authorities said....

SHANGHAI: Though China is aiming to roll out record amounts of renewable capacity this year as decarbonisation elsewhere stalls, economic challenges mean Beijing is unlikely to tackle rising coal consumption...

RECOVERY WITHOUT SUSTAINABILITY Indonesia’s support for the use of fossil fuels is reflected by the allocated funds, reaching about 8 per cent of the total National Economic Recovery budget. The...

BANJARMASIN: With a huge nose and reddish-brown skin, the proboscis monkey is not everyone’s favourite animal. But Indonesian Amalia Rezeki, conservationist and founder of the friends of proboscis monkey voluntary...

BEIJING: Provincial capital Chengdu in southwest China has dimmed outdoor advertisements, subway lighting and building signs to save energy, official announcements said, as the area battles a power crunch triggered...