by Teuvo Tuomi | Dec 18, 2023 | Environment, News, Vietnam
For over a week, Hanoi has been suffering from misty air filled with fog and dust, particularly affecting those who live in high-rise apartment buildings. According to the IQAir application, the air pollution level over the past week has been assessed as poor for...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Dec 10, 2023 | Environment, Singapore, Technology, Visions
Singapore’s Kusu Island – or Tortoise Island – is home to the popular Da Bo Gong Temple and three Malay shrines. But it is also completely self-reliant in using solar power to produce its water and electricity. The island’s solar photovoltaic (PV)...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Dec 6, 2023 | Asia, Environment, Lifestyle, Visions
Even with coal, higher financing costs, and weaker access to funds, Asia has outpaced Europe and North America in fighting climate change by some key measures, according to a Reuters analysis. Asia boosted clean power, including hydro and nuclear, as a share of...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Dec 5, 2023 | Hong Kong, Asia, China, Environment, News, Technology
According to the Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan, Hong Kong is aiming to become a global green tech and financial center and plans to increase the share of zero-carbon energy in the city’s electricity generation to around 60-70% by 2035. He also...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Nov 25, 2023 | Myanmar, Environment, News
Farmers in Myanmar’s second-largest rice-growing region, Bago, are seeing massive losses in yields due to the worst flooding to hit the region in six decades, raising concerns about mounting food security and dwindling export earnings in the coming months, rice...
