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ENVIRONMENT

Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Aug 12, 2021
Is it sunrise or another false dawn for tech that buries carbon dioxide emissions?
Some experts say behavioral change alone is insufficient — carbon capture and storage technology will be essential to realizing net-zero by 2050.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 11, 2021
To save the planet, focus on cutting methane, U.N. climate report says
Countries must make 'strong, rapid and sustained reductions' in methane emissions in addition to slashing carbon dioxide emissions, the report said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 11, 2021
To hit climate goals, Indonesia urged to permanently ban new palm oil plantations
Home to the world's third-largest tropical forests and also its biggest palm-oil producer, Indonesia introduced a three-year freeze on plantation permits that expires in September.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 11, 2021
Bleak future feared for Asia's vulnerable poor after landmark climate report
Home to about 60% of the world's population, the region has borne the brunt of climate disasters.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 11, 2021
Climate change report exposes fault lines within fossil fuel industry
Responses range from the defensive to calling on governments to take the lead on a transition to a future of cleaner energy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 10, 2021
Major climate report puts pressure on COP26 to ‘consign coal to history’
So far, nations' voluntary pledges fall far short of keeping temperature rise under 2 degrees, let alone 1.5 degrees, according to the U.N.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2021
How sustainable are the world's sovereign wealth funds?
The world's biggest funds are making only patchy progress in adapting investment plans to account for environmental, social and governance factors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2021
China’s new oil giants thrive amid Xi’s push for cleaner energy
'Teapot 2.0' firms have built vast refining complexes that are greener and more focused on using crude to make plastics and chemicals instead of more polluting fuels such as diesel.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 10, 2021
Once-in-50-year heat waves now happening every decade
Heat waves, droughts and torrential rains are set to become more frequent and extreme as the earth warms further, a U.N. climate science report says.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2021
The era of cheap natural gas ends as prices surge by 1,000%
With few other options, the world is expected to depend more on cleaner-burning gas as a replacement to coal to help achieve near-term green goals.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2021
U.S. carmakers’ EV pledge gives burned environmentalists deja vu
President Joe Biden has set the goal of slashing U.S. emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieving a carbon-free economy by 2050.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 3, 2021
With time slipping away, prospects of a climate deal at COP26 are waning
With less than three months before climate talks in Glasgow, diplomats are struggling to pull global climate policy back from the brink of disaster.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2021
What Tokyo and Seoul must do to meet their coal pledges
As Japan and South Korea work through policy implementation on ending funding for new coal projects, their decisions will reverberate beyond their borders.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 31, 2021
Climate change is coming for the Great Barrier Reef
Coral reefs are one of the world's most visible and sensitive barometers of climate change.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 26, 2021
Extreme weather renews focus on climate change as scientists update forecasts
The list of extremes in just the last few weeks has been startling.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 24, 2021
South African farmers dream of drought insurance on climate front line
Only 20% of the country's commercial grain farmers have coverage, with each year getting hotter and drier
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 24, 2021
Earthquakes, typhoons … and now we have to worry about heat domes?
High temperatures in Japan have reached more than 41 degrees Celsius in the past, but a heat dome in Canada has the media speculating on whether higher temperatures are ahead.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 23, 2021
Heat, floods and fires: Jet stream is key link in climate disasters
Jet stream changes can cause winds to weaken, allowing dangerous weather to remain stuck in the same place for days or weeks at a time.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 22, 2021
The Sea of Marmara, a ‘sapphire’ of Turkey, is choking from pollution
The Marmara has been sickening for a long time, and this year, it suffered a paroxysm that choked its waters and suffocated marine life.
Haneda Airport security staff arrested over theft
Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old security inspector at Haneda Airport after he allegedly stole cash from a passenger during a baggage inspection.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
White House threatens broad crackdown on liberal groups
FBI Director Kash Patel (right) listens to senior White House adviser Stephen Miller speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.

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