Think of Hong Kong as a living dictionary. Every old arcade, footbridge and mixed-use tong lau, or tenement building, is an entry worth studying. As the city embarks on another redevelopment cycle, we should be leafing more carefully – not erasing the dictionary’s words but learning how to write new ones in the same spirit. Here are five key words that should be at the centre of any sensitive, forward-looking renewal blueprint. One, shelter. Tong lau arcades were an original

[Liberian Observer] BENTOL, Montserrado - Under the scorching sun in Mount Coffee, Lower Montserrado County, rows of nearly 40,000 solar panels stretch across rocky ground. Liberia's first-ever solar farm is part of efforts to reduce carbon emissions, strengthen electricity supply, and transition toward renewable energy.

As South Africa’s criminal justice system confronts increasingly complex forms of crime, the debate over how to measure prosecutorial success has gained renewed importance. While conviction rates should be interpreted alongside broader justice indicators, they remain a constitutionally grounded and internationally recognised measure of prosecutorial effectiveness, reflecting the NPA’s ability to secure fair and lawful convictions in a challenging environment.

China is wasting a huge amount of green energy as the world grapples with an energy shortage because of the Strait of Hormuz crisis. The “wasted” wind and solar energy stems from inflexible grid management that continues to position coal as a stabilising source of power and stymies a clean energy expansion that could otherwise generate electricity equivalent to the needs of France, according to analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) think tank. Chi

On a blazing hot day in South Africa, female southern pied babblers can’t think straight. The medium-sized black-and-white birds are trying to get at tasty mealworms behind a see-through barrier. On cooler days, the birds can quickly figure out that all they have to do is go around the small wall of plastic. But when the mercury goes up, the birds just keep stubbornly pecking at the barrier. That experiment is part of a growing body of research showing that animals get their

The deep-sea sponge _Calyx_ sp. in its natural habitat. PROBIO-DEEP/Fugro When we think of marine life, we usually picture colourful coral reefs or dense seaweed forests filled with fish and other critters. The ocean that comes to mind is the one touched by sunlight. However, most of the ocean is not like that. By volume, roughly 95% of the ocean consists of the permanently dark, cold deep sea . Despite such hostile conditions though, there is life in the ocean’s abyss. Deep-

The global environment will continue to throw us curveballs, writes Busisiwe Mavuso, but reform and institutional discipline make a huge difference to how SA weathers the storms.

Snow arrives in time for the start of ski season, but climate change and El Niño mean it may not stick around for long, experts say Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast There was optimism across Australian alpine resorts this week as their social media channels filled with footage of snow flurries that arrived just in time for the opening of the ski season this weekend. “We couldn’t be more excited,” said the Instagram account of Perisher , the souther

Scientists are poised to declare the emergence of a the weather pattern within days. Here’s why.

Environment minister Murray Watt decides against emergency declaration to halt construction but does not rule out ‘longer term protections’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The federal government has decided against an 11th-hour intervention to halt construction of an Olympic stadium and aquatic centre in the heart of Brisbane, in a park that traditional owners say is a First Nations sacred site . The environment minister, Murray Watt, issued a sta

Vodafone, sürdürülebilir bir dünya oluşturma hedefiyle yürüttüğü çevre odaklı çalışmalarına hız kesmeden devam ediyor. Şirketin elektronik atıkların geri dönüşümünü teşvik etmek ve toplumsal farkındalık yaratmak amacıyla WWF-Türkiye ve Habitat Derneği işbirliğiyle hayata geçirdiği “Dünya İçin Lazım” projesi ilk yılını başarıyla tamamlıyor. Bir yıllık süreçte 37 tonu aşkın elektronik atık geri dönüşüme kazandırılırken, proje kapsamında verilen […]

L’ONG Transport & Environment calcule que la demande pour ces carburants produits à partir de ressources agricoles pourrait bondir de 30 % en 2026 et de 70 % d’ici à 2030.

South Africa has a litter problem, but the real crisis is not environmental. It is civic. And beneath the civic, it is political.

Hawking radiation is a fundamental spontaneous phenomenon in which the event horizon of a black hole transforms the vacuum state into a pair of correlated particles: the Hawking radiation and its partner. This emission can also be stimulated by a state other than the vacuum. A similar phenomenon, known as analogue Hawking radiation, has been observed across various physical systems, but experimental realizations have largely remained in the classical regime. This work present

With parts of Northern Europe experiencing sweltering May temperatures, scientists are warning that it’s only going to get worse. According to new report from the World Meteorological Organization, the next five years will likely smash global heat records.

Vodafone, WWF-Türkiye ve Habitat Derneği iş birliğiyle yürütülen projede ilk yılda 37 tonu aşkın e-atık geri dönüşüme kazandırılırken, 75 binden fazla kişiye çevre eğitimi verildi.

As geopolitical pressure exposes the fragility of global energy supply chains, the case for strengthening domestic energy security by developing South Africa’s own offshore energy resources to secure domestic supply has sharpened considerably. South Africa sits on one of the continent’s most promising, underexplored offshore basins. The country’s offshore oil and gas sector recognises the responsibility that comes with that potential. The debate around offshore oil and gas de

Republican-led states growing renewable capabilities at faster rate as Texas emerges as clean-energy leader Democratic-led states are eroding their climate policies, as red states are scaling up their clean energy deployment. California on Friday scaled back its cap-and-invest program, offering more than $3bn in free pollution allowances to polluting companies. Earlier the same week, New York weakened its groundbreaking climate law, delaying a plan to regulate carbon from 202

A breakthrough hydrogen-production method could make clean fuel far cheaper and easier to generate. Researchers at the University of Birmingham developed a perovskite-based catalyst that splits water into hydrogen at much lower temperatures than existing technologies, potentially allowing factories, steel plants, cement works, and renewable energy sites to turn waste heat into valuable hydrogen.

Dangote Industries Limited has retained its position as Africa’s most admired African brand for the eighth consecutive year in the Brand Africa rankings, reinforcing its dominance across industrial, sustainability and social impact categories. The post Dangote retains Africa’s most admired brand title for eighth year appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria .