Category: Environment
From Rich Soil to Flooded Plains: The Toll of Indonesia-China’s Nickel Ambition
Flash floods hit North Maluku, a province in the eastern part in Indonesia, for four days last July. Home to nickel-focused industrial activities of the Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park (IWIP), the floods swept across several villages nearby. Heavy rains ...
Climate Change, Economics Muddy West’s Drive to Curb Chinese EVs
By Oliver Hotham and Mary Yang China's meteoric rise as the world's powerhouse of electric vehicle production makes Western efforts to curb their exports a tough sell -- and means they could even stifle the fight against climate change, analysts warn. ...
Photo Essay: How Life Goes on in Communities Along Dam-Saturated Mekong River
Over the past ten days, countries along the Mekong River have been desperately trying to mitigate the devastating impact from the river’s surging water levels due to Typhoon Yagi – the worst typhoon to hit the region in decades. ...
Discontent Shadows Kenya’s Biggest Chinese-Funded Solar Power Project
Although the community initially agreed to the plant and were paid for their land, Abdi says that without the other promised benefits, they now regret their decision.
Uganda Detains 21 People Protesting Sino-French Oil Project
Ugandan police arrested 21 environmentalists in the capital, Kampala, on Monday as they protested a controversial multi-billion-dollar oil development scheme, their lawyer said. The East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP), headed by French oil giant TotalEnergies, involves drilling for oil ...
Big Polluters Urged to Pay as Key Pacific Summit Opens in Tonga
By Steven Trask Emissions-belching nations were challenged to stump up for climate-related damage as a key Pacific islands summit opened on Monday, with low-lying Tuvalu declaring: "If you pollute, you should pay." The Pacific Islands ...
Key Summit Opens at ‘Pivotal’ Time for Pacific Islands
The top summit for Pacific island nations opened Monday in the Kingdom of Tonga, drawing global attention to the region's climate plight and its role in an unfolding great power rivalry. Melodic Tongan choir singers and dancing school children in traditional ...
Chinese Consortium Joins Botswana’s Renewable Energy Coterie
A Chinese consortium, Sinotswana Green Energy, is building a 100MW solar plant in Jwaneng, one of Botswana’s diamond mining towns some 170 kilometers west of the capital, Gaborone. The two Chinese members of this consortium are China Harbor Co ...
Uganda Arrests Dozens of Students Over East Africa Oil Project Protest
Dozens of student activists were arrested on Friday as they tried to march to Uganda's parliament to deliver a petition against a controversial multi-billion-dollar oil development scheme, police and their lawyers said. The students were protesting a huge project headed by ...
China Building More Wind, Solar Capacity Than Rest of World Combined: Report
By Matthew Walsh China is building almost twice as much wind and solar energy capacity as every other country combined, research published Thursday showed. The world's second-largest economy is the biggest emitter of the greenhouse ...
El Niño Triggers Food Crisis in Southern Africa
The brutal drought has been brought on primarily by El Niño. This natural, recurring weather phenomenon raises surface temperatures across parts of the Pacific Ocean. These warmer patches impact weather patterns globally, including by lowering rain levels in Southern Africa.
Protesters Target Chinese Embassies Over E. Africa Oil Project
Climate change campaigners protested at Chinese embassies in 10 countries on Tuesday, calling on China not to finance the construction of TotalEnergies' controversial oil pipeline in East Africa. Activists said Chinese banks and insurers are financiers of "last resort" for TotalEnergies, ...