Delegates from over 190 countries recently gathered in Lisbon for the United Nations Ocean Conference, the most important event on this issue this year. Opening the meeting, UN Secretary-General Antón ...More
EJ Insight2022-09-06
Earlier this summer, the United Nations convened its Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Lisbon, Portugal. The goal was to “to propel much needed science-based innovative solutions aimed at starting a new chap ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-16
China aims to peak its CO2 emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060 which is "a tough battle”, according to President Xi Jinping. It is said that even developed countries need a tra ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-04
Although nearly all heat-related deaths are preventable, heatwaves kill thousands of people worldwide every year. At this very moment, an extreme heatwave in India and Pakistan, affecting about one bi ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-08
The fifth wave of COVID-19 epidemic in Hong Kong has been severe. In order to curb the spread of the epidemic, the government adopted stricter anti-epidemic measures, including banning dining in resta ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-30
Images of plastic pollution in the ocean and on beaches are now commonplace, and the problem is likely to get worse. Last week, the OECD’s first Global Plastics Outlook revealed a dramatic increase in ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-10
A recent uproar over the government's ostensibly wanton ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年11月30日
The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet’s surface, produces half of the oxygen we breathe, feeds billions of people, and provides hundreds of millions of jobs. It also plays a major role in mitig ...More
EJ Insight2021-11-29
A recent uproar over the government’s ostensibly wanton killing of wild boars – has rocked the city. The uptick in number of altercations between boars and humans has prompted the administration to re ...More
EJ Insight2021-11-29
Emerging markets companies have learned the hard lessons of Covid and are placing increased emphasis on resilience, even at the cost of maximum efficiency. Covid and its after-shocks have exposed the ...More
EJ Insight2021-11-23
Costa Rica is celebrating 200 years of independence this year. It is an opportunity to honor our ancestors and think about our descendants, and we invite the world to celebrate with us. Those who cann ...More
EJ Insight2021-11-18
In his keynote speech delivered at the seminar held in September on the Central Government's science and technology policies benefitting Hong Kong, Mr Tan Tieniu, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-27
CLP Holdings Limited (CLP) announced earlier that its wholly-owned subsidiary EnergyAustralia will build Australia’s first net zero emissions hydrogen and gas capable power plant, helping to provide a ...More
EJ Insight2021-08-30
The global race to achieve net-zero greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions as soon as possible is also a race to realize a new kind of abundance: of public health, vibrant nature, good jobs, greater equality, ...More
EJ Insight2021-07-12
The Amazon Basin is fast approaching an irreversible tipping point. That should concern everyone, because what happens in the Amazon has planetary implications. Spanning eight South American countries ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-26
If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught the world one thing, it is the high price we pay – in lost lives, damaged economies, and wasted human potential – when we undervalue resilience. By applying this le ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-16
Last November, something happened in the middle of the South Atlantic that was unusual enough to make a local northern rockhopper penguin raise one of its long spiky yellow eyebrows. The tiny archipel ...More
EJ Insight2021-03-19
Today’s growing world population and a privileged minority’s rapidly rising living standards are driving resource consumption and waste production at a rate requiring the capacities of 1.7 Earths and ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-14
Sixty years ago next May, President John F. Kennedy put the United States on a mission to the future. “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-02
