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Japan emerged top in RAJA’s ranking of 29 countries in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) which submitted municipal waste generation and treatment data.

It had relatively low waste per capita of about 352 kilograms and a high waste recovery rate of nearly 92 per cent. Belgium emerged second—although it generated more waste per capita at about 419 kg, it recycled more of its trash (98 per cent). Sweden ranked third with almost 442 kg of waste per person and a waste recovery rate of over 99 per cent. The US was at the bottom of the ranking, with 738 kg waste per capita and a recovery rate just shy of 48 per cent. 

RAJA’s analysis took into account figures submitted for five years up until 2017 or 2018. Most of the countries were in Europe, and Japan was the sole Asian country studied.

The world’s best solar power schemes now offer the “cheapest…electricity in history” with the technology cheaper than coal and gas in most major countries.

That is according to the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2020. The 464-page outlook, published today by the IEA, also outlines the “extraordinarily turbulent” impact of coronavirus and the “highly uncertain” future of global energy use over the next two decades.

Reflecting this uncertainty, this year’s version of the highly influential annual outlook offers four “pathways” to 2040, all of which see a major rise in renewables. The IEA’s main scenario has 43 per cent more solar output by 2040 than it expected in 2018, partly due to detailed new analysis showing that solar power is 20-50 per cent cheaper than thought.

Despite a more rapid rise for renewables

The poll of 27,000 adults across 27 countries found that awareness of impacts on the planet is growing, with more consumers recognising the need to protect it. For instance, 74 per cent of the respondents said the world needed to consume less to preserve the environment for future generations. This is an increase from 66 per cent last year.

And while 94 per cent of Asian respondents currently perceive Covid-19 as the most serious global issue, such concerns were closely followed by climate change (91 per cent) and air pollution (90 per cent) across the climate-vulnerable region. Asian nations surveyed included India, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Japan.

Yet although respondents indicated a willingn

Global goals to tackle climate change and end hunger by 2030 are within reach if donors and developing nations help small farmers grow more climate resilient crops, access irrigation and tap into social safety nets, researchers said Monday.

In a new report, they identified 10 key shifts that could lift nearly 500 million people out of hunger, double the incomes of 545 million small farmers in low and middle income countries, and limit agricultural emissions.

The changes would cost an extra $33 billion a year, said researchers from Ceres2030, a partnership between Cornell University, the International Food Policy Research Institute, and the International Institute for Sustainable Development.

Of that money, $14 billion would need to come from donors, who already s

In the past two years, China’s offshore wind power has increased more than any other nation.

A Global Wind Energy Council report on offshore wind in 2019 described the year as the best yet for the sector – and the biggest ever for China’s offshore wind capacity. China and the Asia-Pacific region look set to drive growth in the sector for the coming decade.

According to the report, China accounted for 40 per cent of global added offshore wind capacity in 2019, with a record 2.5 gigawatts (GW), 51 per cent more than the previous year. China now has 23 per cent of the world’s offshore wind capacity.

Most of China’s new capacity was added in Jiangsu, Guangdong and Fujian, with Jiangsu

Pangolin scales — armor-like, keratin-based plates that cover a pangolin’s body — are still being used in medicines sold and produced by Chinese companies, a new report has found.

This is being done despite the Chinese government banning pangolin scales from the official list of approved ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and even giving the highest level of national protection to three species — the Chinese (Manis pentadactyla), Sunda (M. javanica) and Indian (M.