# Suid-Koreaanse owerhede het pogings opgeskort om ‘n beroemde haai uit ‘n kanaal terug te lei see toe. Die vaalhaai-wyfie, met die bynaam Bukang-i, het Woensdag enkele ure nadat sy see toe begelei is, teruggekeer na die kanaal in Busan. Owerhede hou haar bewegings noukeurig dop. ‘n Oliestorting is vroeër vandag aangemeld naby die ingang […]
# Skole, kantore en finansiële markte in Taiwan is gesluit terwyl Tifoon Champi sterk wind en stortreën in dele van die eiland veroorsaak. Byna ‘n duisend vlugte is gekanselleer, een persoon is dood en meer as 160 mense beseer. Owerhede het meer as twee-duisend-600 mense uit bergagtige gebiede ontruim. Meer as 77-duisend huishoudings was aanvanklik […]
# The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Climate Change says teams were deployed to contain an oil spill affecting Umm Al Quwain’s beaches. This comes days after a tanker was struck by a projectile off the coast. Teams immediately began containment, cordoning, clean-up and remediation to limit environmental impacts. The ministery adds the emirate’s beaches […]
# Taiwan has shut schools, offices and financial markets as Typhoon Champi brings powerful winds and torrential rain. Nearly one-thousand flights have been cancelled, while one person has been killed and more than 160 injured. Authorities have evacuated more than two-thousand-600 people from mountainous areas, and more than 77-thousand homes have lost electricity, although power […]
# South Korean authorities have suspended attempts to guide a celebrity shark out to sea, allowing it to leave on its own. The female dusky shark, nicknamed Bukang-i, returned to a canal in Busan hours after being guided out on Wednesday. Officials are monitoring her movements. An oil spill was reported near the canal entrance […]
# Die Nasionale Tesourie vra openbare kommentaar op ‘n voorgestelde raamwerk vir klimaat-oorgangsbeplanning en openbaarmaking vir finansiële instellings. Die raamwerk het ten doel om banke, versekeraars en beleggers te help om klimaatverwante risiko’s te bestuur en befondsing te rig na ‘n ekonomie met laer koolstofuitstralings wat meer bestand is teen klimaatsverandering. Die Tesourie sê die […]
# The National Treasury has invited public comment on a proposed climate transition planning and disclosure framework for financial institutions. The framework aims to guide banks, insurers and investors in managing climate-related risks and directing funding towards a low-emission, climate-resilient economy. Treasury says the proposals must reflect South Africa’s development priorities, including climate adaptation and […]
# Minstens 16 mense is dood en 65 beseer nadat ‘n aardbewing van 7,0 die Nagqu-streek in die Chinees-beheerde Tibet getref het. Volgens die Chinese staatsnuusagentskap Xinhua het 339 huise ingetuimel en is kragtoevoer grootliks onderbreek. Die Chinese Administrasie vir Aardbewings het die tweede hoogste vlak noodreaksie geaktiveer. Die Amerikaanse Geologiese Opname het intussen sewe […]
# At least 16 people have died and 65 have been injured after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit the Nagqu region in Chinese-controlled Tibet. According to Chinese state news agency Xinhua, 339 houses have collapsed, and power has largely been cut off to the region. The China Earthquake Administration has activated a level two emergency […]
