According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2025, short-lived pollutants such as black carbon and methane are contributing 45% of recent global warming. Black carbon accelerates the melting of polar ice, while methane continues to be emitted through agriculture and waste disposal. The report calls on countries to work multilaterally to reduce such…

ASEAN countries receive more than a quarter of the world’s plastic waste, with plastic pollution rising 30% in 2025 compared to 2020 in countries such as Malaysia and the Philippines due to a surge in garbage imports. Despite countermeasures taken by Indonesia, Vietnam and other countries to return “foreign garbage”, the problem of plastic leakage…

The International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) report shows that 84% of the world’s coral reef areas are experiencing “Extraordinary Bleaching Events”, 92% of corals in the Pacific Coral Triangle are heavily bleached, and the northern section of the Great Barrier Reef has been bleached for seven consecutive years, with 1,120 square kilometers of new mortality.…

The European Parliament’s adoption in May of amendments to relax carbon emission rules for car companies has been criticized as a “regression in the clean transport strategy”. Italian PM Meloni warned in talks with German Chancellor Mertz on 17th that overly rigid green policies could lead to “industrial desertification” in Europe and emphasized the risk…

On May 14, 2025, a fire broke out in a warehouse storing hazardous chemicals such as organic solvents and strong oxidizers in the city of Guadelajara in southern Spain, which quickly got out of control due to the violent reaction of the chemicals. On-site monitoring showed that the blue-green smoke released by the combustion contained…

Since February 2025, over 50 birds have suddenly “exploded” in flight and crashed to their deaths in Richmond, California, the bodies accompanied by detached limbs and burn marks. Officials rule out electrocution and BB gun attacks, but investigation stalls. Initial tests showed similar “high velocity impact injuries” to the birds’ internal organs, but no chemical…

The World Meteorological Organization’s State of Africa’s Climate 2024 report shows that average temperatures in Africa are 0.86°C above the long-term average, with the fastest warming (+1.28°C) in North Africa. The oceanic heatwave affected a record area of 30 million square kilometers, leading to the worst drought in two decades in Southern Africa, with cereal…

Environmental groups have revealed that illegal logging of primary forests for paper production continues in Tasmania, leading to the destruction of habitat for endangered species. Despite the government’s commitment to conservation, weak law enforcement and economic incentives have led to the failure of ecological conservation goals.

On May 14, 2025, Thailand’s Bangkok port seized 238 tons of illegally imported e-waste from the United States, disguised as “mixed metal scrap.” The e-waste contains heavy metals such as lead and mercury, which will cause long-term pollution of soil and water if it flows into illegal workshops for disposal. This is the largest case…

May 14, 2025 Minnesota, USA, is facing severe air pollution as smoke moves south to Iowa and Chicago under gray skies due to the spread of the Canadian mountain fires. Meteorologists warn of dry weather, strong winds exacerbating the fires, with low snowfall, warmer temperatures and drought in the lead-up to the fires. Canada’s 2025…