In a landmark decision, Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court recently determined that long-term waste dumping at a site in Meethotamulla violated residents’ fundamental rights and faulted the authorities for allowing the dump to expand beyond permitted limits.
Retailers in China, Japan, South Korea and Singapore were assessed on efforts to curb methane from meat, dairy and rice supply chains. None have set a reduction target, despite the greenhouse gas’s outsized climate impact.
Public finance institutions globally have directed nearly US$22 billion into liquified natural gas projects between 2013 and 2025, leveraging green financing frameworks to tag 36 per cent of it as environment-friendly investments, found a new report by Maritime Beyond Methane.