{"id":523,"date":"2024-01-10T01:51:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T01:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/?page_id=523"},"modified":"2024-01-16T03:17:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T03:17:06","slug":"environment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/?page_id=523","title":{"rendered":"ENVIRONMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"990\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20231116_zaf_i90_741.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1165 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20231116_zaf_i90_741.webp 990w, https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20231116_zaf_i90_741-300x168.webp 300w, https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20231116_zaf_i90_741-768x431.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>With Earth\u2019s average&nbsp;<\/strong>annual temperature speeding toward&nbsp;1.5 degrees Celsius&nbsp;faster than expected and&nbsp;global climate policy on a treadmill, an increasing number of researchers say it\u2019s time to consider a \u201crestorative pathway\u201d to avoid the worst ecological and social outcomes of global warming&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/?page_id=1144\"><strong>Read More \u00bb<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Panama.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1173 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Panama.webp 768w, https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Panama-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>The battle between<\/strong>\u00a0a Canadian mining company and Panama over one of the richest copper-gold mines in the Americas is headed to international arbitration\u2014exposing Canada\u2019s double standard when it comes to promoting free trade in the Global South&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/?page_id=1146\"><strong>Read More \u00bb<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"http:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-9-24-gaza-destruction.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1178 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-9-24-gaza-destruction.webp 768w, https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-9-24-gaza-destruction-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>The planet-warming emissions<\/strong>\u00a0generated during the first two months of the war in\u00a0Gaza\u00a0were greater than the annual carbon footprint of more than 20 of the world\u2019s most climate-vulnerable nations, new research reveals&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/?page_id=1148\"><strong>Read More \u00bb<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"http:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-11-24-oilrig.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1182 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-11-24-oilrig.webp 768w, https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-11-24-oilrig-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>The American oil lobby<\/strong>\u00a0launched an eight-figure media campaign this week promoting the idea that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to global energy security, alarming climate experts.\u201cUS natural gas and oil play a key role in supplying the world with cleaner, more reliable energy,\u201d the new initiative\u2019s website says&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/?page_id=1150\"><strong>Read More \u00bb<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"208\" height=\"117\" src=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/drinking-water-copy.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1188 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>At this point,<\/strong>\u00a0it\u2019s common knowledge that\u00a0bottled water\u00a0contains\u00a0microplastics\u2014fragments of the insidious material that can be as small as a bacterial cell. But the problem is much worse than previously known: It turns out that bottled water harbors hundreds of thousands of even tinier pieces of the stuff&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/?page_id=1153\"><strong>Read More \u00bb<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20231220_zip_b332_002-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1193 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20231220_zip_b332_002-1.webp 321w, https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20231220_zip_b332_002-1-300x168.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Two thousand twenty-three\u00a0<\/strong>\u201csmashed\u201d the record for the hottest year by a huge margin, providing \u201cdramatic testimony\u201d of how much warmer and more dangerous today\u2019s climate is from the cooler one in which human civilization developed&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/?page_id=1155\"><strong>Read More \u00bb<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"990\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Buckeye-housing-aerial-e1704402997481-copy-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1197 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Buckeye-housing-aerial-e1704402997481-copy-1.webp 990w, https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Buckeye-housing-aerial-e1704402997481-copy-1-300x168.webp 300w, https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Buckeye-housing-aerial-e1704402997481-copy-1-768x431.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>When a small Arizona<\/strong>\u00a0community called\u00a0Rio Verde Foothills\u00a0lost its water supply one year ago, forcing locals to skip showers and eat off paper plates, it became a\u00a0poster child\u00a0for\u00a0unwise desert development. The rural neighborhood of about 2,000 people north of Phoenix had relied on trucked-in water deliveries from the nearby city of Scottsdale, but the city elected to stop deliveries to conserve its own water amid&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/?page_id=1157\"><strong>Read More \u00bb<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"180\" src=\"http:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20230111_zaf_m67_010-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-636 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20230111_zaf_m67_010-1.webp 321w, https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20230111_zaf_m67_010-1-300x168.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>A picturesque expanse<\/strong>\u00a0of water along Florida\u2019s space coast is offering a modicum of hope for the state\u2019s embattled manatees as wildlife officials review whether to restore the beloved sea cows to the\u00a0endangered species list.The recovery of seagrass, the manatees\u2019 favorite food, in Mosquito Lagoon means that an\u00a0emergency hand-feeding program&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/?page_id=1159\"><strong>Read More \u00bb<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"180\" src=\"http:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20141111_zaf_g63_006.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-637 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20141111_zaf_g63_006.webp 321w, https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20141111_zaf_g63_006-300x168.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>For the first time<\/strong>\u00a0in four centuries, it\u2019s good to be a beaver. Long persecuted for their pelts and reviled as pests, the dam-building rodents are today hailed by scientists as ecological saviors. Their ponds and wetlands store water in the face of drought, filter out pollutants, furnish habitat for endangered species, and fight wildfires. In California,\u00a0<em>Castor canadensis<\/em>\u00a0is so prized that the state recently committed millions to its restoration&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/?page_id=1161\"><strong>Read More \u00bb<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"180\" src=\"http:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-638 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image.webp 321w, https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-300x168.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>In recent years,<\/strong>\u00a0climate activists, local communities and states have turned to litigation in search of climate justice. The 2023 United States Congress was the decade\u2019s\u00a0least productive one, and the federal government\u2019s\u00a0lack of response\u00a0to the climate crisis has inspired a slew of court cases seeking to hold polluters accountable and spur policy change&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/?page_id=1163\"><strong>Read More \u00bb<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Earth\u2019s average&nbsp;annual temperature speeding toward&nbsp;1.5 degrees Celsius&nbsp;faster than expected and&nbsp;global climate policy on a treadmill, an increasing number of researchers say it\u2019s time to consider a \u201crestorative pathway\u201d to avoid the worst ecological and social outcomes of global warming&#8230;Read More \u00bb The battle between\u00a0a Canadian mining company and Panama over one of the richest&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/?page_id=523\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ENVIRONMENT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/523"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=523"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1214,"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/523\/revisions\/1214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}