Despite the environment ministry s conditional approval of a plan to build a second airport on Jeju Island, the already long-delayed project still seems to have a long way to go before construction begins due to unceasing protests from those accusing the ministry of giving up on its primary role of preserving the country s natural environment. Ever since the plan was first proposed in 1990, opening another international airport for the global tourism hotspot has been a hot-button issue.
Oh Se-hoon, Mayor of Seoul, Republic of Korea, has been elected as Vice Chair of the C40 Steering Committee, the governing body providing strategic direction for the global network of nearly 100 cities committed to addressing the global climate crisis.
China s Foreign Ministry urged Japan to stop its irresponsible plan to force the dump of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea, after the Japanese government announced last week that the discharge of Fukushima water would start around this spring or summer, sparking widespread criticism both at home and abroad.