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Exactly eight months ago today, this column focused on decarbonization using the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2020 as a benchmark. The EPI 2020 posited that countries who exhibited long-standing commitments and carefully constructed programs to protect public health, conserve natural resources, and reduce global emissions, as part of their concerted efforts to decarbonize their economies, achieve the highest level of sustainability. Humanity recognizes that preventing dangerous climate change and its devastating consequences is one of our defining tasks. We have seen and experienced that global emissions have soared by two-thirds in the three decades since international climate talks began. An internationally-recognized scientist once said that limiting global warming to 1.5 degree-Celsius as stipulated in the Paris Climate Agreement scientifically implies complete net decarbonization of the world’s energy and transport systems, industrial production, and land use by the ... » Learn More about Decarbonization as a strategy to pursue sustainability, stabilize Earth’s climate

Image: Twitter/@88rising Ylona Garcia’s music video for “All That,” her debut single with music collective 88rising, has already reached more than one million views on YouTube. The song debuted on the afternoon of March 3 under Paradise Rising, a label under 88rising and Globe Telecom. The milestone for a million views happened just four days after the music video was released. Under 88rising, 19-year-old Garcia joins fellow Asian musicians like Indonesian rapper Rich Brian and Japanese singer Joji, among others. Celebrating the music video’s success, Garcia cheerfully extended her thanks to her fans. “I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW GRATEFUL I AM THAT Y’ALL ARE WILLING TO WATCH ME SLOWLY GO CRAZIER AND CRAZIER A MILLION TIMESSS,” she said in an Instagram post today, March 7. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ylona. (@ylonagarcia) Garcia is was born in Sydney, Australia but has been living in the Philippines ... » Learn More about Ylona Garcia’s ‘All That’ music video hits 1 million views

Watch the video here… WARNING: This article contains content related to drugs and drug use. A cocktail of narcotics known to police as “K powdered milk” or “K Nompong’ in Thai, is suspected to be linked to a number of deaths among young Thais in Bangkok. The “K powdered milk” is a mixture of ketamine, heroin, methamphetamine and a sleeping pill known as “Rose,” police say. Rose is the product name… the label says… “A combination of rose scent, menthol, and natural beeswax make it an ideal scent for relaxing sleeping time.” When crushed together, the drugs resemble milk powder. Police also believe that the cocktail could include clonazepam smuggled in across the borders. Clonazepam is a medication used to prevent and treat seizures and panic disorder. Medicallym, it’s a tranquilizer of the benzodiazepine class. Police say the drug cocktail gives users a rapid high and can be fatal if overused. Given each individual drug’s effects, and the amount of each in the cocktail ... » Learn More about New illicit drug cocktail on Bangkok’s streets | VIDEO