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311, 11 Years On – For a Peaceful, Nuclear-Free Society, with the People of the World
Eleven years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the disaster at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Nuclear power plants that had been deemed “completely safe" by the government and power companies, exploded one after another. Radioactive...
KTNC Watch condemns Korean NCP for failing indigenous peoples who lost their forests to palm oil plantations
Empty “ESG Management Recommendations” inattentive to victims’ voices are only deceptive Korea’s NCP should do its part in providing remedies for victims instead of advertising company and government policies On the 18th of January, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and...
New Publication: Climate Litigation
Climate change litigation, or simply “climate litigation,” has been growing in importance over the past decades. This becomes especially critical for the Philippines in view of its climate change vulnerability, due to its high exposure to natural hazards (typhoons,...
Environmental Watch in Palestine
The new Environmental Watch Newsletter is out now. Browse the stories below or view the newsletter here. Exploiting Natural Resources, Depriving Palestinians and Violating Human Rights Israel's Exploitation of Palestinian Natural Resources in Violation...
Equity undermined, what we’ve got at the most exclusionary COP
While Covid-19 still ravages and so many in the Global South can’t get a vaccine or visa, UN Climate talks were held in Glasgow in the most exclusionary way. As expected the outcomes were just scandalous as it undermined equity and developed nations refused to...
Indian activists mobilise for global day of climate action
On 6 November, while tens of thousands of activists braved the elements to demand climate action in Glasgow, amid the ongoing United Nations climate conference, it was the youth organisations of Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh that offered solidarity in both corners...
EIA for the proposed development of a permanent disposal facility in Gebeng should not be approved
Lynas Malaysia, through Gading Senggara Sdn. Bhd. (an appointed operator for the Permanent Disposal Facility) has recently submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for a proposal to construct a Permanent Disposal Facility (PDF) for the Water Leach...
Legal Professionals Scale Mount Ramdung
A team of legal professionals led by advocate Bishnu Bhusal scaled the Ramdun Mountain located in Dholakha on October 30. The team of Legal professionals climbed the 5,935m tall mountain with the slogan “Environmental Justice,” keeping in view the 2021 United Nations...
CSOs Condemn Japan’s Decision to Finance LNG Canada Project
Movement toward a phase out of coal and other fossil fuels accelerated at the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that started on October 31 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. However, on...
Samsung C&T fined 15.3 million USD for a large-scale fire at an Oil Palm Plantation in Indonesia
On November 10, 2021, Riau District Court, Indonesia, sentenced Samsung C&T’s subsidiary in Indonesia to a fine of 15.3 million USD for violating the Law 32 of 2009 on Protection and Environmental Management. In September 2019, a large-scale fire broke out burning...
WE’RE HIRING – Cross Programme Campaign Coordinator
We are looking for a Cross Programme Campaign Coordinator to join Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific. Position Title: Cross Program Campaign Coordinator Position: Part time 2 days a week Project Period: One year, starting in January 2022 Salary: Commensurate...
VIDEO: Walhi protest COP26 and demand Climate Justice NOW
On Saturday, 6 November 2021, WALHI Central Java held theatrical protest in response to COP26 in Glasgow. While leaders are talking, the coast of Central Java is sinking. Walhi is calling for climate justice now, and finance for loss and damages. Watch the...
People Power must be at the heart of Glasgow COP26
Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific demands deep carbon cuts from rich nations at summit With many groups from the Global South unable to attend, the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) opening this week in Glasgow, Scotland, will likely fall short of its mandate,...
Glasgow COP26 and young people’s ‘eco-anxiety’
In coastal areas in Bangladesh, children are starting to worry about climate change. Is the sea, on which bounties they have been raised, just waiting to claim their lives? “They’re always scared that there will be a cyclone and there will be a storm, and everything...
COP26: Rich Nations Have Not Shown Leadership in Their Fair Share of Emission Cuts
Written by Meena Raman, Head of Programmes at Third World Network and President of Sahabat Alam Malaysia Published by Inter Press Service It is well-known that all the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) added together, even those that have been updated, will...
Korea’s New 2030 Emissions Reductions Targets Fall Short
On October 18, the South Korean government's Carbon Neutrality Committee released new 2030 emissions reductions targets (Nationally Determined Contributions-NDCs), which will be confirmed in a cabinet meeting on October 27. But both the targets and the methods for...
