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Justice in the face of extreme climate disasters
It is only right that we continue to put public pressure on these big carbon polluters and raise our voices for justice. Let’s make 2020 count, let it be the year when we stand with climate-impacted communities as they reclaim their rights to a safe and stable climate.
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Greenpeace Philippines renews calls for Climate Emergency Declaration as Supertyphoon Goni exits the country
Greenpeace Philippines believes that as the country charts its COVID recovery the government must use the opportunity to build in strong climate action into a response that will help address other current and future intersecting crises. Stepping up climate action now will be a big step in addressing the interrelated crises the country faces.
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Greenpeace Philippines welcomes moratorium on new coal plants; renews call for energy transition to RE
Data from a recent Greenpeace report shows that the Philippines can easily achieve 50% RE power generation by 2030 solely through solar and wind capacity. To enable this to happen, the DOE must support their declaration with concrete policy measures such as removing financial incentives for coal and other fossil fuel power projects, imposing higher…
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An area eight times the size of Bali has burned in Indonesia in the last five years, new Greenpeace report shows
Greenpeace Southeast Asia's new report ‘Burning Issues: Five Years of Fire’ exposes the total failure of Indonesia’s government to protect forest and peatland from burning.
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Burning Issues: Five Years of Fire
The 2015 fire season in Indonesia was the worst in nearly two decades, with the blazes for almost a month emitting daily carbon emissions that exceeded those from the entire US economy.
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Greenpeace Philippines reactive on Duterte’s call for stronger climate commitments at UN
Filipinos cannot afford to suffer more. President Duterte must use this opportunity to declare a Climate Emergency that will enable a recovery that will transform our economy and society to tackle the climate crisis and promote positive environmental and health outcomes. Doing so will help build resilience against future shocks, and ensure a society that…
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Southeast Asia Power Sector Scorecard: Assessing the progress of national energy transitions against a 1.5 degrees pathway
The inevitable end of coal power has been known by policymakers and project developers for decades, and was formalized by the ratification of the Paris Agreement in 2015.
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Southeast Asia power sector scored: Bottlenecks and bailouts pose major climate risks
The scorecard maps business-as-usual and best-case-renewable-energy scenarios for eight countries -- Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar -- using International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 1.5 degrees pathway. This graded snapshot of each country’s energy transition, fossil fuel exclusions, solar and wind market development, policies and pricing, competition, and Covid-19 stimulus…
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Burning Up: Health Impact of Indonesia’s Forest Fires and Implications for the Covid-19 Pandemic
As Indonesia braces for the 2020 forest fire season, a timely review of data of the effect on smoke-affected communities shows consecutive governments have been consistently and massively underestimating the impact on human health.
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One million solar rooftops by 2023
Bangkok, Thailand – To speed up the country’s green and just recovery post COVID-19, Greenpeace Thailand launched an ambitious “one million solar rooftop” plan of action to be part of…