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“Save KPK”, Greenpeace Indonesia projects message in protest against weakening of the anti-graft agency
Greenpeace Indonesia activists projected the slogan “Save KPK” and “Dare to be honest, fired!” ( Berani Jujur, Pecat !) onto the building of the Corruption Eradication Commission, also known as KPK, last night to protest against the weakening of the reformist anti-graft agency, after prominent investigators were dismissed over a dubious procedure.
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Sea Level Rise Poses Economic Threat to Asia Coastal Cities
A new Greenpeace East Asia report estimates that by 2030, 15 million people across the seven cities will live in areas at risk of flooding. The analysis is one of the first of its kind to use high spatial resolution data to suggest the areas of each city that are at risk from floods.
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Satellite images reveal global air pollution rebound 1 year after first Covid-19 lockdowns
Levels of toxic NO2 air pollution have rebounded in cities around the world one year after initial Covid-19 lockdowns went into effect, a new report from Greenpeace Southeast Asia finds.
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Withholding of wages tops forced labour allegations
“Forced Labour at Sea: The Case of Indonesian Migrant Fishers”, looked at complaints from Indonesian migrant fishers filed with SBMI from May 2019 to June 2020 (13 months) to highlight the patterns and types of forced labour accusations on distant water fishing fleets.
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Greenpeace Southeast Asia on ADB’s draft energy policy
QUEZON CITY, Philippines — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday released its draft energy policy [1], which states that the institution “will not finance any new coal-fired capacity for power and…
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Greenpeace report finds Indonesia is losing the battle to protect peatlands
A new Greenpeace Indonesia report, Restoration Up in Smoke: Losing the Battle to Protect Peatlands, identifies major contradictions in the Indonesian government’s claims to meet its peatland restoration targets.
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Greenpeace Southeast Asia’s statement on the military’s takeover and violence against protesters in Myanmar
Greenpeace stands in solidarity with the people of Myanmar. We join the clamour to undo the arrests and detention of public servants, journalists, artists, members of the judiciary and other citizens. We especially stand with the youth of Myanmar in defending their future.
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PM2.5 air pollution behind an estimated 160,000 deaths in world’s 5 biggest cities in 2020
PM2.5 air pollution was behind approximately 160,000 deaths in the world’s five most populous cities in 2020, according to a Greenpeace Southeast Asia analysis of IQAir data from a live Cost Estimator
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China, Japan, and S. Korea see $205 billion renewable energy market in Southeast Asia
East Asian finance will be as important for renewable energy in Southeast Asia as it was for coal. Over the past two decades, we’ve seen East Asian banks skew the margins towards coal to keep the fossil fuel profitable despite ballooning financial risk. Over the next decade, we’ll see them apply the same ingenuity to…
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CIMB exits coal finance
Effective in 2021, CIMB will no longer finance new or expansions of thermal coal mines and coal-fired power plants, except where there is an existing commitment. CIMB has committed to developing a comprehensive plan to reduce its coal exposure to zero by 2040.