Charting the path to a fossil-free East Asia
By Liangyi Chang
Last month climate leaders from 10 Asian countries converge for 3 days of trainings, skillshares and bearing witness to the impacts of fossil-fueled development to communities, as part of the East Asia Climate Leadership Camp 2018.
The …
Asian Movements to IFC: Take Bolder Moves Away from Coal and Fossil Fuel Involvement!
Peoples organizations, NGOs and other civil society groups from all over the world are gathered in Bali, Indonesia to raise their issues and calls on the occasion of the World Bank and IMF Annual Meeting this week. One of the …
Climate leadership means evolving beyond coal
Energy companies must rise to the level of action that the climate crisis demands and keep their competitive edge in the rapidly changing energy landscape. We want the fossil-fuel dinosaurs to evolve into renewable energy champions, because their failure to …
We’re going #FossilFree
All over the world, there is a growing momentum from different communities who are rising up and are declaring that a fossil-free world is possible. From the Catholic church-led initiatives on using renewable energy to resist coal in the Philippines, …
Let’s Divest : Moving our money toward a fossil free future.
On December 12, the second anniversary of the Paris agreement, the 350 Japan team concluded the “Let’s Divest” campaign – to encourage individuals and organisations in Japan to move their money from fossil and nuclear banks to “earth-friendly banks” that …
Uprising Against Japan’s Coal Addiction
By Marie Tanao
“Clean coal” is a myth. Japan is behind the rest of the world in recognizing this truth.
In 1992, the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade (METI) then known as the Ministry of International Trade and Industry …
Japanese groups protest the United States’ exit from the Paris Agreemtn
A concerned group of citizens gathered in the front of the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo to take part in an emergency action hosted by Greenpeace Japan and 350.org Japan to protest the U.S. exit from the Paris Agreement.
In a …
It’s time to connect the dots
By Chuck Baclagon
Last week the world got together to challenge the social license of the fossil-fuel industry.
Thousands came together for Global Divestment Mobilization to call on institutions and individuals to do what is necessary for climate action by …
The energy revolution will be people powered
By Chuck Baclagon
Last year, 10,000 people took to the streets in Batangas City under the banner of Piglas Pilipinas!, to defend their hometown from the invasion of dirty energy. The event was monumental because it was the biggest …
Of one mind and vision
“It always seems impossible until it is done.” – Nelson Mandela.
The following months after the signing of the Paris Agreement has been a challenging time for the East Asia region
The fossil fuel industry is still active with a …