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 …
Two Korean Pension Funds Worth US$22 Billion Exit Coal Finance
By Korea Sustainability Investing Forum
two South Korean pension funds with US$22bn AuM announce an end to coal finance for the first time in Korean history, as delegations and scientists from around the world gather for the IPCC Summit in …
Protestors demand KEPCO to stop new coal projects
On the occasion of the Annual Shareholders Meeting of Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) in South Korea today, climate justice activists and grassroots leaders from an Asian regional organization as well as Philippine social movements and groups protested in front …
1,000 Citizens Demand ‘Break Free’ from Fossil Fuels
About 1,000 citizens joined a massive rally here to demand the country ‘Break Free’ from fossil fuels and shift to renewable energy.
It was organized as part of Break Free, a global wave of people calling for an end to …
Anti-coal protest in the Philippines forces Korea Eximbank to withdraw from Green Climate Fund
Filipino climate justice activists held a at the headquarters of the Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) office in Manila, demanding that it stop funding fossil fuel projects worldwide and be banned from receiving climate funding. Photo: AC Dimatatac
Protests …
Climate activists protest Korea EXIM Bank’s funding of fossil fuels
Photo: AC Dimatatac
Filipino climate justice activists protested in front of the local headquarters of the Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM), demanding that it stop funding fossil fuel projects worldwide and be banned from receiving climate funding.
KEXIM applied to …
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 …