Mobilizing youth to act on climate change and center the voices of youth around climate justice🌏 | Giving voice to the voiceless from South to East Asia
Southeast Asia is facing multiple crises including climate-induced disasters all at once right now and we need a declaration of climate emergency followed by immediate radical climate actions, and solutions and policies that would ensure a green and just recovery for our people.
Zero Hour International in Asia is expanding!
Get behind our actions this 2023 to advance the rights of the people to a clean and healthy environment and fight for a better planet.
#TheTimeisNow⏳
Extreme weather events around the world this year; showing the reality of the climate crisis everywhere.
The science is clear!
Nowhere is safe until everywhere is safe. Time for action is now!
We need a loss and damage finance facility. We need climate justice. We need action.
Time is running out, which is why decision makers need to step up at #COP27#GenerateAction ⏰ @CYPavilion
The consequences of climate change are often framed as things that will happen in our future, but the PH has experienced four typhoons in the span of a month. Two of them have been deadly. The five costliest typhoons have all happened in the last ten years.
Asia's deadly month
151 dead during Halloween stampede in Seoul
98 dead in the wake of Typhoon Paeng in the Philippines
132 dead after bridge collapse in India
36 people killed, including 24 children, by ex-cop in Thailand
14 children dead in boat sinking in Cambodia
The climate is changing.
And it’s not just about changes in temperature. We see changes in the ocean, the atmosphere & the land surface. Many of these trends are unprecedented in human history.
We cannot afford slow movers, fake movers, or any form of greenwashing, in our race against the climate crisis.
The transition to net-zero must be swift, credible, just and inclusive.
A total of 376 commercial banks provided $363 billion in loans to the coal industry.
"It is ironic that 10 of the 12 lenders to the coal industry are members of the Net Zero Banking Alliance"
--Eri Watanabe from https://t.co/HQtj3W80Mo Japan said.
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Huge congrats to @vanessa_vash, named one of the @FT’s 25 most influential women of 2021. We’re proud to have published her fantastic memoir-meets-manifesto A BIGGER PICTURE in such an incredible year for the tireless climate campaigner. https://t.co/1DbFD7okyO
The recent decision of the Supreme Court on the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 that led to the removal of provisions deemed unconstitutional is definitely a step forward in our fight for democracy in our country. 1/n
#JunkTerrorLaw#DefendTheDefenders
East Asia Heat Wave: On 4 October stifling hot nights in South Korea with a minimum temperature of 25.4C at Seongsan. In China 5 provinces recorded temperatures above 38C:Sichuan,Hunan,Anhui,Jiangxi and Chongqing. The record heat wave will go on for few more days.
Activists in Jakarta perform cosplay action in front of the Japanese Embassy to demand to stop coal funding for Indramayu coal plants, via a petition signed by 10.000+ from 114 countries. #nocoaljapan