OPINION | Andri Prasetiyo, Senior Researcher at Senik Centre Asia and Nabilla Gunawan, Indonesia Energy Finance Campaigner at Market Forces The Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) between Indonesia and its major trading partners is at risk of stifling...
Why super funds need to get out of fossil fuels
OPINION | Jo Dodds, President of Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action Over recent weeks, bushfires have been raging across the country in NSW, Victoria and Central Australia, and it’s deeply troubling. I’m worried for everyone near the fires. It’s particularly...
Pressure on Asian companies reaches boiling point for climate action
OPINION | Koh Matsuki CEO, Proxy Watcher Some of Japan’s biggest energy and resources companies are pushing full steam ahead to expand fossil fuel projects across Asia. But banks across Asia and corporate Japan – including Mitsubishi, Mizuho Bank and J-Power – are...
Malaysian banks need to dump coal for a safer climate
OPINION | Nabilla Gunawan, Indonesia Campaigner Everyday, I see thick, grey smog across Jakarta’s skyline. I see this coal pollution that kills people in my city, Jakarta. The climate crisis is much more than a distant concern on the horizon. Millions of people across...
Super funds can stop fuelling the climate change fire
OPINION | Brett Morgan, Superannuation Funds Campaigner At long last, some superannuation funds are taking a stand to end investment in companies expanding fossil fuels. Yet most funds are prolonging the life of industries that are driving us towards irreversible...
Behind Bangladesh’s carbon catastrophe
OPINION | Munira Chowdhury, Acting Research Coordinator When I mention Bangladesh, people think of a country prone to devastating floods and cyclones. It’s true. Right now, millions of Bangladeshis are stranded without safe drinking water and food after the worst...