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Philanthropy Asia Alliance’s clean energy initiative pledges $2.6m for developing Southeast Asian communities
The Just Energy Transition Community, a new philanthropic coalition, is channeling capital into frontline energy projects for farming and fishing villages in the Philippines and Indonesia.
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Chinese clean energy firms face environmental rules as strict as Europe’s, argues China Renewable Energy Industries Association's Weiquan Wang, countering claims of lax standards that Chinese firms have been accused of, particularly some Belt and Road Initiative projects abroad.
As online platforms expand throughout the country, red tagging and fabricating Indigenous consent can spread faster, enabling land grabs and rights abuses against Indigenous Peoples, found research by nonprofit Asia Centre.
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Philippines under pressure to improve the rights of nickel miners amid global talks on critical minerals
Opaque labour practices are blamed for alleged abuses of nickel mining workers’ rights, according to a recent study, but will the inclusion of language on labour rights at the world’s biggest climate talks be the fundamental step to ease their plight?
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