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Southeast Asia eyes aid for climate adaptation Intensifying typhoons and worsening floods are underscoring Southeast Asia's urgent need to accelerate climate adaptation, analysts warn, as global warming inflicts mounting costs on local communities...

Devastating floods in Asia show not just the need for climate adaptation, but to embed this within a broader shift to a low-carbon economy.

"For the Global South, climate action must always be anchored on adaptation and resilience." - Chuck Baclagon, 350 Asia

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Death toll passes 900 in Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka floods Officials in Indonesia say more than 442 people have died, while Sri Lanka suffers worst natural disaster since 2004 tsunami

Our hearts go out to families reeling from the impacts of extreme rainfall and flooding in several parts of Asia. Tragically, hundreds remain missing.

For frontline communities, losses are often unquantifiable. Still, we continue to demand that polluters pay.

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Floods leave at least 50 dead across Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia The Thai city of Hat Yai received its heaviest rainfall in 300 years, while mudslides killed dozens on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

Torrential rains in Southeast Asia left a trail of death and destruction. This isn't normal: In Thailand's Hat Yai, it hadn't rained that much for a single day in 300 years.

With #COP30 leaving climate vulnerable nations hanging, our fight for justice continues.

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‘We can no longer predict the seasons’: why Indonesia’s coal mindset has to change It’s a climate-vulnerable nation, while also being the world’s sixth-largest greenhouse-gas emitter. Global investment in climate action is vital

In this report by @theguardian.com, 350.org Indonesia renews its call for the Indonesian government to phase-out coal 🏭--and for rich nations to pay their climate debt and protect the world’s third-largest rainforests.🌳 #COP30

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Brazilian president will take fossil fuel phase-out plan to G20 summit Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he is ready to fight for transition roadmap despite opposition from some states

No matter how COP30 resolves, we need an end to fossil fuels and this is a heartening reminder that COPs are not the only place where world-altering decisions can be made.

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More than 1.4 million evacuated as second typhoon in a week slams into the Philippines | CNN Typhoon Fung-wong triggered floods and landslides, cut power to entire provinces and killed at least four people, including two children, before barreling out of the Philippines on Monday.

Back-to-back climate disasters in the Philippines serve as a real-time reminder for world leaders gathered at #COP30: delay costs lives.

We need a fast, fair and funded energy transition so that people can rebuild and be protected from a crisis they didn't cause.

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Tell Brazil: Lead the World Beyond Fossil Fuels at COP30 Brazil is promising to protect the Amazon while allowing new oil drilling there. Brazil's leaders must choose: help the world move away from oil, or get left behind.

#COP30 begins tomorrow in Belém, Brazil 🇧🇷⁠

Support our efforts and send a clear message for the start of COP30✊

✍️ Sign our open letter telling leaders to lead the way in closing the ambition gap, ending fossil fuels and delivering a just renewable energy transition⚡️

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Asia reels from Typhoon Kalmaegi as activists demand stronger climate commitments at COP30 A pro-environment group urges world leaders at COP30 to act decisively as Typhoon Kalmaegi devastates the Philippines and Vietnam

As Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves hundreds dead across the Philippines and Vietnam, and another storm looms, Asia’s message to #COP30 is clear: No more excuses. End fossil fuels. Deliver a just, people-centered transition — now, not later.

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Typhoon Kalmaegi: death toll rises to 66 as widespread flooding hits central Philippines Among the 66 fatalities were six military personnel whose helicopter crashed on the island of Mindanao during a humanitarian mission

Devastation in the Philippines reminds us what world leaders gathered for the #COP30 climate summit must do:

✅ Rapidly and equitably phase out fossil fuels
✅ Triple renewables fairly and equitably

We can't keep paying the price for a crisis we didn't cause.

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Indonesia pledges energy transition — but the country’s new NDC says otherwise JAKARTA — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has made bold pledges to achieve 100% renewable energy by 2035 and to phase out coal within 15 years, raising hopes that one of the world’s largest gree...

“The government must act now to end fossil fuels in the energy sector — not hide behind our forests.”🌳

In this @mongabay.com report, 350.org notes the big gap between Prabowo's pledges and dismal climate targets that fail to unlock Indonesia’s renewable potential.

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🚨 With dismally low renewable energy targets and no plans to retire coal plants, Indonesia's new climate plan fails to live up to presidential rhetoric--and threatens to leave 280 million people at the mercy of greater climate chaos & deforestation.

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UN Report on Countries Climate Targets (NDCs) offers “hope and stark warning” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 28th October 2025  UN Report on Countries Climate Targets (NDCs) offers “hope and stark warning” Bonn, Germany...

The UN 🇺🇳 released its official NDC Synthesis Report, offering both hope and a stark warning.

According to the report, current pledges collectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 17%. However, this is a fraction of the 60% reduction required to limit warming to 1.5°C.⁠

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Indonesia, Brazil boost ties, strike cooperation deals as leaders meet Deals in key sectors such as oil and mining were signed, with Indonesia also aiming to establish a free-trade agreement with Mercosur.

Indonesia and Brazil just signed new deals in oil, gas, mining, and agribusiness — framed as “strengthening economies.” But beneath the promises of growth lies the same story: profit over planet. 🌍

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Is Shell to blame for a ‘super typhoon’? Philippines survivors to sue oil giant in legal first Typhoon Rai killed more than 400, displaced nearly 3.2 million, and destroyed more than a million homes in 2021

In a groundbreaking lawsuit, Filipino communities devastated by increasingly powerful storms are saying enough is enough—and they're holding Big Oil responsible.

#ClimateJusticeNow #REImagineAsia

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Draw the Line

Asia drew the line, and we did it together! 🌏

Thousands rose up across 12 countries to demand climate justice and a livable future. Thank you for standing with us — for life, for people, for the planet. 💚

👉 More highlights: 350asia.org/draw-the-line/

Between destruction and a world still possible Draw the Line was more than a day of action—it was a moment of reckoning and renewal. From protest marches to festivals of solutions and art, the day became a living reminder that real climate justice...

"A fossil-free future isn’t a slogan—it’s something we build, relationship by relationship, street by street. In a world obsessed with metrics & visibility, we found another measure of success: the depth of trust, the persistence to keep showing up..." #DrawTheLine

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From riverbanks to streets, Bangladesh 🇧🇩 rose to #DrawTheLine for climate justice and a future powered by people, not profit. ✊

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China's pledge sets green stage for ASEAN China's commitment to further reducing emissions and boosting renewable energy production is expected to encourage Southeast Asian economies to accelerate their low-carbon transition, analysts said.

China's pledge to reduce emissions & boost renewables can help ASEAN economies accelerate a low-carbon transition.

But what it does beyond its borders is the real test of China's climate commitments.

350 Asia's Chuck Baclagon on @chinadailyasia.bsky.social

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Nepalese villages are swept away by heavy rainfall and landslides, leaving at least 44 dead | CNN Landslides, a lighting strike and floodings triggered by severe rainfall killed at least 44 people in Nepal on Sunday, with five others reported missing, authorities said.

Our hearts are with the people in Nepal. 💔

Warming oceans = more severe rainfall. Unless we stop burning fossil fuels, vulnerable communities across Asia will keep paying a steep price for a crisis they didn't create.

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On Sept 19–21, thousands across Asia rose up to #DrawTheLine ✊ for life, for people, and for the planet. Over 50 actions in 12 countries filled our region with color, courage & collective power.

As the world heads to #COP30, we keep the line alive!

‘Draw the Line’ in Asia: Community organizers call for climate justice and accountability "We draw the line as flash floods drown the innocent, while people’s voices against government failures are being silenced."

Thank you @globalvoices.org! ❤️

"We hope to continuously engage the thousands of people we've reached...to build a stronger climate movement in Asia that would propel us towards a better, cleaner, fairer future." #DrawTheLine

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An Anti-immigration Push Won’t Solve Japan’s Cost of Living Woes Blaming foreigners may be politically convenient, but it distracts from one of the true culprits behind inflation: climate change.

Instead of blaming foreign workers, Japan's new PM must recognise climate change as one the main culprits of rising costs of living--and deliver climate action "as an act of love and necessity."

350.org Japan's Masayoshi Iyoda writes for
@thediplomat.com

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Typhoon Bualoi kills dozens in Vietnam and Philippines The typhoon damaged homes and infrastructure, and forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate in both countries.

"The wind blew my roof to the sky and then it fell down, breaking everything."

Another powerful storm rips through Asia, with deadly consequences. Ordinary people are paying the price for big polluters' greed. We need real climate action, NOW. #DrawTheLine

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청년단체 GEYK, 2035 NDC 앞두고 캠페인...“감축 목표 65% 이하는 안 돼” 【투데이신문 전세라 기자】 기후변화청년단체(이하 ‘GEYK’)가 11월에 확정될 2035 국가온실가스감축목표(NDC)를 앞두고 65% 이상 감축 목표 설정을 요구하는 캠페인을 벌였다.GEYK은 지난 21일 오전 서울숲에서 국제사회와의 책임 있는 약속을 촉구하기 위해 캠페인을 진행했다고 22일 밝혔다. ‘Draw the Line for NDC 어싱 액션’ 행...

South Korea, one of the world's top 10 emitters, has yet to submit its climate action plans.

Youth from climate group GEYK walked barefoot to #DrawTheLine for ambitious climate targets: nothing less than 65% emissions reduction by 2035 to guarantee their survival.

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Energy & Power Magazine Communities Draw the Line on Matarbari Coal Plant 2 Revival

"The world is moving away from coal, yet Bangladesh continues to burden its people with expensive, polluting projects that will lock us into decades of environmental destruction and debt," said Amanullah Porag, 350.org South Asia Mobilizations Coordinator.

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As Supertyphoon Ragasa tears through Asia, world leaders talk climate in New York. At COP30, anything less than a fossil fuel phaseout, renewable energy scale-up, and payment of climate debt means more chaos and injustice. #DrawTheLine

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Philippine groups march from España to Mendiola to say: enough of corruption, fossil fuels & climate injustice! 🚨

September marks a turning point as we #DrawTheLine for system change & just transition.

Activities continue today at PUP-Institute of Technology, 1–8PM (GMT+8).

📢 This Sept 19–21, thousands across Asia will rise up for climate justice. 54+ actions will call out governments & polluters for betraying our hopes of a fair, livable future.

As global climate talks near, communities will #DrawTheLine: fund our future, not the climate crisis.

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Indonesia’s climate ambitions can’t shine in the dark The Indonesian government cannot pursue an ambitious climate agenda while neglecting its human rights obligations.

"There can be no climate justice without human rights."

As President Prabowo appears at the UN next week, 350 Indonesia's Sisilia Dewi tells why climate injustice IS social injustice -- and why people are finally drawing the line. @aljazeera.com

#DrawTheLine

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Death toll from Indonesia flash floods rises to 19 JAKARTA: The death toll from deadly flash floods that swept two Indonesian islands, including tourist hotspot Bali, rose to 19 on Thursday (Sept 11), officials said, with five others missing.

The latest disaster serves as a reminder that the climate crisis is an "urgent threat" that demands action from world leaders, including Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, says 350.org Indonesia's Suriadi Darmoko.

#DrawTheLine

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