Updates
Climate groups call out Japan’s dirty energy agenda on the eve of the Japan Energy Summit
Climate groups gathered in front of the Japanese Embassy in Manila to condemn “Japan’s fossil fuel obsession” and its promotion of false solutions, which are endangering the climate and harming communities across Asia.
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APMDD, PMCJ and affected communities demand accountability for the harmful impacts of WB-IFC fossil fuel financing
APMDD joined the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) and representatives of coal-affected communities from Bataan and Batangas in front of the World Bank office in Taguig to demand accountability for the harmful impacts of its fossil fuel financing.
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ASEAN 2025 Open letter – Call for an urgent and decisive response to the climate crisis
We address you in your capacity as ASEAN Chair for 2025. We call for an urgent and decisive response to the climate crisis. The ASEAN region is one of the most highly vulnerable regions to climate change impacts. Extreme weather events have become more frequent and more intense in recent years, significantly impacting communities, livelihoods, and ASEAN economies.
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Statement of Solidarity on Malaysia Gas Explosion
The Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD) expresses deep solidarity with the people of Malaysia over the gas explosion which occurred in Putra Heights, a residential area outside Kuala Lumpur, which injured more than 100 people. It was even more unfortunate that this frightening incident had to happen on the second day of the Eid Muslim holiday.
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Race Behind 1.5 – Protest Run at Asian Development Bank HQ #ACEF2025
LOOK: A protest run “Race Behind 1.5” is happening in front of Asian Development Bank Headquarters on day 2 of the Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) 2025 to expose ADB”s financing of gas, waste-to-energy incinerators & destructive large infra in the guise of “clean energy.”
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Japanese megabanks told to stop deceiving the public on climate action
Climate campaigners slammed three of Japan’s megabanks for deceiving the public and their shareholders into believing that they are pursuing decarbonization policies when in fact they are financing some of the world’s biggest fossil fuel projects, most of which are found in Asia.
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Climate groups urge Japan Government and PM Ishiba: Don’t push for Fossil Gas and False Solutions in Asia
Climate advocates today, October 10, challenged the Japanese government and its newly-installed Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to stop derailing Asia’s energy future by phasing out all of their fossil fuel investments in Asia. They said Japan must pave the way to a clean energy transition by shifting to investments in renewables, instead of continuing to be the world’s “second largest provider of public finance for fossil fuel projects.”
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Climate advocates urge Japan to stop supporting fossil fuels and promoting false solutions
Climate advocates urged Japan to “undertake drastic measures to rapidly phase out fossil fuel investments in Asia” in line with global climate goals instead of promoting fossil gas and false technology solutions, like ammonia co-firing, in the three-day Japan Energy Summit which begins in Tokyo today, June 3.
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Campaigners to delegates of the 19th Clean Energy Forum (ACEF): Deliver clean energy transition by 2050
Climate campaigners demonstrated in front of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) headquarters today calling on the delegates to this year’s Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) to enable Asia’s rapid transition to renewable energy systems by 2050. ADB, along with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Korea Energy Agency (KEA), is hosting hundreds of clean energy practitioners from Asia for the 19th edition of ACEF from June 3 to 7.