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Heinrich Böll Stiftung Southeast Asia Regional Office (hbs) in Bangkok (Thonglor) is looking for an Administrative and Finance Officer to join our team as soon as possible.

Guardians of Sungai Utik: Ecological Wisdom of The Dayak Iban of Kalimantan

For us, this land is like our Mother, this forest is like our Father, and the rivers are like our blood vessels. All of these belong to us.

Bandi Anak Ragai "Apai Janggut"

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Recent Articles

Loss and Damage: Perspectives from inside and outside the UNFCCC

Article

While progress is continuing within the framework of the UNFCCC processes, complementary initiatives are also occurring outside of it. In the Philippines, the recent CLIMA Act is a world-first proposed bill targeting business accountability and upholding human rights, and there is also growing international collaboration and actions at national and sub-national levels.

By Jameela Joy Reyes

At its second meeting, the Board of the Loss and Damage Fund will set the course for what kind of funding mechanism it wants to be

At its second meeting, the Board of the Loss and Damage Fund (LDF) in Songdo will decide on crucial procedures to operationalize the fund swiftly. Key decisions will shape the fund’s future, impacting how quickly it can deliver aid to those affected by climate impacts.

By Liane Schalatek

Solidarity Statement - 2024 Asia Women and Rivers Congress

Statement

Over 125 women leaders and partners from 18 countries convened in Chiang Rai, Thailand, for the Asia Women and Rivers Congress from 4 to 6 June 2024. The event marked a crucial milestone in the ongoing mission for gender equity in water resource management and climate resilience.

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Promoting a Greener World through Music: Interview with Robi Navicula

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In Bali, all the philosophy, understanding, and wisdom are passed down from generation to generation through art, architecture, poetry, music, and songs. This ensures that these traditions can endure across time and place.

Robi Navicula

RIPPLE EFFECT: Unveiling ADB's Ecological & Human Rights Violations through Watercolor Narrative

Online Exhibition

The 'Ripple Effect' Watercolor Exhibition seeks to illuminate the intricate connections between environmental degradation, social injustice, and human rights violations stemming from the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) projects. This exhibition took place on May 1-5, 2024, in Tbilisi, Georgia during ADB’s Annual General Meeting.

The ASEAN Declaration on Environmental Rights: Whose Rights and What Rights?

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Indigenous Peoples face huge challenges in participating in official decision-making processes. This piece explores how the ASEAN Declaration on Environmental Rights has provided few opportunities for Indigenous Peoples to fully and meaningfully engage with the first-ever regional instrument that brings together human rights and the environment in Southeast Asia.

By Minh Tran and Dayoon Kim

Indonesia Carbon Exchange: Diversion or Solution to Climate Change?

Article

This article highlights the perceived pitfalls of this "initiative," which is believed to accelerate carbon emission reduction. Instead, it is seen as just another attempt to distort and divert the goal of achieving net-zero emissions for Indonesia and other ASEAN countries with similar approaches

By Johnson Chandra

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Women Leadership and Women's Rights: Glimpses into Progress and Challenges in the Philippines

Women contribute to development, so development should be able to contribute to women.

- Maria Daryl Leyesa

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Vietnam in Motion

"Vietnam in Motion" explores entangled stories of the people in contemporary Vietnam. Publishing scholarly articles, interviews, essays from artists, writers, and thinkers, it covers various disciplines and reflects on the transformation happening in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, a country of nearly 96 million people that deserves more attention.

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But for the fishermen, the sea is getting smaller. For me personally, the fishermen are the endangered species here.

Dr. Serina Rahman

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Podcasts Around Southeast Asia and Beyond

At the end of the day, the Mekong River is our life, it's our love for our children, and their bright futures.

Le Dinh Tuyen, Vietnam

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Publications

Recent Publications

#exitplastic Now!

Publication

The manifesto for social and structural changes to solve the plastics crisis. A civil society call to #exitplastic. Now!

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Public Guide to the Clean Air Green Paper

E-Paper

This Public Guide to the Clean Air Green Paper has been developed to summarize the key messages from the Clean Air Green Paper, digesting the content so it is more concise and accessible to the public; thereby giving the public a comprehensive view of the sources of air pollution in Thailand and how the problems can be solved in an integrated and sustainable manner.

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JETP Vietnam Energy Transition with Political Costs

E-Paper

The purpose of Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETPs) is to decarbonize energy systems in emerging countries. In Vietnam, the partnership is ambitious but underfunded, unjust, and riddled with high political costs.

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The Climate Story: Connecting The Dots

At the ‘Climate Story: Connecting the Dots web discussion, a mix of participants - journalists from Southeast Asia, climate advocates, communications and development professionals - exchanged insights about the overarching climate story that, in truth, supersedes all stories today. How to tell this story better, and the need for a Southeast Asian perspective in reporting the impacts and human toll of the climate crisis were the key threads that ran though this conversation.

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ATLASES

Peatland Atlas 2023

Pesticide Atlas 2022

Meat Atlas 2021

Plastic Atlas Asia Edition

Insect Atlas

Agrifood Atlas – Facts and figures about the corporations that control what we eat

Soil Atlas: Facts and figures about earth, land and fields

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