Ecology & Social Justice

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Thailand’s Plastic Challenge and Circular Economy

Published: 31 October 2021
Dossier
While Zero-Waste communities, Urban Refill-Shops and student initiatives are challenging Thailand's mindset on plastic usage, an increasing amount of COVID-19 related plastic trash and waste imports from overseas seem to undermine the progress made for a sustainable foundation of a circular economy in the country. From interviews with committed young people who are trying to make a difference, to the effects of policy implementation on the ground. This web-dossier sheds a light on Thailand's plastic pollution problem from a mainly urban perspective.


Articles


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Criticality and the Securitization of Southeast Asia’s Indigenous Mineral Resources

Published: 12 February 2025
Article
Southeast Asia’s geographical location is blessed with abundant natural resources – minerals, forests, and wildlife. For hundreds of years, these resources have been a source of livelihood and even life for Indigenous peoples, as well as local communities. However, the capitalist perspective of development is rapidly encroaching on the mineral-rich lands of these peoples. 
By Maya Quirino

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Publications


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Addressing Loss and Damage from Climate Change in the Philippines: Lived Experiences of Indigenous Farmers in Atok, Benguet

Published: 15 January 2025
Policy brief
This policy brief addresses the complex issue of Loss and Damage (L&D), with a specific focus on indigenous farmers in Atok, a municipality in Benguet Province, Philippines. The climate crisis has disrupted traditional farming practices and knowledge systems, leading to significant economic and non-economic losses. The brief emphasizes the need for community-based risk-sharing systems, better government support tailored to highland farmers, and integrating indigenous knowledge into climate adaptation planning.
By Jameela Joy Reyes, Ma. Laurice Jamero, PhD , Doreen Allasiw, PhD, Francis Uldric San Juan, Bernardine de Belen , Dannica Khate Antonio, Jomar Calingling and Kyla Sote
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The Climate Story: Connecting The Dots

Published: 9 March 2024
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.
By Reporting ASEAN

Debt Relief by Multilateral Lenders

Published: 22 September 2023
E-Paper
As the sovereign debt crisis in the Global South continues to unfold, the lack of involvement of multilateral development banks (MDBs) in debt relief efforts has become a contentious issue among major creditors. This report aims to contribute to the ongoing debate over debt relief negotiations and MDBs and makes policy recommendations how to include MDBs better in debt relief.
By Marina Zucker-Marques, Ulrich Volz and Kevin P. Gallagher

Transformation by design, not by disaster

Published: 18 August 2023
Report
Four areas of application show: Our current consumption of raw materials is globally and socially unjust and ecologically unsustainable. We need a raw material transition towards truly circular and sustainable producttion and consumption patterns.

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