As the Asia Pacific Climate Week and Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation gatherings get underway, expect public financial institutions like the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank to showcase their plans for supporting “Just Transitions” schemes in the region. As both institutions have track records of financing coal-power projects, their proposals for supporting ‘coal-to-clean’ pathways should be intensely scrutinised The post Questioning Development Banks’ Commitments to Just ...| Southeast Asia Globe
In case you missed it, it has now been over three months since activist Nguyen Van Dung was found dead in an apparent drowning. He was detained for police questioning in a suspicious set-up in late April and held for three straight days.| The 88 Project