The U.S. Embassy in Jakarta and the Republic of Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources concluded a highly productive nine-day technical exchange program focused on water quality and environmental monitoring in mining operations.
As London Climate Action Week unfolded against the backdrop of one of the UK’s most extreme heatwaves, journalists, frontline voices and campaigners gathered for a landmark Make Polluters Pay event highlighting the growing political, legal and public momentum to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate damage.
Kobaena is where the Bajau, Moronene, Wuna-Wolio, Tolaki, and Bugis-Makassar peoples paddled and sailed their kole-kole, jarangka, sope, and phinisi to find the meaning of life in harmony with nature and their environment. Today’s Kabaena is far different from the old portrait and the old song of the island.
New figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development show that climate finance provided and mobilised by developed countries rose to USD 132.8 billion in 2023 and USD 136.7 billion in 2024. While the figures suggest an upward trend, campaigners warn that the headline increase mask deeper concerns about adequacy and overall reduced aid.
While the plan confirms continued expansion of renewable energy and a carbon-intensity reduction target of 17%, notably lower than the previous carbon intensity target. The plan stops short of outlining the structural changes needed to put China firmly on a path toward declining emissions this decade, referring to peak instead of previous language to phase down coal.
The new war on Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz lay bare the horrendous costs of a world chained to fossil fuels. When global energy security can be upended by a single flashpoint, it shows how unstable and risky our dependence on oil and gas is.
