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We need Just in Sustainable Development

Sustainable has become a buzzword recently. We always heard words like sustainable growth, sustainable development, sustainable lifestyle, etc. So, is sustainable really the only way moving forward? Maybe NOT ENOUGH. Sustainable development is insufficient, we also need justice in it. For an instant, sustainable electricity is not just about counting on how many kilowatt (Kwh) […]

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Post COP23 Forum and Luncheon

https://www.facebook.com/powershiftmsia/videos/1409241139202698/ https://www.facebook.com/powershiftmsia/videos/1409258422534303/ https://www.facebook.com/powershiftmsia/photos/a.1409164795876999.1073741900.605676442892509/1409506285842850/?type=3&theater   Event Description: United Nation Climate Change Conference COP23 Fiji was deemed as a Pacific COP. Were the needs of Pacific Islanders addressed this year’s COP? Were the issues of Loss and Damage given their due attention in UNFCCC COP23? How far will parties go to maintain the momentum of Paris, or […]

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Minister of NRE speech during the high-level segment

As COP23 comes to a close, the high-level segment is a segment given by government officials to announce their respective countries pledge. The high-level segment of United Nations Climate Change Conference was attended by Heads of State and Government and other dignitaries and was inaugurated in the afternoon of Wednesday, 15 November 2017. National Statements […]

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CAN discussions of Article 4 in PA

The Climate Action Network (CAN) held a strategy planning for COP23 to pressure negotiators to ensure that the negotiations will adhere to the Paris Agreement. One of the working groups focuses on the issues pertaining Article 4: Mitigation specifically Agriculture. One of the agricultural topics that was discussed was in regards to global livestock production […]

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The irony that is the Hambach Pit Mine

On the 8th of November, Lhavanya and I embarked on a tour to see the Hambach open pit mine, the largest man-made hole in Europe. It is said to be so large that it can fit the whole city of Cologne and in fact, remains the deepest man-made hole on the Earth’s surface, descending around […]

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