#News: Brutal #heat last week in S.E. #Asia triggered thousands of school closures, put unprecedented pressure on power grids, and led to deadly heat #stroke. As @ASEAN convened in #Jakarta #climateaction is DEMANDED not asked for #Boycottpalmoil https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/05/05/critical-week-environmental-rights-southeast-asia via @hrw
A Critical Week for Environmental Rights in Southeast Asia
Recent high temperatures underscore the need to hammer out the details of a regional environmental rights declaration, work that is underway today in Jakarta as a working group formed by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) convenes.Matthew Reysio-Cruz (Human Rights Watch)