Indonesia’s decision to join the BRICS economic alliance marks a transformative shift in its foreign policy and economic strategy. By aligning itself with Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, Jakarta aims to leverage this platform to address critical global challenges, including climate change. This essay explores how Indonesia’s membership in BRICS can help achieve […]
The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Baku, Azerbaijan arrived at a moment of unprecedented global urgency, with developing nations grappling with escalating losses from climate change and the long-overdue need for adequate financing. The main goal of COP29, like other past conferences, is to […]
The Nutmeg’s Curse offers a sweeping critique of colonialism, environmental destruction, and the Anthropocene. Anchored in the 1621 Dutch massacre of the Bandanese people to control the nutmeg trade, Ghosh weaves a narrative connecting imperial exploitation, ecological devastation, and modern crises on Planet Earth. The work is a compelling and multi-dimensional exploration of the contemporary […]
In the Indonesian archipelago of Banda Neira cluster of islands, situated at the far southeastern end of the Indian Ocean, in a village called Selamon, located at the northern end of Lonthor, which is also referred to as Great Banda as it is the largest islet in the cluster, a story unfolds that is as […]
When I left Jakarta to study full-time in UIII and live part-time at a student dormitory, I hoped to escape the heavy air pollution that has become synonymous with urban life. Jakarta, with its smog-choked skies and constant traffic gridlock, has always felt like a symbol of the modern urban climate crisis. I imagined that […]
The need for increased support is particularly urgent given the IPCC findings that losses and damages are being experienced now, that they are projected to increase, and that even effective adaptation will be unable to prevent all losses and damages.
Elis Nurhayati 
Bashir Fazli 
Maulidya Qutrothunnada 
Muazu Yahaya Abubakar 
Momodou Habib Bah