Denmark is known as the best-performing country in climate action and has been at the top of the Climate Change Performance Index for three years in a row, from 2022 until 2024. To be precise, Denmark formally sits in fourth place, because the index leaves the top three spots empty since no country performs well […]
Author: La Ode Vidino Islamy Shaqban
Australia’s Climate Paradox: Rich, Vulnerable, and Still Digging
Australia is an interesting country when it comes to discussing the effectiveness of climate policy. For decades, Australia has been known as one of the worst-performing industrialized countries in handling climate change issues. In 2020, the country was included in the 10 countries with the lowest Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) and was ranked 56th […]
Revisiting the Development of Putrajaya: What Can Nusantara Learn from It?
Both Nusantara and Putrajaya are new cities designed to take over the functions of the former capitals of their respective countries. Nusantara is Indonesia’s new capital city located in East Kalimantan province, which is currently still under construction since being launched as a strategic national project in 2019. The main objective of moving the capital […]
Green Paradox: Carbon Leakage in Africa Hinders Global Mitigation Efforts
The green paradox was first coined by the German economist Hans-Werner Sinn in his book of the same name. Sinn argues that climate policies have the potential to increase emissions instead of reducing them. The concept is rooted in how fossil fuel owners are expected to respond to the prospect of stricter climate policy over […]
Fish Forever: Can Community-Led Fishing Save Indonesia’s Coasts?
Fish Forever is a community-based program run by Rare, an international non-governmental organization (NGO) focused on marine and fisheries. The goal of this program is to facilitate community-based management for small-scale fisheries in coastal areas by empowering fisher communities and local governments to protect and utilize their marine resources in a more sustainable manner. The […]