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Vo Quynh Le
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all things climate and Southeast Asia, and especially the combination of the two
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Helsinki is coal free! And this is not an April Fool’s. 🥳🍾🎉

Today the last coal power plant in Helsinki was shut down, decreasing the city’s annual emissions by 30%.

A privilege to celebrate this concrete win today with the inspiring activists without whom this wouldn’t have happened 🥂💚
Group of people listening to a speaker inside a room with various banners on the walls
April 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Happy New Year of the Snake 🐍🧧 from my tiny home village where the neighbourhood put together a fireworks show longer and grander than any organised city display 🎆 (it’s all those migrant labourer remittances)
Fireworks above an Asian temple-like building
January 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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I relate to these scientists so much. Nearly every day I wonder if I’m living in a completely different reality from most people I know of if it’s just that no one’s vocalising the anxiety they’re feeling inside.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Almost 80% of the respondents, all from the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), foresee at least 2.5C of global heating, while almost half anticipate at least 3C (5.4F). Only 6% thought the internationally agreed 1.5C (2.7F) limit would be met. Many of the scientists envisage a "semi-dystopian" future, with famines, conflicts and mass migration, driven by heatwaves, wildfires, floods and storms of an intensity and frequency far beyond those that have already struck. Numerous experts said they had been left feeling hopeless, infuriated and scared by the failure of governments to act despite the clear scientific evidence provided. "I think we are headed for major societal disruption within the next five years," said Gretta Pecl, at the University of Tasmania. "[Authorities] will be overwhelmed by extreme event after extreme event, food production will be disrupted. I could not feel greater despair over the future."
May 8, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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Sounds to me like the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment supports degrowth? 👀💁🏻‍♀️
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER Speaking of people in the global South who want to achieve economic development, Boyd said that humanity needs to confront a paradox. "Humanity needs to shrink its collective ecological footprint, yet billions of people in the global South need to expand their energy and material use to achieve a comfortable standard of living and fully enjoy their human rights," he said. "Wealthy States must take the lead in reducing their footprints and financing green growth in the global South." Reflecting on his six years tenure at the helm of the environment and human rights mandate, Boyd said that he was most proud of the universal recognition of the human right to a clean, healthy
April 25, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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Helsinki (airport) registered an unseasonable 17.7C today too but returning to normal tomorrow with an incoming snowstorm. Enjoying the small signs of spring while I can.
Bunch of small pink spring flowers sprouting from the ground
April 1, 2024 at 8:48 PM
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We’re barely into spring and my hometown in Central Vietnam is already seeing temperatures of 40C. I wish it was April Fool’s but it isn’t.

PS. For the SEA geopolicy wonks, note the Spratlys and Paracels on the map 😅
Map of Vietnam denoting temperatures across the country
April 1, 2024 at 8:05 PM
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The hypocritical difference in attitudes towards Russia’s invasion of Ukraine vs Israel’s atrocities in Gaza have been plain & clear by Western govts, institutions and media so this should be nothing new but it’s still jarring to see that even a UN organisation can’t bring itself to name Israel
22 February 2024 STATEMENT ON THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF RUSSIA'S FULL-SCALE INVASION OF UKRAINE Statement on the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, by Under-Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director Jorge Moreira da Silva. As we mark two years since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine, UNOPS reiterates our commitment to address the most urgent needs in affected communities, while helping lay the foundations for a sustainable, inclusive and resilient future in Ukraine. Two years of fighting have resulted in unimaginable human suffering and far-reaching economic consequences. Thousands of civilians have been killed and injured. Millions of Ukrainians have been displaced, and the war has 23 February 2024 STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF UNOPS COLLEAGUE AND HIS FAMILY IN GAZA Statement by Under-Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director Jorge Moreira da Silva, on the death of UNOPS colleague and his family in Gaza. As the unimaginable, tragic events in Gaza continue, it gives me great sadness to announce the death of Loai Yaghi and several members of his family in Gaza last night, following an air strike in Deir Al Balah. Loai was a dedicated colleague and friend to many in our team in Gaza.
February 24, 2024 at 10:46 AM
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Happy New Year to all who celebrate 🐉

Wishing everyone strength and vision to pursue what’s right and just, make the world a better place, and know when to stop and rest when your body & mind require that 🧧
Tree indoors with dragon shaped red lucky charm hanging from it
February 10, 2024 at 8:10 AM
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These wishes going out not only to myself but also everyone here ✨
Hill and tree covered in snow with a dark blue sky and an apartment building behind
December 31, 2023 at 7:46 PM