With the United States retreating under President Trump, Southeast Asia and the Global South must show what real climate leadership looks like.
America’s renewed scepticism, and even hostility under Donald Trump’s second administration, does not for one moment alter the fact that climate change is real.
Neither does it negate the reality that the Global South — including the almost 700 million-strong Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), virtually all of which are tropical countries — is on the front line of the climate crisis.
Typhoons Tino and Uwan, which recently struck our region, especially the Philippines, are the latest proof of this and a reminder of the urgent need for climate justice.
What the Global South needs from summits like COP30 has been stated time and time again. It really boils down to four things.
The developed world needs to listen
On the one hand, developed countries need to listen to developing and less developed countries on how climate change should be addressed.
A rigid approach to the various facets of climate action, including technology, energy transition and biodivers
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