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Headed to Belém this November? Join Solutions for Our Climate (SFOC) and our partners on the ground in the Asia Climate Solutions (ACS) Pavillion at the COP30 Brazil Blue Zone! 📖 Read here to learn all about this year's edition! Subscribe to the official ACS Pavillion Calendar: https://lnkd.in/gzVXK4vF #ACSatCOP30 #AsiaClimateSolutions #COP30 #SFOC #SFOCatCOP30

📬 Welcome to the October 2025 edition of SFOC’s global newsletter, [Focus on Climate]. 🕊️ With COP30 just around the corner, this month’s issue dives into what’s at stake, what’s moving, and where Asia fits into the global climate equation. 🌱 We explore Brazil’s Global Mutirão, a call for collective climate action rooted in Indigenous values of solidarity and shared labor. 📉 We break down the Global Stocktake’s hard truths on energy: the world must triple renewables, double efficiency, and phase out fossil fuels. 🇰🇷 In Korea, a UCL study warns that public financing for LNG carriers has exposed the country to the highest stranded asset risk worldwide. SFOC’s latest brief reveals the scale of KEXIM’s fossil-heavy portfolio. 🪵 Our documentary on biomass -- Wood You Believe It? -- premiered in Seoul. It tells the story of Indonesia’s forest communities bearing the brunt of Asia’s biomass expansion. 🗣️ We joined Justiça Ambiental from Mozambique in front of Samsung HQ, demanding corporate accountability for the human rights abuses linked to the LNG megaproject. 📰 Plus: We’re hosting a Pre-COP30 Media Briefing on November 4 for Asian journalists, and highlighting Asia’s rising role in global climate action at the Asia Climate Solutions Pavilion in Belém -- featuring 60+ side events on shipping, climate finance, just transition, and more. 👀 We’re also hiring! Open roles in our Seoul and Tokyo offices.

Heading to COP30 in Belém? Join our media briefing! Hosted for the first time in the Amazon, COP30 marks a turning point — bringing inclusion, justice, and nature to the heart of global climate negotiations. The Brazilian Presidency’s Action Agenda centers on Implementation, Inclusion, and Innovation, spanning transitions in energy, industry, food systems, cities, and social development, backed by finance and technology. 📣 This media briefing is designed for Asian journalists and communicators who want to understand what to expect from COP30 — the key themes, priorities, and what they mean for climate action across the region. Join us to get ahead of the story and connect the dots from the Amazon to Asia. 🌏 #COP30 #AsiaClimateSolutions #SFOCatCOP30

💥 Doomed to Fail: How “Clean” LNG Could Cost Korea Billions    Despite global LNG demand set to decline by up to 79% by 2050, Korea continues to pour billions of won into expanding its LNG infrastructure buildout, including upcoming projects like the Dangjin LNG terminal. Our latest report reveals how this puts Korea in a vulnerable position, leaving it with stranded assets set to operate decades past Korea’s 2050 net-zero goal.    🔍 Key Takeaways:    1. Underused LNG Infrastructure — Terminal utilization rates remain below 30%, revealing significant overcapacity and inefficiency risks ⚡   2. High Stranded Asset Risk— The total stranded asset value of Korea’s LNG terminal network is estimated at KRW 6.6–12.3 trillion, calling for a reassessment of demand forecasts 📊   3. Dangjin Terminal Project at Risk — KOGAS’s Dangjin LNG Terminal alone could face stranded asset losses of KRW 637–877 billion, showing the economic vulnerability of new LNG projects 💸 Without stronger safeguards, this continued investment in so-called “bridge fuels” is building bridges to nowhere, risking the erosion of Korea’s climate credibility and long-term financial resilience.   🔍 Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gxjS2j33