Press room

Releases, media appearances and forum highlights, including the regional and international processes where Executive Director Nithi Nesadurai and the network represent Southeast Asia.

Dicky Edwin Hindarto of Yayasan Mitra Hijau speaking into a handheld microphone at a community session, wearing a blue batik shirt

Press release· IKI-JET· 7 Aug 2026

“This is your land”: How Yayasan Mitra Hijau is engaging coal communities in East Kalimantan and South SumatraDicky Edwin Hindarto of Yayasan Mitra Hijau, a CANSEA member and the IKI-JET implementing partner in Indonesia, on the dialogue and capacity building his team runs with coal communities.

Nithi Nesadurai at the BFM 89.9 studio for the Earth Matters podcast

Media appearance· 8 Jul 2026

Global climate talks and local impacts, explainedUnpacking global climate negotiations and what they mean on the ground in Southeast Asia.

Delegates seated in the plenary hall of the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, during the SB64 sessions

Media appearance· 20 Jun 2026

The problem of access at SB64CANSEA featured in CAN International's coverage on access and equity at the SB64 climate talks.

Nithi Nesadurai at the BFM 89.9 studio ahead of the Earth Matters podcast

Media appearance· 11 May 2026

The first conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels, explainedCANSEA on the first Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels (TAFF) conference.

Civil-society representatives standing with hands raised and joined on stage at COP30 in Belem, Brazil

Media appearance· 20 Apr 2026

Southeast Asia must pursue energy sovereignty, not just security, says civil societyNithi Nesadurai and CANSEA make the case for energy sovereignty through domestic renewables ahead of the fossil-fuel phaseout conference.

Astro AWANI Consider This promotional card for the episode “Energy transition: the urgency of moving beyond fossil fuels”, featuring Nithi Nesadurai and Charles Santiago

Media appearance· 18 Apr 2026

Nithi Nesadurai on energy sovereignty and the shift to renewablesMelisa Idris speaks to CANSEA's Nithi Nesadurai on moving towards energy sovereignty through renewable sources.

Civil-society delegates from Southeast and South Asia gathered on a staircase at the Kuala Lumpur preparatory meeting for COP31 and the Santa Marta conference

Press release· 31 Mar 2026

“War can delay, but cannot derail the just transition away from fossil fuels”Civil-society groups from Southeast and South Asia launch the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on Climate Justice ahead of the first Fossil Fuel Treaty conference.

Nithi Nesadurai at COP29 in Baku, wearing a “Global North: pay up, $5 trillion” lanyard in a conference hall

Media appearance· 14 Nov 2024

“This is what impressed me at Baku,” N. Nesadurai at COP29Nithi Nesadurai on Southeast Asia’s expectations of COP29, interviewed by Globalinfo.az in Baku.

Voice of America article card headed “Is China a hero or villain in the climate fight?” over a field of solar panels

Media appearance· 5 Nov 2024

Director of CANSEA, N. Nesadurai, quoted in “Is China a hero or a villain in the climate fight?”Nithi Nesadurai quoted on China’s role in the climate fight, in Chermaine Lee’s report for VOA News.

Aerial view of Geneva at dusk, the host city of the fifth Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury

Press release· 16 Oct 2023

MINAMATA CONVENTION ON MERCURY COP5: Farewell to Fluorescent Lamps by 2025CANSEA backs the #FarewellToFluorescents call to ban toxic mercury lighting and switch to LEDs.

Poster for the Just Transition Forum Asia 2023, illustrated with wind turbines, solar panels and city life

Forum· 12 Aug 2023

Just Transition Forum Asia 2023The third edition of the flagship virtual forum, co-hosted with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Asia.

Webinar card from CAN Southeast Asia, CAN South Asia and GNDR titled “Voices of Asia-Pacific’s Frontline Communities Experiencing Loss and Damage”, beside a globe centred on Asia

Press release· 25 Apr 2022

Voices of Asia-Pacific’s Frontline Communities Experiencing Loss and DamageA joint CANSEA, CAN South Asia and GNDR webinar on loss and damage in Asia-Pacific, on the road to COP27.

A person holding up the Just Transition Forum in Asia 2021 poster, dated 9 September, with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and CANSEA logos

Forum· 21 Aug 2021

Just Transition Forum In Asia (JTFA)The inaugural Just Transition Forum in Asia, co-hosted with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung on 9 September 2021.

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