LOOK: A protest run “Race Behind 1.5” is happening in front of Asian Development Bank Headquarters on day 2 of the Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) 2025 to expose ADB”s financing of gas, waste-to-energy incinerators & destructive large infra in the guise of “clean energy.”
Sporting protest bibs, runners demand ADB:
- Commit to its 2021 energy policy
- Align operations with the Paris Agreement
- Reject false solutions and extractivism
- Phase out fossil fuels
- Prioritize an equitable and just transition to renewable energy systems
#AsianDevelopmentBank & #ACEF2025 talk of “low carbon” and “clean energy” is not racing to 1.5C, but racing in the wrong direction! There are real solutions: scaling up renewables, rapid fossil fuel phaseout, and just energy transition. The run ends as communities award ADB with “Trophy of Shame” for claiming climate leadership while supporting fossil fuels and harmful technologies that derail Asia’s renewable energy transition. #EndFossilFuels
(Photos/Video: Ja Valenzuela, Nina Enriquez and Red Sierra)