The devastating landslide and flash flood on the Nepal–Tibet border last month swept away homes, bridges, buildings and hydropower infrastructure, claiming hundreds of lives and leaving thousands missing. The scale of destruction is a stark reminder that the climate crisis is not a distant threat — it is already devastating communities, particularly in a country that has contributed little to global emissions. Nepal, responsible for less than 0.05% of global greenhouse gas emissions, is paying an enormous price for a crisis driven largely by decades of fossil fuel extraction and emissions.
Meanwhile, major oil and gas companies continue to make record profits while climate impacts intensify. Against this backdrop, Gastech 2026 in Bangkok will bring together governments, fossil fuel companies and financial institutions to promote gas and LNG as solutions for energy security and the energy transition. Yet continued gas expansion risks locking countries across Asia into decades of fossil fuel dependence, while communities bear the environmental, human rights and financial costs.
This event, taking place during Gastech, will bring together frontline communities, civil society and legal and climate experts to expose the political and financial forces driving fossil gas expansion, highlight people-led resistance across Asia, and ask a fundamental question: Who is driving Asia’s gas expansion — and who ultimately pays the price?
Join us for two panels with the following speakers:
Panel 1:
Connecting the dots: Unmasking actors cashing in on climate catastrophe and lifting community voices
Manun Wongmasoh, Greenpeace Thailand, will focus on ‘Corporate and political powers behind the gas lock-in’;
Dawon Hwang, Solutions for our Climate, who will look at ‘Money behind the gas expansion’;
Chiraphat Chamket, Chachoengsao Repower, Thailand, to talk on ’20 years of community resistance to fossil gas infrastructure’;
Phwat Kanchawong, Rayong Clean Energy Network, Rayong Artisanal Fisheries Association and EEC Watch, will talk on ‘Fishery communities forced to trade coastal livelihoods with an LNG terminal’;
Sumet Rianpongnam, Strong Prachinburi Community Network, to discuss ‘The wider footprint of industrial expansion’.
Panel 2:
Hope for our future: People-led resistance strategies and solutions for a liveable planet
Sutharee Wannasiri, Accountability Counsel, to speak on ‘Moving from resistance to remedy and accountability’;
Siti Aminah, Indonesia Legal Resource Center, Coalition for Monitoring Infrastructure Development in Indonesia, to speak on ‘Mobilising communities and legal strategies against Jawa 1 Gas-Fired Power Plant, financed by the Asian Development Bank’;
Trestito Fiel, Philippines Movement for Climate Justice, to talk about ‘Winning against gas expansion in Northern Mindanao’;
Yujung Shin, Solutions for our Climate, to discuss ‘A legal victory, a step closer to climate justice.’
Moderator Kannikar Kijtiwatchakul.
For more information, please contact:
In-person and online participants:
Attapol Puangsakul (James), Greenpeace Thailand
Tel. 08 9780-3661; email: apuangsa@greenpeace.org
Media and journalists:
Nattanicha Phuklai, Climate and energy associate communications campaigner, Greenpeace Thailand
Tel. 06 1232-4596; email: nphuklai@greenpeace.org
