As Nvidia hits a $5 trillion market cap and the global race to build faster, smarter AI accelerates, communities in East Asia are bearing with the hidden consequences. In this bonus episode, host Joycelyn Longdon speaks with Katrin Wu from Greenpeace East Asia to uncover how AI supply chain is driving pollution, health risks, and rising emissions, in the attempt of catching up with increasing global energy demands.

We hear from Sunryul Kim, a South Korean campaigner who filed a lawsuit against LNG Power Plants being built in his community and Lena Chang a campaigner from Taiwan, who tells us about the impact that the tech industry is having in her homeland.

Even as the AI boom brings new pressures and environmental risks to communities in East Asia, there is hope. We can demand real power shifts and redistribution, to ensure those currently paying the unseen price are funded for a truly just transition.

What can you do?

• Sign the petition for a clean, renewable AI supply chain - https://act.gp/4nyaBQr
• Share the episode to spark conversation about AI’s true footprint
• Advocate for systemic changes in how the tech industry approaches climate responsibility - pushing for transparency, supplier support, and real investment in RE infrastructure where production happens
• Read Greenpeace reports for more information: Nvidia Ranks Last on AI Supply Chain Decarbonization (https://act.gp/3LR02uC), Tracking electricity consumption & emissions from AI chip manufacturing

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All episodes of Season 3 are now available! Two of our hosts, Joycelyn Longdon and Carl Schylter, reflect on what they’ve learned from our guests this season and how to move forward.

And the answer is yes. “This is something that can happen in our lifetime and will happen if we all resist and if we continue to educate ourselves and engage in movements for alternative economic systems” - as Joycelyn points out in one of the episodes.

Make sure to share your favourite episodes with your friends all over the world!

SystemShift is also available on YouTube, with subtitles in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Indonesian, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish.

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How can we talk about climate action when so many people are struggling just to get by? Why do the people least responsible for climate change often suffer the most from it?

When paying the rent, finding a decent job, or putting food on the table are on the top of your concerns, climate change seems to be something for somebody else to solve. This is what we explore in the new episode of SystemShift, where Carl Schlyter and Joycelyn Longdon are joined by Nala Amirah, climate activist and founder of Green Welfare Indonesia.

From rising rents to polluted neighbourhoods, they explain how low-income and marginalised communities often have no choice but to live in polluted areas that are at high risk from climate change—while those in power do little to fix the problem. But change is possible. Nala shares how community-led action, sustainable housing, and climate education are already making a difference—and why real solutions must come from the people most affected.

As we wrap up this series, this episode asks: Do I have to worry about the end of the month or the end of the world?

What can you do?

It’s easy to feel like you’re not “doing enough” for the planet. But if you’re making any effort—however small—you’re already part of the solution. Here are some concrete things you can do:

• Ask governments to put wellbeing at the centre by signing the 'Wellbeing for All' petition: https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/wellbeing-for-all/
• Urge governments to #TaxTheSuperRich now: http://greenpeace.org/international/act/tax-the-super-rich
• Check out your area and attend a community event or initiative. Chat with your neighbours and support local businesses.
• Consider volunteering for a cause you care about in a local group or organisation. It could be Greenpeace or any other you like!
• Maybe you can’t or are not able to do any of this. In that case, remember this words from Sarah Marques, a community leader from Recife, Brazil: “Our contribution is to live, to resist”.

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