On Thursday, 4 December 2025, from 5.30–7.00 pm, a discussion event by Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women and SEA Junction was hosted at SEA Junction, exploring the impacts of the climate crisis on communities and workers across Southeast Asia. The event highlighted how rising temperatures, extreme weather, droughts, and ecological degradation are worsening existing socioeconomic vulnerabilities, particularly for people working in precarious sectors such as agriculture, construction, and fishing. It also examined how climate-related disruptions are increasingly driving migration as people leave damaged homes and livelihoods in search of work and stability elsewhere. Featuring new research from Thailand, Cambodia, and the Philippines published in the journal Anti-Trafficking Review, the discussion emphasized the links between climate change, migration, labour insecurity, and social justice in the region.

Photographer: Vinissa Kattiya-aree