"My key lessons from the training: climate change impacts local communities. Therefore, the resilience of local actors is very much needed to have greater power and resources. So far, local actors rarely have a say in the decisions that affect them the most. Local communities should be involved in making decisions that affect their lives the most."

Arphan is a freelance journalist and author. As a specialist on environmental issues, he has written from a local perspective for numerous international publications including Ant Daily (Kuala Lumpur), Prachatai (Bangkok), Free Press Kashmir (India), Global Voices (Amsterdam), China Dialogue (London), Kulturaustausch (Berlin), and Global Ground Media (Tallinn). He was a fellow for the Southeast Asian Press Alliance.

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