Brazil’s JAQ H1 is sailing into the future — powered by green hydrogen it produces onboard, leaving only water vapour in its wake. Imagine a vessel that harvests its own energy from the ocean itself — splitting the very water around it into hydrogen fuel, then sailing forward on nothing but chemistry and ambition. That…
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Microsoft’s Secret Data Centers and Brazil’s Digital Revolution Billions of dollars buried in the São Paulo countryside — and a deliberate silence about exactly where eyesonbrasil The Announcement That Wasn’t Picture the scene: February 2026, São Paulo’s sleek convention circuit buzzing with executives, developers, and journalists gathered for the Microsoft AI Tour. Priscyla Laham, president of…
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eyesonbrasil For months, the working assumption in Brazilian legal circles was simple: Alexandre de Moraes, the Supreme Court justice who has become Donald Trump’s favorite Brazilian villain, would simply not show up. He’d let the clock run out on a private lawsuit filed against him in a Tampa, Florida court, absorb a default judgment nobody…
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Inside Japan’s Seawater-Powered Energy Vessel eyesonindonesia There’s a viral image making the rounds: a sleek white research ship slicing through Pacific waters, its hull painted with the words “海水から、未来のエネルギーへ” — “From seawater, to the energy of the future.” The caption claims Japan has built a vessel that makes its own clean fuel and never needs…
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eyesonbrasil As Kenya hosts the inaugural climate change summit, there has been much talk about carbon credits and their sale. What are they, who has them, how and where are they traded and how do they contribute to reducing the effects of climate change?
South Korean scientists have created an artificial leaf that turns sunlight and water into hydrogen — no wires, no grid, no emissions. For sun-drenched Indonesia, it may be a glimpse of the future. Science & Energy Desk · May 2026 · 8 min read eyesonindonesia How the artificial leaf works A Leaf Forged in a…
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Is REDD+ a Green Miracle or a “License to Pollute”? eyesonindonesia In the boardroom of a multinational oil giant and in the deep canopy of the Indonesian rainforest, two very different conversations are happening about the same thing: REDD+. Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) was designed as a bridge between the industrial…
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How Haruni Krisnawati is Securing Indonesia’s Green Future eyesonindonesia While global leaders sign declarations under the bright lights of international summits, the real work of saving the planet happens in the details. In Indonesia, that work has a face and a name: Haruni Krisnawati. As the world pivots toward the groundbreaking Tropical Forest Forever Facility…
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Why Indonesia is Betting on the “Forever” Fund Over Carbon Credits eyesonindonesia For decades, Indonesia’s vast rainforests—the lungs of Southeast Asia—have been a central battleground for climate finance. The primary tool of choice has been REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), a system of carbon credits that pays countries to stop destroying trees.…
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Why Indonesia Is Becoming the World’s Most Consequential Metals Bet — and at What Cost eyesonindonesia Jakarta / West Kalimantan / Sulawesi / Weda Bay — Ten years ago, Indonesia was a nickel backwater. Raw ore left its ports by the shipload, bound for Chinese smelters, enriching foreign processors while Indonesian miners dug the earth…
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