The United Nations warned on Wednesday that Asia must ramp up regional cooperation to build resilience to the Covid-19 pandemic and the climate emergency – “the twin crises that threaten our future the most”.

Reinaldi Yusuf, 24, has personally seen the negative impacts of climate change, such as rice crop failures in Pelabuhan Ratu in Sukabumi, West Java, and rising sea levels that frequently inundate homes along Bahagia Beach in Bekasi, West Java.