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Farhan Helmy

@farhanhelmy

A scientifically-trained independent professional on natural resource and environmental policy analysis, and host of #progressiveinsights podcast channel

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A 1.5 cm step can trap me. Now imagine what happens when the world ignores 1.5°C warming. Climate inaction is a human rights crisis. Indonesia must act now! tinyurl.com/2phsv9jn #ClimateJustice #DisabilityRights #ClimateFinance #IndonesiaClimate #ActNow #NoOneLeftBehind

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Donors funding AI in developing countries: Are you empowering or extracting? Without local data sovereignty, AI investment is just digital colonialism in disguise. đź’ˇ Read the full Op-Ed: đź”— lnkd.in/gHC-7bDq #AI #DataSovereignty #EthicalTech

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We often speak of “the system” as if we understand it. But what if we’re inside a multiverse of systems—visible, hidden, informal, spiritual? A reflection on complexity, collapse, and what lies beneath the surface. tinyurl.com/2ny386wn #SystemThinking #PoliticalEconomy

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What if our economic models only capture one layer of reality—while others operate unseen? A short thread on systems, bifurcation, informal economies, and the illusion of control. farhanhelmy.substack.com/p/beyond-the-v…

What if our economic models only capture one layer of reality—while others operate unseen?

A short thread on systems, bifurcation, informal economies, and the illusion of control.

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Trade doesn’t just shift markets. It shifts lives. Especially for those the system forgets: people with disabilities and the elderly. As a paraplegic and diabetic, I see the cost every month. #TradeJustice #DisabilityRights #GlobalHealth #JustTransition #Indonesia

Trade doesn’t just shift markets. It shifts lives.

Especially for those the system forgets: people with disabilities and the elderly.

As a paraplegic and diabetic, I see the cost every month.

#TradeJustice #DisabilityRights #GlobalHealth #JustTransition #Indonesia
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pay over IDR 1M/month for insulin. A colleague pays 2.5M every 5 days for processed blood for their elderly parent with Aplastic Anaemia. These are not outliers — they are patterns. #TradeJustice #DisabilityRights #GlobalHealth #JustTransition #Indonesia

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Tariffs, trade wars, and rising import costs don’t just affect exporters. They raise the cost of medical care, squeeze public insurance, and deepen exclusion. #TradeJustice #DisabilityRights #GlobalHealth #JustTransition #Indonesia

Tariffs, trade wars, and rising import costs don’t just affect exporters.

They raise the cost of medical care, squeeze public insurance, and deepen exclusion.

#TradeJustice #DisabilityRights #GlobalHealth #JustTransition #Indonesia
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Read my full story: tinyurl.com/5n9b6w6n Because when trade policy ignores the vulnerable, it’s not efficiency — it’s injustice. #TradeJustice #DisabilityRights #GlobalHealth #JustTransition #Indonesia

Read my full story: tinyurl.com/5n9b6w6n

Because when trade policy ignores the vulnerable, it’s not efficiency — it’s injustice.

#TradeJustice #DisabilityRights #GlobalHealth #JustTransition #Indonesia
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We can’t afford to repeat the mistakes of the Paris Agreement. #GDS2025 offered a chance — but inclusion must move faster. I reflect on 5 key lessons for global disability justice, finance, and regional action. Read more: tinyurl.com/2npkba66 #ClimateJustice

We can’t afford to repeat the mistakes of the Paris Agreement.

#GDS2025 offered a chance — but inclusion must move faster.

I reflect on 5 key lessons for global disability justice, finance, and regional action.

Read more: tinyurl.com/2npkba66

#ClimateJustice
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Trade. Climate. Finance. Who gets seen? Who gets left out? A short thread on my new reflection: The Cost of Being Left Out, tinyurl.com/mpracd69

Trade. Climate. Finance.
Who gets seen?
Who gets left out?

A short thread on my new reflection: The Cost of Being Left Out, 
tinyurl.com/mpracd69
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As a former UNFCCC negotiator and a paraplegic diabetic, I live in systems that weren’t designed with me in mind. This piece is my way of showing what happens when inclusion is a footnote, not a foundation

As a former UNFCCC negotiator and a paraplegic diabetic, I live in systems that weren’t designed with me in mind.

This piece is my way of showing what happens when inclusion is a footnote, not a foundation
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From the 2008 financial crash to the failed Copenhagen Accord and trade wars today — one pattern remains: Those at the margins are too often invisible to policy.

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Read and reflect: tinyurl.com/mpracd69 #InclusionMatters #ClimateJustice #TradeJustice #SystemsThinking #JustTransition #DisabilityRights

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Inclusive care is not charity. It’s infrastructure. Just launched a 4-part series on investing in dignity, scaling CBR, and transforming policy from the ground up. Sumur Bandung District is just the beginning. Part 1: From Exclusion to Innovation: Rethinking the Role of the

Inclusive care is not charity. It’s infrastructure.

Just launched a 4-part series on investing in dignity, scaling CBR, and transforming policy from the ground up. Sumur Bandung District is just the beginning.

Part 1: From Exclusion to Innovation: Rethinking the Role of the
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"We track forests better than we track people. We know where the trees grow, but not where the most vulnerable live" Data matters: tinyurl.com/nhj264aj #InclusiveData #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #ClimateJustice

"We track forests better than we track people. We know where the trees grow, but not where the most vulnerable live"

Data matters:
tinyurl.com/nhj264aj

#InclusiveData #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #ClimateJustice
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It’s not just about counting. It’s about power, dignity, and justice. • Washington Group tools • Accessibility challenges (e.g. maps for the blind) • Indonesia’s KND & the Inclusive Jakarta Forum (IJF)

It’s not just about counting. It’s about power, dignity, and justice.

• Washington Group tools
• Accessibility challenges (e.g. maps for the blind)
• Indonesia’s KND & the Inclusive Jakarta Forum (IJF)
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Inclusion begins with being counted. Transformation begins when we act on what the data tells us. #JakartaForum #DisabilityJustice #HumanRights

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Check out my latest article: Breaking the Silence: Sexual Violence Against Persons with Disabilities Is a Global Crisis linkedin.com/pulse/breaking… via LinkedIn