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Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda made a reminder to recognize that being proactive in women’s rights will make the real change on top of discussing it. “This celebration serves more than just a tribute to women; it is a moment to highlight the often-overlooked contributions of women, particularly on unpaid care work, and the […]
Quezon City, a champion of climate action and resilience, has committed to transforming schoolyards into green, community spaces that are resilient to both heatwaves and flooding. The city has joined the new ‘OASIS Schoolyards’ program in the Philippines, jointly launched by Resilient Cities Network and Temasek Foundation, in order to improve educational quality for Filipino […]
The Philippines achieved significant milestones, playing a key role in operationalizing the Loss and Damage Fund and the Santiago Network, throughout the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in Dubai. These accomplishments encompassed successful negotiations, policy advancements, and international collaborations, reflecting the country’s commitment to urgent […]
The resolute push of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr in his just-concluded trip to Brussels, Belgium for wealthy nations in Europe and the rest of the First World to compensate high-risk countries for “loss and damage” from planet warming has buttressed his already growing stature as the champion of developing economies seeking compensation from the […]
The resolute advocacy of urgent climate action on the international stage by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.— from New York to Bangkok—has cast him as the champion or point person of high-risk developing economies like the Philippines long seeking financial and technical aid from wealthy nations that have grown even richer from their largely unchecked greenhouse […]
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga reaffirmed the Philippines’ commitment to prioritizing risk reduction and climate action amidst economic and strategic challenges at the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR). At the Ministerial Forum held recently, Loyzaga stated, “Compound and cascading hazards and fragile systems urgently require […]
The Philippines sees the need for more international climate action that will better protect the 6 million-square kilometer Coral Triangle, which marine experts have cited as a center of marine biodiversity on Earth. Philippine Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu raised the urgency for elevating such need before the international community, noting climate change is already adversely […]