The resolution, which is first of its kind in Southeast Asia and the Global South, recognized that there is an “urgency to craft and adopt a PGND for a just and green economic recovery and a historic break from systemic crises and injustices.”
The Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development (CEED) praised the filing of a resolution in the House of Representatives seeking for an elaborate public discussion on the country’s RE potentials.
Observers in COP26 claimed that this year’s conference was the “least inclusive climate summit in a decade.”
The Philippines should take stronger actions to hold fossil fuel companies accountable and enable a rapid transition to renewable energy
Filipino climate activists sought the help of the Vatican delegation in COP26 to lobby for the inclusion of “loss and damage” mechanism in the climate summit agenda next year.
The groups called on Secretary Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga to cancel mining contracts that continue to ravage communities and destroy the environment
“The call towards peacemaking is an action that is most needed in our society, most especially when people’s safety and lives are at stake”
All of us are told to be brave, not to be afraid – chosen to lead, from suffering to glory
As the barricade continued, Bishop Mesiona also appealed for calm and for a “truthful” discussion on the issue
Activists called on the government to provide protection for all Filipino environmental defenders