November 10, 2016 Rising above the wreckage Three years after Haiyan, the strongest storm in recorded history, made landfall and devastated central Philippines, there is still much work to be done to...
November 10, 2016 From Yolanda to Lawin: disaster preparedness in the face of the climate crisis in the Philippines Recognizing that the most vulnerable nations on Earth to the climate crisis also are the least culpable in causing it, the principle of common but...
November 7, 2016 Duterte relents on Paris pact position With the Philippines being rated as among the most climate vulnerable countries worldwide, our status as a country that would ratify the agreement advances the...
October 25, 2016 The brewing storm of inaction We have the most to lose and very little to gain if we pursue the myopic track of seeing emissions reduction as an obstruction to...
October 19, 2016 Beyond Survival: Super Typhoon Haima and the Paris Agreement While rightfully asserting that industrialized nations make decisive steps towards a low-carbon future, the Philippines must continue to show its leadership internationally by seeking aggressive...
October 13, 2016 The entitled, privileged and demanding millennial in the age of global climate crisis By: Zaira Patricia Baniaga Few days before September ends, we were stunned by the news about a farmer who was shot...
October 12, 2016 Anti-coal protests force Korea Eximbank to withdraw from Green Climate Fund “People from the Philippines have shown that it is possible to stop the world’s biggest bankrollers of climate change. But our work is not finished...
October 11, 2016 Climate activists protest Korea EXIM Bank’s funding of fossil fuels “The Export-Import Bank of Korea should drop its investments on dirty coal-fired power plants if it wants to be involved in the Green Climate Fund....
September 29, 2016 Coal in the Philippines: A Filipino American’s Perspective By Bradley Cardozo When I think of coal, the first thing that comes to mind is the dirty, foul puffs...
September 9, 2016 Of one mind and vision By: Liang-Yi Chang “It always seems impossible until it is done.” – Nelson Mandela. The following months after the signing...