BAKU, Azerbaijan – Beyond addressing energy demand growth, the Conference of the Parties (COP) for Climate Change has called on global economies to viably leverage on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool in advancing their respective strategies for decarbonization. In a recently...
President Marcos has ordered government agencies to focus on high-risk regions in the country in the implementation of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Marcos also directed...
President Marcos thinks that attending international environmental events would be helpful for the Philippines to address the effects of climate change as he ordered the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to prioritize local environmental issues. President Ferdinand...
It’s eight o’clock in the morning of Dec. 13, 2023. I’m on my way to Expo City in Dubai and just received a notification in my email that the new Global Stocktake (GST) draft decision text has just been released. As I was skimming through the document, I already anticipated that the closing...
President Marcos was awarded climate and human mobility recognition by an international office for migration for his achievements in handling human mobility and migration as a whole, Environment Secretary Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) In a...
Securing a seat in the Loss and Damage Fund Board is a "very important development" for the Philippines as it will give the country a voice in managing the disaster fund, President Marcos said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Through a video message on...
The goals laid down at the COP28 Global Stocktake had fallen short on the target for total phaseout of fossil fuels in energy systems, although there had been more aggressive commitments on deeper emissions cut as well as reinforcements on climate finance. In his closing speech, UN Climate Change...
The Paris-headquartered International Energy Agency (IEA) indicated that while positive developments were attained at the COP28 Climate Change Summit, the commitments from more than 100 countries might still not be enough to put the world on track to the 1.5°C global warming limit cast in the...
DUBAI, UAE – The Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO) is keen on extending soft loans to the array of energy efficiency projects being carried out in the Philippines, according to Danish Ambassador to the Philippines Franz-Michael S. Mellbin. In an interview on the sidelines of the COP28...
DUBAI, UAE – Ayala-led ACEN Corporation is batting for viable ‘replacement cash flow’ that will satisfy its shareholders on the planned accelerated retirement of its 246-megawatt South Luzon Thermal Energy Corp (SLTEC) coal plant. In an interview at the COP28 side events, ACEN President and...
The Philippines is "most qualified" to host the historic Loss and Damage Fund Board, a Cabinet official said. Environment Secretary Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga stressed that the country is qualified to host the board not only for being a living testament to the effects of climate change, but also with its...
DUBAI, UAE – The Technology Executive Committee (TEC) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has set forth a challenge to the developing countries to employ solutions powered by artificial intelligence (AI) in enforcing climate actions in their respective...
