As the year 2025 draws to a close, Senator Loren Legarda called on all village leaders nationwide to launch a year-end “drainage drive,” locating and cleaning drainage systems within their jurisdiction to prevent flooding, mosquito-borne illnesses, and water contamination in communities. ...
BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Monday urged countries at United Nations climate talks to take “concrete actions” to stop climate change that is threatening the planet, telling them humans are failing in their response to global warming and that God’s creation “is crying out in...
Ahead of the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) in Brazil, Filipino youth have stepped forward with a bold call for climate action, presenting a 12-point National Youth Statement to redefine resilience amid the worsening climate crisis. In a statement issued on Thursday, November 6, UNICEF said...
All nations of the world had homework this year: submit new-and-improved plans to fight climate change. But the plans they handed in “have barely moved the needle” on reducing Earth’s future warming, a new United Nations report finds. And a good chunk of that progress is counteracted by the...
The Philippines signed a total of four agreements on climate action with Hungary, Panama, Maldives, and Togo and established political consultations for strengthening relations during the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA80), Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma....
Compost is separated at a recycling facility in Malabon, Philippines on Feb. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File) NEW YORK (AP) — Lauren Click founded a nonprofit a few years ago offering free composting education to schools around the country. Today, 112 schools participate, yet she...
Senator Loren Legarda called on the international community to reinforce its commitment to multilateralism, as the United Nations (UN) marked eight decades of fostering global unity. She emphasized that climate action, disaster resilience, and sustainability must remain at the heart of global...
First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos has urged global leaders to take immediate and collective action against climate change as she underscored the devastating human cost of inaction. FIrst Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos (Facebook) The First Lady said this in her main address at the World Governments Summit in...
In the midst of a world grappling with the escalating challenges of climate change, one voice stands out with a message of peace, resilience, sustainability, and innovation. Science Diplomat Glenn Banaguas, the esteemed UN Sasakawa Laureate from the Philippines, is set to illuminate the Harvard...
A United Nations (UN) official commended President Marcos for his strong leadership in climate action through strengthened policies and programs. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. meets Mami Mizutori, the Head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, in Malacañan on Oct. 13, 2023....
JAKARTA, Indonesia — President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to set up the Loss and Damage Fund (LDF) as part of the region's efforts to combat climate change. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) Marcos...
The United States government has extended P240 million (USD4.3 million) in grant assistance to help civil society organizations address climate challenges that are being faced by local communities across the Philippines. At least 11 grants will be provided by the US government, through the US Agency...