The Philippines and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have forged a partnership that aims to curb climate change and boost the two countries' agricultural cooperation under the administration of President Marcos, who will temporarily head the Agriculture Department. The Department of Foreign Affairs...
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of life—from health and livelihood to education, mobility, food systems, and many more. Society, however, became more inattentive to environmental and climate-related issues. To bring the focus back to addressing the intersectional problems we...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. highlighted during his inaugural address Thursday, June 30, the famous wind farm project in Ilocos Norte as being his handiwork. (Photos from Wikipedia, MANILA BULLETIN) Marcos brought up the project while as he tackled environmental sustainability in his...
PIÑAN, Zamboanga del Norte — The 9th South-South Citizenry Based Development Academy (SSCBDA) concluded on Friday afternoon, June 24, its three-day symposium that focused on various practices meant to mitigate the impact of climate change. 9th SSCBDA panelists Mr Rogelio Navarro, MDRRMO Molave,...
BONN, Germany -- Developing countries voiced "disappointment" as climate talks in Germany ended Thursday with frustrations flaring over a lack of momentum on helping vulnerable nations cope with the impacts of warming. With world attention drawn towards other challenges, notably Russia's invasion...
There has been a lot of talks happening on nuclear energy because of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s executive order to include it in our energy mix and President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s campaign promise to install at least one nuclear power plant and to consider the revival of the...
Leading digital solutions platform Globe has made it to the list of top 200 Climate Leaders in Asia Pacific based on a special report entitled “Asia-Pacific climate leaders: Which companies cut emissions?” developed by the Financial Times, Nikkei Asia, and Statista for making headway in...
President-elect Bongbong Marcos has been invited by the Egyptian government to participate in the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference or COP27. (Photos from Unsplash, BBM Media Bureau) This was relayed to the incoming Philippine leader Monday, June 13 by Ambassador Hmed Shehabeldin...
SINGAPORE, Singapore -- Fiji faces its biggest threat from "devastating climate change" rather than conflict, the country's defence minister warned Sunday at a high-level security summit that has been dominated by geopolitical tensions. This weekend's Shangri-La Dialogue, which brings together...
A climate change mitigation report recently released by the United Nations confirmed that now, more than ever, immediate and deep cuts in emissions, combined with systemic and transformative actions across all sectors, are needed to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2100. For the transport...
Climate change adaptation and mitigation needs to be placed at the heart of socioeconomic planning for the country to achieve its 2040 vision of eradicating extreme poverty, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said. At the recent Philippine Environment Science Summit 2022,...
LOS ANGELES, United States -- Joe Biden sought Thursday to step up action on climate at an Americas summit with hopes for at least small progress with Brazil, whose far-right leader will hold a potentially tense meeting with the US president. Some two dozen leaders have descended on Los Angeles for...
