ROTTERDAM, Netherlands -- Among the cranes and containers of the port of Rotterdam is a surreal sight: a herd of cows peacefully feeding on board what calls itself the world's first floating farm. The three-storey glass and steel platform aims to show the "future of breeding." (AFP) In the...
I grew up a child of the energy industry in the 80s when Mindanao was frontier lands for electrification. I understood from a very young age how precious electricity was because where I lived, not everyone had it. And yet four decades on, still, not everyone has it. The Philippines fell short in...
Our voice is powerful and should not fall on deaf ears. Protests by the youth are often seen as a nuisance despite being responses to underlying problems. Demands delivered on the megaphones or written on placards are not created on a whim but are borne from countless discourses among...
(SCREENGRAB FROM MANILA OBSERVATORY) A higher global temperature will bring about more frequent and more intense weather extremes in many regions of the world, including the Philippines, Filipino scientists, and co-authors of the latest climate report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on...
The release of findings by the Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), as part of the organization’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) showed one glaring reality: climate action failure is increasingly impacting the state of our planet. As the report is quite...
SAN FRANCISCO, United States -- Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Thursday said his climate fund would pour $1.5 billion into projects with the United States if the government enacts a program to cut carbon emissions currently working its way through Congress. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates...
On International Youth Day, Aug. 12, the National Youth Commission (NYC) stressed the youth's role in protecting human life and planetary health for the generations to come. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN In a Facebook video message, NYC Chairperson Ryan Enriquez urged the youth to focus their attention on...
“ Noong bata pa ako …” might be among the most common phrases we hear from our elders. They’d paint a wistful picture of a simpler world with fertile land, fresh air, clean water, and neighbors looking after each other. This is not the Earth of today's children. This International Youth...
Another local pro-climate action group has underscored the urgency of the message being conveyed by the recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or IPCC. (Photo by Bill Oxford/ Unsplash) “The science is clear: there is no time to lose for climate action,” said Jon...
The Philippines' continued preference for dirty energy sources like coal is no longer justifiable especially with the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) latest climate science findings, the Power for People Coalition (P4P) said on Tuesday, Aug. 10. (Photo from P4P...
Several Japanese and Philippine institutions are teaming up to conduct a study on water-related disaster risks and enhance flood management in the country, particularly in the Pampanga River basin and Pasig-Marikina River and Laguna Lake basin. Kick-off virtual meeting of HyDEPP and SATREPS...
Our addiction to plastics is hurting our climate and our chances of survival. You’ve probably heard news or read reports citing the Philippines as one of the world’s top plastic-polluting countries due to our tremendous plastic consumption yet paltry plastic waste management efforts, with a...
