A total of 16 Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) localities were awarded with the ‘Gawad Kalasag’ for their disaster risk reduction and management initiatives, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Monday, Dec. 5. Gawad Kalasag is the...
Food and energy production accounts for more than half of the world´s total greenhouse gas emissions. Food production alone constitutes one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions, while the expansion of pasture land for cattle ranching is responsible for 41% of tropical deforestation. Photo...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- More than 600 young people in Sweden, including climate activist Greta Thunberg, on Friday filed a lawsuit against the Swedish state accusing it of climate inaction, a first in the country. "There has never been such a large-scale case in the Swedish legal system", Ida Edling,...
Each night, as many as 828 million people go to sleep with a hungry stomach, and around forty million face life-threatening levels of hunger, according to United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power. During a session at the World Food Prize event in Des...
The Department of Finance (DOF) urged climate experts and leaders from the public, private, and development sectors to invest more in resilience finance to reduce climate risks and disasters. At the Climate Investment Forum organized by the Climate Change Commission (CCC), Finance Secretary...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has has expressed "cautious optimism" over the result of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly referred to as COP27. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook)...
Senate President Pro-Tempore Loren Legarda today welcomed the new global deal to establish a “loss and damage” facility as compensation for climate vulnerable developing countries, including the Philippines, due to the destruction brought about by climate change, which they did not cause. The...
In partnership with the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) University Library ALIVErary BOOKS program, the Department of Education (DepED) will launch the 6th National Climate Change Conference (NCCC) in November 2022. The three-day virtual conference will be launched beginning...
To strengthen awareness of climate change adaptation and mitigation, the Department of Education (DepED) will hold the 6th National Climate Change Conference (NCCC) this week. (Courtesy of DepED FB Page) DepED, through its Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Service (DRRMS), has partnered with...
Rice is a staple food for more than 3.5 billion people around the world. Sustainable rice production plays a significant role in ensuring food security for many communities. Carp living with rice plants in a co-culture experiment. (Photo from Lufeng Zhao) However, like many other monoculture...
Because of the globalization of the food supply, much of the food consumed in many communities is not locally grown. Food products often travel long distances, crossing several trading points, markets, and roads before they reach the plate. With widely used transportation methods today, food...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has been championing the cause of nations reeling from the effects of climate change, and has the moral ascendancy to do so. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd...
