A group of people take in the views of the Mendenhall Glacier on June 8, 2023, in Juneau, Alaska. A new study says the melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File) The melting of Alaska's Juneau icefield, home to more than...
Families were encouraged to create emergency plans for climate-related risks and stayed informed about climate change impacts. The Climate Change Commission (CCC) made the call as it underscored the critical role of climate resilience in safeguarding the Philippines from the escalating impacts of...
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...
BAKU, Azerbaijan – As existential threats on vulnerable countries are escalating, one of the major action agendas being advanced in this year’s 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be operationalization of the...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Canada have announced a partnership to establish a new $255 million trust fund. The fund, known as the Canadian Climate and Nature Fund for Private Sector in Asia (CANPA), aims to support private-sector projects in Asia and the Pacific that...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) identified climate change as a significant contributor to the intensification of extreme heat events in the country. In an interview with the Manila Bulletin on May 16, PAGASA weather specialist John Manalo...
By Keith Sigfred Ancheta In 2009, during the 15th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP15), developed countries announced an ambitious climate finance goal—that developed countries would mobilize $100 billion annually by 2020 to developing...
The Philippines placed first out of 193 countries on the 2023 World Risk Index list, which ranks countries based on susceptibility to natural disasters including typhoons, floods, earthquakes, and drought. Since its launch in 2011, the annual report, published by the Bündnis Entwicklung...
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda on Monday, April 29 called for greater participation of women in the government’s crafting of policies in climate change adaptation. Legarda made the call as the nation grapples with the extreme heat wave caused by the prevailing El Niño...
An economist has cast doubt on the possibility of rice prices falling to P20 per kilo, citing the disruptive effects of persistent extreme weather events like El Niño on agricultural yields as factors that make such a price reduction improbable. Carlos Manapat, chair of the economics department at...
President Marcos has urged Filipinos to embrace energy-efficient practices to reduce their carbon footprint and help protect the environment. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) Marcos said this as the Philippines joined the celebration of the Earth Hour on Saturday,...
The Philippines has called on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to exercise its jurisdiction on climate issues amid questions on the obligation of states concerning climate change. (L-R) Associate Solicitor Mary Rose Beley-Arnesto, Ambassador J. Eduardo Malaya and State Solicitor Rowena F....
