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...
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt -- A fraught UN COP27 summit wrapped up Sunday with a landmark deal on funding to help vulnerable countries cope with devastating climate impacts -- and deep disappointment over a failure to push further ambition on cutting emissions. The two-week talks, which at times...
President Marcos Jr. is back in the Philippines from Thailand, where his pitch for economic ties with other countries also achieved another dream—climate action. In his arrival speech at the Villamor Air Base, the President said that in every discussion he had with his fellow economy leaders...
BANGKOK, Thailand—President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has asserted his position on climate change before his fellow Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders, saying their response is critical to the fate of the planet. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy...
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt -- UN chief Antonio Guterres urged rich and developing nations to stop the "finger pointing" at deadlocked climate talks on Thursday and reach a deal on covering the losses suffered by vulnerable countries battered by weather disasters. United Nations Secretary General...
