PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House As the world’s economic powers gathered in Rome for the G-20 Summit, Iran announced that it would resume nuclear talks in Vienna before the end of this month. Tehran’s announcement is a welcome development as it is a significant step...
Did Harry Roque just change his tone again regarding his potential senatorial bid in May 2022? Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Photo from Harry Roque's Facebook) In a virtual press conference Friday, Nov. 5, the presidential spokesperson sounded more hopeful than he has been in weeks...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III has underscored the importance of the “blended approach” or sustainable orchestration of grants, investments, and subsidies to make climate finance work for its beneficiaries. IMG_1313 During a ministerial dialogue on climate finance at COP26, Dominguez...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma A global summit – the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – is ongoing in Glasgow, Scotland to address global concerns on the continuing threats posed by unabated global warming. The Philippines will likely...
The Philippines and Indonesia have formed a new partnership establishing an Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM), the first of its kind in Asia and the Pacific, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said. At the COP26 in Glasgow, ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa, Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. believes that the ongoing climate change conference in Glasgow is the world's "last-ditch effort" to come up with climate solutions to save the planet. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "This is the...
The Philippines incurred billions of pesos in losses due to climate-related hazards in over a decade despite contributing only a meager to global greenhouse gas emissions. The Department of Finance (DOF) revealed Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, that extreme weather driven by climate change cost the...
The 26 th Conference of the Parties COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change opened in Glasgow, Scotland last Oct. 31 for a two-week meeting that would hopefully address global concerns on the continuing threats posed by unabated global warming. UN Secretary General...
House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda has called on world leaders attending the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to help secure the lives and livelihoods of Filipinos affected by the global climate crisis. "It’s COP season again....
Partido Reporma chairman and standard-bearer Senator Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson on Monday November 1 said turning to safe atomic power could be a viable option considering the rising prices of oil and gas in the global market, coupled with the volatile output of some renewable energy sources....
The health pandemic is not yet over but the world is now bracing for another kind of global pandemic – climate change. Like the virus which plagued the planet for more than a year and drastically changed the way we live, climate change also has the capacity to destroy lives and livelihood by...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III will represent the Philippines at the global climate action talks and negotiations, also known as 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Glasgow, Scotland next week. Delegates from almost 200...
