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The effects of climate change couldn’t be more glaring as the country woke up with the ravages of Typhoon Odette. In some parts of Visayas and Mindanao, communication lines were cut, roads were destroyed, houses tumbled down like sandcastles. And again, calls for help resonated and Filipinos responded with volunteerism, especially as Christmas Day approaches.

Stakeholders from across the tourism value chain need to unlearn old habits and embrace new tourism business practices hinged on sustainability.

This COP26, we saw a unique country delegation from the Philippines, this time headed by the Department of Finance as the point person for climate finance in the country.

Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Development Bank (AIIB) commended the proposal of the Department of Finance (DOF) for multilateral development banks (MDBs) to work together in incentivizing private capital flows for climate projects of developing countries.

The Philippine government on Thursday, Dec. 2, joined 10 other East Asian nations that pledged their support and commitment to invest in the “blue economy” or ocean governance and follow green recovery plans and programs as a roadmap for 2030 as a response to the threats of climate change.

The Department of Energy (DOE) will explore the potential of mangrove sequestration in managing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in a bid to curb future impacts of climate change.

President Duterte renewed his call for “climate justice” from developed nations during the second plenary session of the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit on Friday, Nov. 26.

Filipinos must plan smartly, use technology-driven solutions, and foster multi-stakeholder collaborations to address environmental threats and achieve a green and sustainable way of living.

Indigenous people’s lifeways have been, and will always probably be, the best models for climate action. It only took us recently to recognize and appreciate our indigenous peoples, unfortunately.

House Deputy Speaker and Antique Rep. Loren Legarda is disappointed at the outcome of the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Glasgow, United Kingdom.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has vowed to protect the country’s remaining forests as part of its commitments before the recently concluded United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) to limit the world’s rising temperature by various means.

​The Philippine office of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is calling on the government to urgently take concrete steps to address climate change ​as the country’s delegates to the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) return home.

The Philippines will share the inroads it has made in translating theories on addressing climate change into actionable projects on the ground with other ASEAN peers to help accelerate adaptation and mitigation efforts meant to avert catastrophic global heating.

The government is finalizing its sustainable finance framework for the issuance of the Philippines’ first-ever sovereign green bonds, the Department of Finance (DOF) said.

The Philippines has secured fresh contingent funds from the World Bank to strengthen the country’s institutional and financial capacity in managing risks from disasters and disease outbreaks.

Fearing that the world might die by year 2100, Partido Reporma chairman and standard-bearer Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson on Wednesday, Nov. 17 said he has been taking the issue of climate change seriously for the sake of future generations who will inherit the Philippines.

Closer international cooperation is a must in order to speed up the Asia-Pacific region’s economic recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), while also addressing the challenges of climate change.

A new private sector-led global organization is exploring a possible country partnership with the Philippines to assist in hastening its transition to green and renewable energy (RE) sources, the Department of Finance (DOF) said.