Security Bank announced that it will no longer extend financing to coal-fired power facilities in its bid to align its project funding strategy to the goals of the Paris Agreement and the climate change diplomacy based of the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) on abating climate change...
Aspiring president Vice President Leni Robredo would be open for discussions on tapping nuclear energy but it will not be among her priorities if elected.
(Photo courtesy of VPLR Media Bureau)
Instead, she will prioritize the crafting of roadmap to fulfill the country's commitment to the COP26...
Vice President Leni Robredo is proposing a three-step solution to address the electricity problems and power outages in the Bicol region and the rest of the country. What are they? Read on.
Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau)
In an interview with Radyo Veritas on Wednesday, March 2,...
Aspiring president Vice President Leni Robredo said she is open to discussions on the possibilities of utilizing nuclear energy in the country but affirmed that the focus remains towards moving away from fossil fuel dependence.
Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo)
"It's (nuclear energy)...
Being in nature, reconnecting with the wisdom of the land, and eating healthy food, fresh from the farm—what more can you ask for?
I was able to experience these when I spent a month in the Stanford Hall Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm in Leicestershire, United Kingdom—living off...
Writing and reflecting on each Conference of the Parties (COP) since Paris has always been such an exercise of awareness. It is always a struggle of balancing personal frustrations and beliefs with how the process is going, while also recognizing the many complexities of multi-country negotiations...
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.
Department of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi (File photo)
The DOE said Wednesday, Dec. 1, that the move is in line...
Lopez-led INAEC Aviation Corporation emerges as the pioneer general aviation operator in the Philippines that had formally submitted ‘net zero’ commitment via the “Climate Neutral Now Pledge” of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
INAEC Aviation Corporation
With...
Editorial
Emerging from the recent 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change summit, the Philippines joined the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use and committed to reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030.
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EDITORS DESK
Johannes Chua
It started with promises and ended just like that — with more promises. A few weeks ago, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change or COP26 opened in Glasgow brimming with hope and optimism; it was even dubbed as mankind’s “last chance” to...
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.
Rep. Loren Legarda
A three-term senator, Legarda said the agreement...
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.
In a statement issued...
