Invest in renewables, water security to address climate change

SENATE PRO Tempore Loren Legarda on Friday sought more support for efforts to build resilience in communities vulnerable to climate change.

PH, Qatar ink climate change, anti-trafficking deals, 7 others

THE PHILIPPINEs and Qatar further strengthened their bilateral relations, signing on Monday nine new deals, including agreements on addressing climate change and human trafficking.

PH, Germany bolster climate action thru €36.8-M TRANSCEND project

THE CLIMATE Change Commission (CCC), in partnership with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH or German Development Cooperation, on Monday announced the soft launch of the Transformative Actions for Climate and Ecological Protection and Development (TRANSCEND) project.

PH, UK deepens collaboration on climate, biodiversity priorities

THE PHILIPPINES and the United Kingdom have agreed to deepen their collaboration across climate and biodiversity priorities.

Climate change could cause clocks to lose a second: study

A RECENT study suggests that clocks may skip a second in the near future because the Earth is undergoing changes in its rotation due to factors such as climate change and geological shifts.

Sulu campaigns for environmental protection, climate change

SULU - Over 100 people, mostly young adults, championed environmental protection and promoted sustainable development goals in the southern Philippine province of Sulu.

After Department of Agriculture, Marcos now wants risk council under him

PRESIDENT FERDINAND Marcos Jr. wants to put the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) under the Office of the President to streamline disaster response efforts.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. presided over a “full council meeting” of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) amid the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Paeng.(PCOO)

Oxfam calls for support for Philippines

OXFAM PILIPINAS has called on the global community for better support for countries like the Philippines which is extremely climate-vulnerable while not being prepared enough for the disasters to come.

Journos attend climate change seminar

PALAWAN – Over a dozen members of the Philippine media attended the two-day seminar on climate change organized by the United States Embassy in Manila.

U.S. supports Philippines’ green energy program

WASHINGTON CONTINUES to support the efforts of the Philippine government to promote renewable energy with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressing the importance of investing in clean energy as he cited the Philippines’ increasing vulnerability to the dangerous effects of climate change.

ADB urged to end fossil fuel finance

THE ASIAN Development Bank is being urged to end its financing and support for gas, coal and oil and to use its energy policy review to demonstrate meaningful climate leadership and end its support for fossil fuels.

Environmentalists welcome climate commitment

ENVIRONMENTALIST GROUP Aksyon Klima Pilipinas said it has transmitted to the Climate Change Commission the statement of nearly two dozen civil society groups on the finalization of the country's commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.