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AYEJ mentor selected finalist in climate journalism awards
AYEJ mentor, speaker, and special lecturer at the Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) Manila has been recently named one of the finalists in the second annual Covering Climate Now Climate Journalism Awards. Jhesset Thrina O. Enano, who has been a long-time mentor and speaker for AYEJ’s learning projects such as The Green Beat Initiative…
Read More30×30 SEA Coalition Commends DENR Performance; Urges PH Govt to Join the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People
The 30×30 Southeast Asia Coalition (30×30 SEA), commends the Department ofEnvironment and Natural Resources (DENR) during the recent set of negotiations torefine the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework from March 14 to 29 in Geneva,Switzerland.“The 30×30 SEA Coalition recognizes and appreciates the hard work done by theDENR, particularly in aligning with the science and shedding light…
Read MoreStorytellers from Aklan awarded P170,000 as part of climate campaign’s final tranche
A team of climate storytellers and researchers from Malay, Aklan — which is just a short boat ride away from Boracay island — was chosen as the recipient of the third and final Umalohokan cash grant, its organizers said. Team Bintuwak is entitled to receive PhP170,000 for an awareness campaign highlighting the role of indigenous…
Read MoreArtist’s group to make short videos about life on small islands that are threatened by rising sea levels
An artist’s collective in Quezon City is expected to produce short videos based on stories of people who live on small islands that are threatened by rising sea levels. This was after Salikhain Kolektib received a P70,000 Umalohokan Grant from the Climate Media Labs, allowing the group to produce ten videos about the possible effects…
Read MoreMPT South partners with USAID SIBOL for CALAX Biodiversity Program
Metro Pacific Tollways South Management Corporation (MPT South), a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC), the infrastructure arm of Metro Pacific Investment Corporation (MPIC), inked on Monday a partnership agreement with the United States Agency for International Development’s Sustainable Interventions for Biodiversity, Oceans and Landscapes (SIBOL) project to further its sustainability efforts to turn…
Read MoreClimate Media Labs hold special session to help participants reach out to younger Filipinos
A climate media fellowship held a special session to help advocates build and launch awareness campaigns that will reach out and appeal to younger Filipinos. On its eighth and final session scheduled in late September, the Climate Media Labs organized a webinar entitled “Developing Campaigns for Young Audiences.” The webinar was designed to assist participants…
Read MoreUN Child Rights Committee rules that countries bear cross-border responsibility for harmful impact of climate change
GENEVA – In a historic ruling on the harmful effects of climate change on children’s rights, the Child Rights Committee has found that a State party can be held responsible for the negative impact of its carbon emissions on the rights of children both within and outside its territory. The Child Rights Committee (CRC) published its ruling…
Read MoreThe “I” in Voting
The doers and sufferers have been familiar with the term “Climate Crisis” in recent years. But what is it really? It’s the maturity of humanity’s little baby called “climate change.” It’s so normalized that it’s commercialized by the corporate world, which is also the same world that contributes a huge chunk to this crisis. It’s…
Read MoreCascades of Change
Grassroots movement have sprouted all over the world in an attempt to push for their respective advocacies. Many would say that this is the power of collective action. What we call the “bottom-up” approach consists of these tiny sparks of change at a local level that brings about ripples that eventually drive the decision-makers to…
Read MoreCan Voting Halt Climate Crisis?
All things come with a price tag and you have to decide whether you’re willing to pay the cost. It began this way: Inside the comfort of your living room, you’re watching the television. You face the news with trepidation as you found out that fifty years from now, the planet you’re living in will…
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