Environment

Dev’t partners reaffirm vow to mobilize fund for climate action

Dev’t partners reaffirm vow to mobilize fund for climate action

November 23, 2022, 3:14 pm

MANILA – Development partners reaffirmed their commitment of mobilizing financial resources for investment in climate change mitigation and adaptation to confront the challenges posed by the climate crisis. Development partners including the World Bank Group and United Nations Development… Read More

CCC, DILG partner to bolster LGUs' adaptation planning capacities

CCC, DILG partner to bolster LGUs' adaptation planning capacities

November 23, 2022, 2:31 pm

MANILA – To further bolster local government unit (LGU) capacities for climate change mitigation and adaptation, the Department of the Interior and Local Government-Local Government Academy (DILG-LGA) and the Climate Change Commission (CCC) are teaming to build up their institutional… Read More

Surigao Norte mining firms bag nat'l environment awards

Surigao Norte mining firms bag nat'l environment awards

November 22, 2022, 5:14 pm

BUTUAN CITY – Two Surigao del Norte-based affiliates of Nickel Asia Corp. (NAC) have been awardees of the prestigious Presidential Mineral Industry Environmental Award (PMIEA) for this year.In a statement Tuesday, NAC said Hinatuan Mining Corporation (HMC) in Taganaan town and Taganito Mining… Read More

UN, EU express ‘disappointment’ over outcomes of COP27

UN, EU express ‘disappointment’ over outcomes of COP27

November 20, 2022, 8:16 pm

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – The UN and European Union on Sunday expressed their disappointment over the final declaration of the UN Climate Change Conference or COP27 on reducing emissions. "Our planet is still in the emergency room. We need to drastically reduce emissions now, and this is an issue… Read More

UN COP27 reaches deal to set up ‘loss and damage' fund

UN COP27 reaches deal to set up ‘loss and damage' fund

November 20, 2022, 7:35 pm

ISTANBUL – The UN Climate Change Conference or COP27 on Sunday agreed to establish a “loss and damage” fund to help vulnerable countries hit hard by climate change. The 27th conference was held in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh. Egyptian Foreign Minister and COP27 President Sameh… Read More

Green recovery urgent issue, not just option: APEC report

Green recovery urgent issue, not just option: APEC report

November 17, 2022, 8:46 pm

JAKARTA – Members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) are facing extensive sustainability challenges, and there is a pressing need to embark on green structural reforms to tackle it and promote green recovery from the economic slowdown triggered by the pandemic. This is reflected in… Read More

NegOcc strengthens campaign vs. illegal sand, gravel extraction

NegOcc strengthens campaign vs. illegal sand, gravel extraction

November 15, 2022, 6:57 pm

BACOLOD CITY – Police environment desk officers (PEDOs) in various stations of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) have been trained to boost the province’s campaign against illegal extraction and transport of sand and gravel materials. Lt. Judesses Catalogo, public… Read More

UK pledges £11.6B to tackle climate change

UK pledges £11.6B to tackle climate change

November 8, 2022, 2:01 pm

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Monday that the UK is committed to providing 11.6 billion euros (USD13.3 billion) to tackle climate change, noting that the war in Ukraine called for "faster action" on the climate crisis. This came in his first international… Read More

Legal shield for environment defenders, climate activists sought

Legal shield for environment defenders, climate activists sought

November 7, 2022, 5:56 pm

MANILA – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Monday urged the government to provide legal protection for environmental defenders and climate activists who promote climate awareness and education. In a statement, the CHR noted that the Philippines plays an important role in leading and… Read More

Europe heating up more than twice global average

Europe heating up more than twice global average

November 3, 2022, 8:49 pm

ISTANBUL – Temperatures in Europe have risen more than twice the global average over the past three decades, according to the UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which says Europe’s is the highest increase in the world. "As the warming trend continues, exceptional heat, wildfires,… Read More

COP27 prioritizes keeping focus on 1.5-degree target

COP27 prioritizes keeping focus on 1.5-degree target

November 3, 2022, 7:11 pm

ANKARA – The priority agenda at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP27, aims to pursue efforts to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), the deputy executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change said. Speaking… Read More

Bill seeks to declare part of Philippine Rise as protected area

Bill seeks to declare part of Philippine Rise as protected area

November 3, 2022, 5:43 pm

MANILA – Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez has asked Congress to pass a measure he proposed declaring a large part of the Philippine Rise, a vast undersea region east of Luzon, as a protected area so it could be managed and explored for its marine resources. In House Bill (HB) No. 5687,… Read More

Olive Ridley turtle eggs turned over to DENR in Sorsogon town

Olive Ridley turtle eggs turned over to DENR in Sorsogon town

November 2, 2022, 7:22 pm

LEGAZPI CITY – Some 46 Olive Ridley Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) eggs are being monitored at the shorelines of Donsol town in Sorsogon after their turnover to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Office in Bicol (DENR-5). In a social media post on Wednesday, DENR-5 said a… Read More

US Peace Corps to roll out new climate initiative in PH

US Peace Corps to roll out new climate initiative in PH

October 27, 2022, 6:24 pm

MANILA – United States Peace Corps chief executive officer Carol Spahn said here Thursday that the Philippines is among the first countries to implement its new climate initiative. Spahn said around 40 coastal resource management volunteers will be working with the government next year to… Read More

Church group calls for trash-free 'Undas' observance

Church group calls for trash-free 'Undas' observance

October 25, 2022, 5:31 pm

MANILA – The social arm of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has appealed to the people to ensure that the environment is protected by having a “garbage-free” commemoration of Undas (All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day). Fr. Antonio Labiao Jr, executive secretary of… Read More

Turkiye FL bats for global solidarity vs. climate change crisis

Turkiye FL bats for global solidarity vs. climate change crisis

October 25, 2022, 4:53 pm

MANILA – Türkiye's First Lady Emine Erdogan has underscored the need for global solidarity to mitigate the impact of climate change crisis and other environmental issues. Speaking at the First Environment Forum organized by Anadolu Agency in Istanbul, Erdogan said "climate change is a… Read More

Chinese firm backs PH’s tree planting with over 1K pine needles

Chinese firm backs PH’s tree planting with over 1K pine needles

October 19, 2022, 6:53 pm

MANILA – China Energy Engineering Group Col., Ltd continued to support the country’s National Greening Program with over 1,000 pine needles planted near a village beside the Kapangan Hyropower Plant in Kapangan town, Benguet province. Some 15 employees of the project department of the Kapangan… Read More

Media must be 'more ambitious' in covering climate change picture

Media must be 'more ambitious' in covering climate change picture

October 19, 2022, 1:37 pm

ANKARA – The media has to be "more confident and ambitious" in covering the entire picture on climate change, a former Portuguese official said on Tuesday. "The media has to give us the input from normal people and how they are suffering from climate change," Bruno Macaes, a former secretary of… Read More

Angeles eyes waste-to-cement tech for collected plastics

Angeles eyes waste-to-cement tech for collected plastics

September 21, 2022, 6:00 pm

ANGELES CITY, Pampanga – The city government here is exploring a waste-to-cement technology as part of its solid waste management efforts. Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. on Wednesday met with Republic Cement & Building Materials, (RCBM) Inc. managing director for ecoloop Angela Edralin-Valencia to… Read More

Denmark vows funding for ‘loss and damage’ due to climate change

Denmark vows funding for ‘loss and damage’ due to climate change

September 21, 2022, 11:58 am

LONDON – Denmark pledged Tuesday at the UN General Assembly in New York to be the first country to provide funding to developing nations that have suffered “loss and damage” caused by climate disruptions. During a ministerial meeting on the sidelines of the General Assembly in New York City,… Read More