MANILA – Around 15,000 advocates representing climate-impacted communities, religious groups, youth, labor unions, anti-coal and renewable energy campaigners, and other concerned citizens took to the streets to join the Global Climate March on the weekend before the Paris talks begin. The Filipino marchers set out a call for climate justice in behalf of vulnerable nations like the Philippines, and to demand a strong, fair and ambitious global climate agreement ahead of the in

MANILA, 25 November 2015 – The Global Climate March planned in Paris, on the eve of the UN climate talks, has been banned due to security concerns. But 50 other major marches will push through worldwide, including in the Philippines. A broad group of social movements, trade unions, NGOs and religious groups across the country are now holding a week of action for climate justice, the highlight of which is this Saturday’s March for Climate Justice Pilipinas in Quezon City. Broa

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges humanity is facing today. Climate change is a consequence of the unnatural warming of the surface of our planet, due to excessive concentrations of greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere. Since the start of industrialization, the average temperature of the surface of the earth has risen to nearly 1 degree Celsius. This warming is causing the destabilization of the earth’s climate systems with devastating consequences for pe

Call for strong climate deal in Paris MANILA — Social movements, religious associations, and other civil society groups across the Philippines have united to call for a strong and fair global climate agreement ahead of the international climate talks that will start on November 30. The Paris talks, the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21), is expected to come out with a new international legally-binding agreement on climate change, in compliance with the UN Framework conventi