In this article for our Manila Bulletin column Eleventh Hour, Climate Reality Leader Ian Soqueño talked about the linkage between plastic pollution, public health, and the climate crisis.
It started out as all things do—with the dipping of our toes in the proverbial waters. Only this time, we found our toes in waters filled with plastic. Plastic has truly found its way into every aspect of our lives—in the clothes we wear, the products on our skin, in our canals and streets, and in the food we eat. It is not only the most tangible element of environmental degradation, but also the most ubiquitous as well. My generation grew up with it and the throwaway culture surrounding it: the straws and cups that only lasted one meal, the needless layers of plastic in packaging… and we thought: enough. Actually, too much
As concerned Filipino citizens and advocates for climate justice, we commend the passing of House Bill No. 9147 or the “Single Use Plastic Products Regulation Act” by the Congress upon its third reading.
In this article for our Manila Bulletin column Eleventh Hour, we talked about building resilience amid the climate, environmental, and pollution crises. We also underscored the need to integrate disaster risk reduction and management, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and environmental management.
In this month’s #Realitalk, we asked Climate Reality Leader Ferth Manaysay to talk about the nexus between climate change and disaster risk, progress and gaps on institutionalizing climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR), and the crucial role of open data and the youth in building resilience.
The Youth Cluster of The Climate Reality Project Philippines is disappointed in the final State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for failing to address the key issues plaguing our country.
