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Climate Reality PH and PBEST forum urges robust EPR Act implementation for climate action

In the upcoming 2025 Midterm Elections, climate action is on the ballot; this is according to a recent survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) and the Stratbase ADR Institute for Strategic and International Studies (ADRi). The robust implementation of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Act of 2022 wll play a key role in advancing circular, low-carbon economy in the Philippines.

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COP29: A Mixed Bag of Promises, Pitfalls, and Progress

The 29th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was expected to be a defining moment for climate action, but its outcomes tell a mixed story. In this article, we unpack the promises, pitfalls, and next steps, charting a path forward for global climate action.

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Climate hope blooms among Camarines Norte youth

Hosting its biggest group of students yet, Klima Eskwela capped off a successful 2024 run with a stop at the Camarines Norte State College (CNSC).

Klima Eskwela aims to make advocates out of the youth. Its lectures were designed to leverage students’ experience with global warming and from there stir them into action.

More than 80 student leaders from CNSC and neighboring schools joined the two-day event, wherein they were taught to craft campaigns against plastic dependence. Also included in the attendees were senior highschool students.

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Klima Eskwela goes to Lapu-Lapu City, empowers youth to champion climate and waste solutions

As the popular Filipino adage goes, the youth is the hope of the country. Or, as they say in Cebu: ang kabataan ang paglaum sa nasud. When it comes to climate action, the youth have a crucial role to play as the Earth’s defenders.

To empower this generation of climate advocates in the Visayas region, The Climate Reality Project Philippines brought Klima Eskwela: Climate Science, Arts, and Action to Lapu-Lapu City College (LLCC) last August 15 and 16. This two-day workshop, co-organized with the Climate Change Commission (CCC), Lapu-Lapu City Government, and LLCC, offered youth leaders an in-depth exploration of climate science and practical strategies for addressing the linked challenges of plastic pollution and climate change.

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MoveTogether: 17 PH cities vow to pursue data-driven sustainable mobility

Representatives of city governments and community-based organizations from 17 cities across the Philippines have committed to a data-driven approach to sustainable mobility.

More than 30 city planners, cycling advocates, and transport planners from Antipolo, Bacolod, Baguio, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Dipolog, HImamaylan, Iloilo, Muntinlupa, Naga, Ormoc, Quezon, Tacloban, Tacurong, and Tagbilaran pledged to collect baseline data on bicycle and pedestrian usage by 2025. This crucial information will inform the development of evidence-based policies and investments to create safer, more inclusive, and climate-resilient urban environments.

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