The country’s biggest vegan festival is back, championing plant-based solutions for a healthier planet and a more sustainable future! Happening on March 29-30, 2025, at Paseo De Roxas, Makati, VegFest Pilipinas 2025 highlights the urgent need for sustainable food systems in the fight against climate change.
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.
Images of devastation so commonplace now will soon cease to be photos to a few, but a reality for all. This is unless policymakers at COP29 make the brave step of being decisive about climate finance, and pledge to invest the world’s fiscal resources in saving it.
The connection is clear: Plastic pollution exacerbates flooding, and in turn, increases the damages floods cause. But one line many Filipinos have yet to draw from plastics to floods runs through climate change,” writes Red Carao, Communications Officer of The Climate Reality Project Philippines.
Participating in the Zero Waste Academy Asia Pacific Cohort was a transformative experience that challenged Visayas Coordinator Joseph Pilapil’s understanding of waste management.
The conduct of #BilangSiklista bicycle counts in Mindanao fostered strong partnerships between city governments and cyclists, bringing them closer by providing a platform of consultation and coordination. Marisol Tuso emphasized that convergence is crucial in transforming present urban mobility systems.
