Last February 26, The Climate Reality Project Philippines held a two-day ‘Klima Eskwela: Climate Science, Arts, and Action’ workshop at Pangasinan State University (PSU) Main Campus in Lingayen, Pangasinan.
As their first steps into the profession, doctors recite the Hippocratic Oath as a reminder of the ethical principles that guide their practice. Calling upon various Greek gods, new physicians swear to “abstain from all intentional wrongdoing and harm.”
Yet today, the healthcare sector faces a profound ethical contradiction. According to a report by Health Care Without Harm, in collaboration with Arup, healthcare is responsible for 4.4% of global net greenhouse gas emissions, or roughly 2 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent.
Last January 21, The Climate Reality Project Philippines held a one-day conference tackling pertinent issues surrounding renewable energy (RE) transition in the country, centering discussions around the DOE’s Green Energy Option Program (GEOP).
The Climate Reality Project Philippines, in partnership with the Department of Energy (DOE), and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), recently held the second leg of Choosing Renewables: Information Campaign on the Green Energy Option Program (GEOP) and other Voluntary Renewable Energy Mechanisms in Tagbilaran, Bohol.
Participants included local power distribution utility companies, government officials, and business owners, whose interest in renewable energy (RE) was evident during the series of talks.
12 years after Super Typhoon Yolanda wreaked havoc in the island of Leyte, the students of Eastern Visayas State University (EVSU) still remember experiencing the devastations of climate change firsthand.
During Klima Eskwela: Climate Science, Arts, and Action at their campus on November 27-28, the students shared the many ways Yolanda changed their perspective on the climate crisis.
In an unprecedented show of unity at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, more than 80 countries from across the global north and south have joined forces to demand what should have been established decades ago—a comprehensive roadmap to phase out fossil fuels.
