In her column this month, Mindanao Coordinator Marisol Tuso delved into the impacts of climate change in Northern Mindanao and Zamboanga Peninsula and some of the recent Acts of Leadership of Pinoy Climate Reality Leaders in these regions.
Marisol Tuso, our Coordinator for Mindanao, delved into the impacts of climate change in the Davao region and some of the recent Acts of Leadership of the Pinoy Climate Reality Leaders in the region.
There are a total of 148 Climate Reality Leaders in Mindanao, a region highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. Their climate stories and initiatives now have a home as we launch Hisgutanang Klima sa Mindanao, a monthly column by our Regional Coordinator for Mindanao, Marisol Tuso.
Although sustainability has become the core priority of today’s corporate boards, the need for directors to enhance accountability and operationalize environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) principles in leadership strategies has outpaced performance. For companies looking to establish their presence for the long-haul, this can only pave the way for a more resilient, high efficiency future.
This was the overarching message delivered in the webinar organized by the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD), the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC), and The Climate Reality Project Philippines.
Corporate directors in the Philippines explored opportunities to accelerate climate action and resilience in coastal communities, as world leaders underscore greater climate action from the private sector in the ongoing climate talks in Glasgow. Business officials were presented with corridors where they could contribute to meeting the country’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and the 1.5 degrees Celsius global warming threshold set in the Paris Agreement.
In this week’s article for our Manila Bulletin column Eleventh Hour, Climate Reality Leader Philline Donggay highlighted the opportunity to deprioritize building utility-scale power plants requiring large transmission towers and advance distributed and decentralized clean energy systems that will better cater to the small pockets of unelectrified communities in the Mindanao region.
