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The Climate Reality Project Asia: Turning local climate action into regional power

We’re pleased to announce The Climate Reality Project Asia, a renewed and more unified Branch based in the Philippines; bringing together Climate Reality Leaders and partners from Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and beyond. We are connected more than ever not just by borderlines, but by a shared commitment to building a healthier future rooted in justice.

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Empowering LGUs to Lead the Just Energy Transition

Every solar-powered streetlight, every community-hydropower project, every local ordinance that prioritizes renewable energy for the people— these are the everyday acts of service that bring our national climate goals to life.

On August 13 and 19, Climate Reality Philippines trooped to Visayas and Mindanao for the systems-strengthening workshop series, EmPOWER LGU: Capacity Building For Local Governments In Achieving Energy Targets in the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).

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Ang Kalusunan: Communicating for Change

Luzon Coordinator Aimee Oliveros discussed the importance of active listening, especially within the climate movement. She highlighted the difference between simply hearing and actively listening, emphasizing the latter’s collaborative and intentional nature

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Eleventh Hour: Post-COP28 reflection from a Filipino youth climate leader

Paris promised, so Marrakech must deliver. Oh, maybe Bonn, or Katowice, or Madrid will deliver. Oops, let’s try this again. Paris promised, and Glasgow will deliver. Still, no? Okay, Sharm El-Sheikh will deliver. Okay, maybe this time we’ll get it right; Dubai must deliver. It seems like the world is stuck in an endless loop of setting promises without taking action. Eight years after 192 countries agreed to stop global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the world is still far from making this a reality.

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Eleventh Hour: Finding hope in grassroots climate action ahead of COP28

Paris promised, so Marrakech must deliver. Oh, maybe Bonn, or Katowice, or Madrid will deliver. Oops, let’s try this again. Paris promised, and Glasgow will deliver. Still, no? Okay, Sharm El-Sheikh will deliver. Okay, maybe this time we’ll get it right; Dubai must deliver. It seems like the world is stuck in an endless loop of setting promises without taking action. Eight years after 192 countries agreed to stop global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the world is still far from making this a reality.

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