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.
Despite a global hope for stronger climate action, the 30th UN Climate Conference (COP30) ended without securing an explicit callout to phase out fossil fuels. As global climate negotiations remain slow to push for a total fossil fuel phaseout, climate change is sure to continue worsening– the adverse impacts of which are greatly felt in the Philippines.
Days before 30th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Climate (UNFCCC) also known as COP30 in Belém, Brazil, The Climate Reality Project Philippines hosted a self-organized dialogue on the Global Ethical Stocktake (GES) harnessing the voices of leaders in Southeast Asia, and our collective power towards climate action.
Entitled Connect, Care, Commit: this event was also supported by Climate Reality Indonesia and AktivAsia. The event aimed to localize the GES by fostering a space of reflection among Southeast Asian advocates within the Climate Reality Project network.
Its first stop was at Clark, Pampanga, held at Quest Plus Conference Center last October 28.
Knee-deep in Caloocan’s floodwaters, Dion Angelo dela Rosa gambled his health and safety in search of his missing father, who never came home on July 22, 2025.
He found him three days later, detained in a police substation for the alleged crime of illegal gambling for playing kara y krus, unable to reach his family. By then, the odds were not in Dion’s favor.
If the World Bank is serious about supporting clean, affordable energy for developing nations, then doubling down on nuclear and fossil gas — expensive, harmful, and higher in emissions — contradicts its commitment and will only stagnate progress on global energy transition as a solution to the climate crisis. The Climate Reality Project Philippines maintains that only an accelerated transition to renewable energy can deliver true climate resilience and sustainable development.
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.
