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.
Climate change conferences are important to us in many ways despite our humble contribution to global carbon emissions, Pinoy Climate Reality Leader Atty. Alexandra Gamboa wrote in our Manila Bulletin column Eleventh Hour.
In this article, Atty. Alex reflected on the outcomes of COP26 and explained why those outcomes should push vulnerable developing countries like the Philippines to intensify their climate advocacies, to be more vigilant, and to continue engaging in future climate negotiations.
