The enactment of the Magna Carta for Commuters will ensure the rights of the public, especially pedestrians, cyclists, and persons with disabilities, to safe, convenient, and affordable transport services and infrastructure, advocates said during #FreeToMove: Advocacy and Movement Building Workshop on Sustainable Urban Mobility recently held in Baguio City.
This month in #RealiTalk, we discussed the role of renewable energy in electrifying off-grid areas and small islands in the Philippines with Pinoy Climate Reality Leader Gabriel Silan.
Availing the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Green Energy Option Program (GEOP) will bring significant savings on the electricity costs of business enterprises, a representative of Vita Tropic Ice Company, Inc. said during The Climate Reality Project Philippines’ energy literacy and movement-building training session held earlier this month.
Vita Tropic is among the few and first GEOP switchers in the country. The GEOP is a new mechanism implemented by the DOE that allows electricity end-users with an average 100kW or above to source their electricity from renewable energy sources.
Both the outgoing and incoming administrations seem to be keen on nuclear energy, but questions remain: “Can it really lower electricity costs in the country and is it really worth investing our resources into given the falling costs of renewable energy?”PInoy Climate Reality Leader Ian Soqueño answered these questions in our column Eleventh Hour this week.
In #EleventhHour this week, Pinoy Climate Reality Leader Celine Tabinga wrote about the urgent need to rethink the country’s transport systems in a way that can simultaneously respond to the needs of the majority while adopting a trajectory that focuses on low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure.
Energy experts and climate advocates asserted that liquefied natural gas (LNG) or fossil gas is not clean and sustainable and is not seen to lower electricity rates in the Philippines, much more so help limit global warming and achieve climate targets.
