Eleventh Hour: The role of the judiciary in addressing the climate crisis
The judiciary can help fight climate change by holding polluters accountable and ensuring strong environmental protections.
March 5, 2024
The judiciary can help fight climate change by holding polluters accountable and ensuring strong environmental protections.
The election of Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. as president poses real questions to the future of democracy and climate action in the Philippines, one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations. We wrote about what is at stake in the next six years and how we intend to navigate this new era of Philippine democracy.
The Filipino people’s vote for next year’s presidential elections should be a vote for the climate and the environment.
This was underscored by environmental human rights defenders during the 21st episode of Klimatotohanan entitled “Fighting Back for the Planet: How Environmental Human Rights Defenders Are Risking Their Today for Our Tomorrow.”
