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.
In the upcoming 2025 Midterm Elections, climate action is on the ballot; this is according to a recent survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) and the Stratbase ADR Institute for Strategic and International Studies (ADRi). The robust implementation of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Act of 2022 wll play a key role in advancing circular, low-carbon economy in the Philippines.
As the climate crisis continues to adversely impact agriculture and food systems, women should take more space in making the sector more sustainable and climate-smart. This was emphasized by women leaders, movers, and advocates in the agriculture and food sector during the 25th episode of The Climate Reality Project Philippines’ Klimatotohanan webcast series entitled “Making Women Count: Why Gender Matters in Building Climate-Resilient Food Systems”, where they zeroed in on the interlinkages between gender, climate change, and sustainable food systems.
Team Bicol Umalohokan, composed of Mavic Conde, Rome Candaza, and Apple Allison Perez, received PhP 70,000 to implement a public awareness campaign about farming methods that will make crops more climate-resilient and less dependent on chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
In our Manila Bulletin column Eleventh Hour this week, Pinoy Climate Reality Leader Shiela R. Castillo probed into the need for humanity to shift to a more plant-based diet and to repurpose support to harmful animal agriculture to transform food systems and make them more sustainable, equitable, and efficient.
The food sector contributes one-third of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions even though hunger rates remain high in certain parts of the world—a sign of an inefficient global food system that is harming the planet while failing to feed more than 800 million people across the globe.
