In our first #EleventhHour article this 2023, Climate Reality Philippines Deputy Branch Manager Ferth Manaysay looked back on the outcome of the 17th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Youth (COY17) held ahead of #COP27 in November last year in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
Governments should create policies facilitating a microentrepreneur system that will accelerate the development of regenerative tourism in the country, Edna Carolina Lee, Co-convenor at Permaculture Society in the Philippines said this during the fifth episode of Klima Ug Kalikupan entitled “Regenerative Tourism: Mga Kahigayonan ug Mga Hagit sa Turismo sa Sugbo.”
Luzon Coordinator Aimee Oliveros reflected on traveling more sustainably amid the pandemic and shared what Climate Reality Leaders from Luzon want from our next set of leaders.
Visayas Coordinator Paula Bernasor wrote about the opportunity for the Visayas region to take the lead in the transition to regenerative tourism.
In our column ‘Eleventh Hour’ at the Manila Bulletin this week, Pinoy Climate Reality Leaders Kiko Velhagen, Andrea Go, and Jonas Marie Dumdum gave an overview of how the Philippine tourism sector could chart a path towards becoming climate and environmental stewards while delivering better economic benefits and local community development.
Stakeholders from across the tourism value chain need to unlearn old habits and embrace new tourism business practices hinged on sustainability, Pinoy Climate Reality Leader Aphrodite Cruz wrote in our Manila Bulletin column Eleventh Hour this week.
