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Wari mapaglaro ang tadhana sa ating pagtatagpo, ngunit sino ang mag-aakala na ito pala ang umpisa ng ating storya na puno ng halo halong emosyon na ang bumubulusok nang walang pakundangan habang lumilipas ang mga panahon. Ininda ang mapait na nakaraan at ito’y ating nalagpasan, na ito pala ang magiging daan patungo sa’yo piling na …

Celebrate Christmas sustainably by cutting back on plastic wastes

Christmas season produces the biggest volume of garbage in the country, especially with the Filipino practice of gift giving, having special family meals, Christmas parties, and various holiday events. According to a report of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the Philippines is the fourth largest generator of solid waste among ASEAN countries, with 14.66 …

Strengthen collaboration to ensure efficient delivery of service to communities hit by crises

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development acknowledges that the world is out of balance and integrated and systemic approaches are needed. Such approaches shall address the ‘intimate relationship between the poor and the fragility of the planet and need to be built on the conviction that everything in the world is connected’. Solidarity is viewed …

La Niña expected to continue through 2021

La Niña further strengthened during the last quarter of this year and shall likely to continue through the early months of the following year, bringing above normal rainfall conditions that could lead to adverse impacts across most areas in the country, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). In an online …

Re-imagining Human Mobility

Environmental changes and natural disasters have played a role in how the population is distributed on the planet throughout history. However, undesirable environmental changes directly created or amplified by climate change extensively changed the patterns of human settlement. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) noted that climate change led to dramatic increase in human …

Paris Agreement 5th Anniversary

During the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris on 12 December 2015, 195 nations, including the Philippines, reached a landmark agreement to combat climate change and to accelerate and intensify the actions and investments needed for a sustainable low carbon future. The Paris Agreement, …

2020 is one of the warmest years ever recorded

The global warming advances this year, making 2020 one of the warmest years ever recorded. According to the 2020 provisional State of the Global Climate report by the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the year 2020 is set to be one of the three warmest years on record with the average global temperature about 1.2C …

Together we can through volunteering

Each year, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos volunteer their time and skills to help make the world a better place by improving the lives of the people and the environment. The Philippines ranked 9th out of 125 countries with the highest number of people volunteering their time in proportion to its population, based on the …