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Storm surge affects coastal communities in La Union
A storm surge linked to Super Typhoon Uwan inundated coastal areas of La Union overnight, damaging homes and businesses that were still reeling from earlier impacts.
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Typhoon Uwan underscores urgent call for climate justice as COP30 opens – Greenpeace
Greenpeace urged world leaders and the Philippine delegation at COP30 this week to take a strong stance in making fossil fuel companies pay for climate damages. These calls came just days after a Typhoon Tino killed hundreds of people, only to be followed a week later by an even stronger, super typhoon, which made landfall…
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12 years after Yolanda — Greenpeace urges PBBM to stop the cycle, secure Loss & Damage and hold polluters to account
Marking twelve years since Super Typhoon Yolanda’s first landfall on 2013 and as Typhoon Tino (Kalmaegi) left Visayas battered this week, Greenpeace Philippines urged government to put justice over profit: urgently fill the Loss and Damage Fund, prioritize the CLIMA Bill, and hold climate-polluting corporations to account.
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People pay the price as Plastics Treaty talks end in deadlock
After two years of negotiations, governments in Geneva once again failed to agree on a Global Plastics Treaty strong enough to end the plastic crisis—choosing delay and division over decisive action to protect people and the planet.
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Veerawit Tianchainan named New Greenpeace Southeast Asia Executive Director, Leading the Charge for Environmental Justice
Greenpeace Southeast Asia has appointed Veerawit Tianchainan as its new Executive Director, effective 1 August 2025.
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Amid Flooding, Groups Call on PH to Lead on Plastics Treaty
As floods swamped parts of Metro Manila last week, bringing with them more than 600 tons of collected waste, over 80 organizations from across the Philippines are calling on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to act decisively on the root of the problem: unchecked plastic production.
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World’s highest court delivers historic protections for climate-impacted communities
24 July 2025, Quezon City — A landmark advisory opinion issued Wednesday by the International Court of Justice (ICJ)[1] can pave the way for Filipino communities to seek reparations from the…
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The Environmental, Socioeconomic, and Health Impacts of the Plastic Crisis in the Philippines and Recommendations for a Robust Plastics Treaty
As a country heavily impacted by both the plastic and climate crises, there is much at stake for the Philippines to secure an ambitious legally binding instrument that will protect people and the planet from harms throughout the plastic lifecycle.
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