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World Food Day in the age of the Climate Emergency
Annually, every 16th of October, World Food Day is observed globally. It is a day of action dedicated not only to raising awareness on global hunger, but to get humanity…
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From the Frontlines: Sounding the Alarm for Climate Justice
In the last month, millions of people marched in solidarity with the growing movement calling for climate justice. After decades of building the conversation around climate change, is this the…
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Meeting the enemy face to face
My 16th and 17th years were dedicated to pushing for a more livable future through opposing a proposed local coal plant and other environmental initiatives. I studied coal plants, with…
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World’s Scientists call on city mayors to reduce meat in canteens
Sixty five scientists from eleven different countries called on mayors across the globe to reduce meat in their public canteens, in order to tackle the climate emergency.
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When courage means being vulnerable
Last Friday, I joined a group of activists in blockading Shell’s refinery at Batangas for more than 10 hours–it was not easy (physically and mentally). For years, I’ve been supporting the…
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Update on the Blockade at Shell
The Greenpeace activists have removed their human-alarm blockade at Shell’s Batangas refinery around 3:00 p.m. yesterday and the climbers have taken down their banner at the site, as the Climate…
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Filipino People’s Climate Justice Declaration
Today, at a time of climate emergency, we, communities and Filipinos from across the country, are raising the alarm for climate justice. Our fundamental rights to life, food, shelter, health…
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Community reps, Greenpeace activists blockade Shell facility in Batangas to call for climate justice
Batangas City, Philippines – Ahead of the coming week’s global mobilizations for the climate, representatives from climate-impacted communities, together with Greenpeace activists, blockaded the entrance to the Batangas refinery of fossil…
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World’s first climate change and human rights liability inquiry nears closure
Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines; 19 September 2019 – The world’s first legal investigation into the responsibility of fossil fuel companies for human rights impacts resulting from climate change is…
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An open letter to Shell
Have you seen this boy? Tarin could have been 9 years old by now, if not for the storm that snatched him away from the arms of his mom. I…