Climate change is undoubtedly the biggest challenge the Philippines faces today, and the vulnerability of our water resources to this phenomenon is a reality that can no longer be ignored. But while water scarcity is perhaps one of the most alarming projected effects of climate change on water resources, two recent typhoons in the Philippines—Ketsana and Parma—have driven home the message that over-abundance can be equally devastating. Both typhoons, along with several others in the past few years, have shown how the country is sorely ill-prepared to handle the impacts brought on by a warming world. Indeed, climate change and the ensuing extreme weather events which have brought too little—or too much—water, have caused periods of water crisis that have destroyed thousands of lives and billions of pesos worth of property and agricultural crops.
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Greenpeace Statement on the passage of the nuclear bill in the Senate
Greenpeace is calling on the Senate to repeal the nuclear energy bill before we are locked into a path we will regret in the future.
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Skipping straws, biking to work: do our small actions still matter for the planet?
Personal actions, when done consistently and taken as part of something larger, are powerful and can push the needle toward systemic change, in more ways than one.
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Envi, health groups raise alarm on plastic’s health risks ahead of World Envi Day
Leading up to the celebration of World Environment Day, Greenpeace Philippines, Health Care Without Harm Southeast Asia, and Planetary Health Philippines come together to organize an online multi-stakeholder forum, titled TOXIC TRUTHS: The Unfiltered Impacts of Plastic on Human Health, to discuss the health impacts of the plastic crisis and the systemic solutions to protect…