{"id":12110,"date":"2022-04-06T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T06:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/philippines\/?p=12110"},"modified":"2022-04-06T14:04:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T06:04:02","slug":"on-latest-ipcc-report-greenpeace-ph-govt-must-stop-procrastinating-on-climate-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/philippines\/story\/12110\/on-latest-ipcc-report-greenpeace-ph-govt-must-stop-procrastinating-on-climate-action\/","title":{"rendered":"On latest IPCC report, Greenpeace: PH gov\u2019t must stop procrastinating on climate action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (05 April 2022)<\/em> \u2013 Following the release of the third part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change\u2019s (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report, Greenpeace renewed its demand on the incumbent and incoming Filipino leaders to stop procrastinating on addressing the climate crisis. The group stressed the need to implement genuine solutions and to hold the world\u2019s biggest polluters accountable for their contributions to worsening climate impacts.<\/p>\n\n

According to the IPCC, solutions exist for at least halving global greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, in line with the Paris Agreement warming limit, with emphasis on shifting to renewable energy. In the case of the Philippines, however, the outgoing government is instead peddling nuclear energy as its alternative to fossil fuels, while leading candidates for the 2022 election are either on the fence or are misinformed with regard to addressing climate issues.[1]<\/sup><\/p>\n\n

\u201cThe latest IPCC report affirms that there is no future with fossil fuels and that we need to shift to renewable energy fast,\u201d said Greenpeace campaigner Khevin Yu. \u201cWe can\u2019t afford distractions like nuclear energy, at the cost of our health, economy, and the future of our country. It is our next leaders\u2019 responsibility to ensure renewable energy solutions are in place, and to make informed decisions in addressing the climate crisis.\u201d[2]<\/sup><\/p>\n\n

In underlining the conditions for enabling the needed emission cuts, the IPCC also acknowledged that climate litigation is growing around the world, and can affect the outcome and ambition of climate governance. The first human rights complaint against the world\u2019s largest coal, oil, gas, and cement producers was filed in the Philippines before the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in 2015, triggering the National Inquiry on Climate Change\u2013the landmark national investigation into corporate responsibility for the climate crisis.[3]<\/sup><\/p>\n\n

The petitioners composed of civil society organizations and individuals are still waiting for the CHR to issue its final resolution from the investigation, which included a series of public inquiry hearings in Manila, New York, and London in 2018.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cEvery year we wait for genuine climate action is another year of lost homes, livelihoods, and loved ones for our fellow Filipinos,\u201d said Marinel Ubaldo, a Super Typhoon Haiyan survivor who took part in the aforementioned complaint and testified before the Commission in the New York hearing. \u201cWe are again demanding that our leaders stop ignoring the calls of the grassroots, those worst affected by climate impacts, and put pressure on the big polluters and countries continuing to destroy the climate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

In addressing the worsening climate crisis and the proposals outlined by the IPCC, the Philippine government must:<\/p>\n\n