{"id":68370,"date":"2025-07-28T21:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/philippines\/?p=68370"},"modified":"2025-08-02T16:25:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T08:25:58","slug":"greenpeace-to-pbbm-corruption-must-be-addressed-but-also-climate-injustice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/philippines\/press\/68370\/greenpeace-to-pbbm-corruption-must-be-addressed-but-also-climate-injustice\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace to PBBM: Corruption must be addressed, but also climate injustice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Quezon City \u2014 Reacting to President Ferdinand \u201cBongbong\u201d Marcos Jr\u2019s State of the Nation Address today, Greenpeace senior climate campaigner Virginia Benosa-Llorin said:

\u201cThe President called out corrupt officials over failed flood control but ignored the biggest offenders: fossil fuel companies profiting off the suffering of Filipinos.\u201d
As floodwaters from the southwest monsoon and by Tropical Cyclones Crising, Dante, and Emong are just receding, leaving at least PHP5 billion worth of damages to infrastructure, half a billion in agriculture losses, and at least 30 lives lost, Greenpeace said the President\u2019s response was far too myopic.<\/p>\n\n

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\u00a9 Noel Celis \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

\u201cThis SONA showed that the President remains blind to the true perpetrators of the climate crisis,\u201d Benosa-Llorin said. \u201cA crackdown on crooked local officials is necessary but he should not have stopped there. Major oil and gas companies are the top contributors to climate change, reaping trillions in profits annually while Filipinos are caught in a cycle of devastation, displacement, and rebuilding. Where is the political will to confront these companies?

\u201cThe dangerous subtext to the President\u2019s uninformed references to the climate crisis as the \u2018new normal\u2019 is that he is asking Filipinos to just bear the consequences of the unabated emissions of rich countries and corporations. This is not what Filipinos need to hear. Around the country, many climate impacted communities are already standing up and holding big oil and gas companies to account for the climate crisis, taking them to courts and confronting them at their doorsteps. The President needs to heed their calls and follow their example.\u201d

Greenpeace had earlier urged the President to prioritize climate justice in his address, and to use the recent advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on climate change, which stated that the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is a fundamental human right. The world court\u2019s opinion will influence climate policies and legal actions worldwide, and potentially empowers vulnerable nations and communities to hold big polluters like fossil fuel corporations responsible for harming future generations.

\u201cPresident Marcos has the power and the responsibility to make climate polluters pay. Loss and damage funding, resilient infrastructure, early warning systems and others can and should all be financed by those who have contributed most to the crisis, instead of the Filipino people.

\u201cWe call on President Marcos to support stronger climate policies, call for an end to fossil fuel expansion, and demand that Congress fast-track the passage of strong legislation that is grounded in climate justice, particularly the CLIMA Bill\u2013a law that holds corporations responsible for climate damages and secures justice for affected communities.\u201d

Greenpeace continues to call on President Marcos Jr to:<\/p>\n\n

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  • Demand payment for climate loss and damage from fossil fuel companies and rich nations alike, and championing the Climate Damages Tax and other innovative sources of finance to ensure not just adequate funding, but, importantly, payment from corporations, for loss and damage;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Call for an end to oil and gas expansion, and for a fossil fuel phase out<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Steer the country towards a just transition;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Speed up the passage of, and enact, the Climate Accountability Bill (CLIMA Bill); and<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Start the process of litigating the world\u2019s biggest oil and gas companies for climate impact damages to the Filipino people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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    For requests for interviews and other information, please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

    James Relativo<\/strong>, Communications Campaigner
    Greenpeace Southeast Asia \u2013 Philippines
    james.relativo@greenpeace.org | +63919 069 3424 (Viber & WhatsApp)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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