Manila \u2014 Greenpeace Philippines is joining today\u2019s people\u2019s protests against collusion, corruption, and greed, adding its voice to the overwhelming public outrage on massive corruption on flood control projects\u2014projects that are essentially part of the government\u2019s climate adaptation program. <\/p>\n\n
A group of more than 30 Greenpeace activists are currently in the march at Luneta Park, following a press launch last Friday of the \u201cPeople\u2019s Declaration for Climate Justice: End Corruption and Hold Polluters Accountable.\u201d[1]<\/sup> Greenpeace estimates that as much as PHP 1.089 trillion of the government\u2019s climate-tagged expenditure may have been potentially lost to corruption since 2023.[2]<\/sup><\/p>\n\n Greenpeace Senior Climate Campaigner Virginia Benosa-Llorin said:<\/p>\n\n \u201cGreenpeace is joining millions of Filipinos in voicing out their anger and disgust over systemic corruption and plunder of taxpayer\u2019s money by government officials and contractors.<\/p>\n\n \u201cCorruption and greed are undermining the ability of millions of Filipinos to survive in the face of climate change. Flood control project funds are climate adaptation funds\u2014money meant to protect Filipino communities, but these are being plundered by corrupt government officials and contractors in the scale of hundreds of billions.<\/p>\n\n \u201cMassive corruption on flood control projects at a time of climate change, worsened by the continued extraction and operation of fossil fuel companies in the name of profit, is piling one injustice over another to Filipino communities. Filipinos cannot continue to suffer the double burden of corruption and corporate impunity.<\/p>\n\n \u201cThe government must not be deaf to the outrage of Filipinos and must heed the call to exact accountability both from corrupt officials and contractors, as well as from giant fossil fuel companies which continue to profit from the climate crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n Last Friday. Communities from Tumana, labor and women\u2019s and youth groups, launched the \u201cPeople\u2019s Declaration for Climate Justice: End Corruption and Hold Polluters Accountable, \u201d which demands the Philippine government to ensure transparency, accountability, and people-powered governance; to protect nature and build resilience; and to hold corrupt officials and companies as well as climate polluters to account. Notes to the Editor:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n [1] The declaration outlines the following demands:<\/p>\n\n Read the full declaration: https:\/\/bit.ly\/peoplesdeclarationforcj<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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