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Landmark inquiry finds legal grounds to hold climate-destroying corporations accountable
This report is historic and sets a solid legal basis for asserting that climate-destructive business activities by fossil fuel and cement companies contribute to human rights harms. The message is clear: these corporate behemoths cannot continue to transgress human rights and put profit before people and planet.
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On latest IPCC report, Greenpeace says PH gov’t must stop procrastinating on climate action
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’s biggest polluters accountable for their contributions to worsening climate impacts.
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Okmoi people file an administrative lawsuit to revoke EIA report
The lawsuit specifically challenges the coal mine's Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and aims to ensure that the flawed EIA is revoked, and a new assessment is conducted in a transparent manner and with meaningful participation from the affected local communities.
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Resilience? You say it like it’s a good thing.
For many individuals and communities who have lost loved ones and livelihoods to disasters, the term “resilience” is a double-edged sword that can cut both ways. Much like “toxic positivity” in the online sphere in the age of COVID, Filipino communities at the frontlines of climate impacts have been growing weary and wary of the…
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DOE renamed “Department of Dangerous and Dirty Energy”
The Philippine government’s nuclear delusions are going to cost Filipinos not just money, but also their lives, health, livelihoods, and their future. The DOE should stop peddling nuclear power and President Duterte should revoke EO 164.
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No room for inaction as latest report reveals rapid worsening of climate impacts – Greenpeace Philippines
Greenpeace Philippines today renewed the call for urgent climate action following yesterday’s release of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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Green groups file landmark complaint to Malaysian Human Rights Commission for public inquiry into haze pollution as a human rights violation
A coalition of Malaysian civil society organizations is calling for a public inquiry and investigation into the sources of both domestic and transboundary haze with the aspired aim of getting systemic solutions for overcoming haze pollution and protecting our right to clean air.
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COP26: Everything you need to know about the UN Climate Summit
The recent UN scientific report warned of a very bleak future if we don’t do some big things very soon and Glasgow is where those big things need to be set in motion.
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Greenpeace Philippines on Duterte’s UN speech: Hold big polluters accountable, cancel climate-destructive plans
While vulnerable countries are suffering and communities are bearing the brunt, we have yet to hear governments, such as the Philippines, call for accountability from fossil fuel companies who hold a big share of the responsibility.
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Filipino climate activists join call for equitable and inclusive climate summit
Filipino environmental activists joined the call of civil society groups around the world for an inclusive climate summit amid the worsening COVID pandemic.