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Continue reading →: PH latest first NDC draft text: an underwhelming, inadequate, and shameful climate commitmentJOINT STATEMENT ON THE LATEST DRAFT TEXT OF THE PHILIPPINES’ FIRST NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE An Underwhelming, Inadequate, and Shameful Climate Commitment 24 December 2020 The year 2020 marks the beginning of the “Decade of Action”, dubbed by the United Nations as…
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Continue reading →: Climate and environment groups call for transparency and inclusivity in PH NDC processJOINT STATEMENT ON THE FINALIZATION AND SUBMISSION OF THE PHILIPPINES’ FIRST NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS 18 December 2020 The Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) are one of the most important components of any country’s strategy in addressing the climate emergency. As part of fulfilling the goals of the Paris Agreement, it contains…
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Continue reading →: Stop glorifying resilience, take genuine climate actionIn a span of three weeks, the Philippines has been hit by five tropical cyclones, including Goni, the strongest typhoon recorded for 2020. It has left communities throughout the country battered by strong winds, torrential rainfall, and immense flooding before they can even recover from the previous storm, not to…
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Continue reading →: REACTIVE: “Radical action” on climate needed both in UN talks, PH – civil society groupsAksyon Klima Pilipinas, a network of civil society groups working for a robust climate policy for the country, is taking up the challenge of President Rodrigo Duterte and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. to the international community to take “radical action” on climate change while urging Malacañang to walk…
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