LAMAC, Pinamungajan, Cebu – The Lamac Multipurpose Cooperative is being considered as model for sustainable development, according to officials of the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) and the Climate Change Commission (CCC). The LMPC has implemented several ventures…
The World Bank Group announced Tuesday that it would invest $200 billion in support of countries taking ambitious climate action from 2021 to 2025. “Climate change is an existential threat to the world’s poorest and most vulnerable.…
Avoiding global climate chaos will require a major transformation of society and the world economy that is “unprecedented in scale,” the UN said Monday in a landmark report that warns time is running out to avert disaster.…
SAN FRANCISCO, California — As Typhoon Mangkhut and Hurricane Florence threaten to barrel through the Philippines and the US, respectively, climate activists are demanding government leaders and businesses at the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) to commit…
A LONE Cebuano was invited to join former US vice president Al Gore and a team of world-class scientists, policy-makers, communicators and other expert leaders in Los Angeles to train as Climate Reality Leaders. Arvin Fiel Abing,…
The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) is now working towards climate change adaptation as their approach towards risk reduction management. Baltazar Tribunalo Jr., PDRRMO head, said that this approach means designing their projects and activities…
AT least two local governments in Cebu will submit their climate change mitigation plans in order to secure funding from the national government. “This year, our office is urging local governments to come up with the local…
EARTH HOUR STARTING off as a lights-off activity in Sydney, Australia in 2007 to give awareness on climate change issues, Earth Hour has since been practiced by over 7,000 cities across 172 countries. The movement is held…
As I wrote this, the sunlight was peeking out of the clouds that darkened the sky for a good part of yesterday morning in Cebu City, confirming the forecast of the state weather bureau Pagasa of cooler…
Up in the mountains of Minglanilla, southern Cebu, is a 100-year-old reforestation project of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) which embarked on sustainable ecotourism and biodiversity initiatives with the help of a women-led cooperative.…
The provincial government allocated P24 million to develop contingency plans for dealing with calamity victims this year. Baltazar Tribunalo, the Capitol’s consultant for disaster risk reduction management, said the amount is part of a three-year program aimed…
After too many days of incessant rain, one misses the sunlight. Though rain, of itself, is also quite nice. But the grayness can be quite depressing. This, and things like the mud that creeps over floors, the…
