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Frontline communities are already paying the everyday costs of extreme heat as the government cuts climate resilience funds from US$19.4 billion to US$13.6 billion, leaving farmers and fisherfolk to shoulder rising adaptation costs, found a study by Greenpeace and the National Anti-Poverty Commission of the Philippines.

The temporary suspension of activities leading up to the country’s first offshore wind auction is an extra move to make the market more investable, according to the Global Wind Energy Council and the Wind Energy Developers Association of the Philippines, amid concerns over high capital risks.

Kent Carpenter, a marine scientist who championed protecting the biodiversity-rich Verde Island Passage and the country’s oceans, was shot dead in the province of Negros Oriental.

Women in conservation continue to face significant cultural and systemic challenges, despite efforts to address gender equality across the sector.

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Jeepneys and vehicles navigate flooded streets in Malabon, Metro Manila, Philippines.

With a Super El Niño and powerful typhoons threatening to converge, the climte-vulnerable nation must move beyond reactive disaster response and prepare for compounding climate risks before they strike. Oleh John Leo Algo

Workers’ suffering is an integral part of the fisheries system, say four experts. Oleh Abdirahim Sheik Heile, Daniel Salas, Matthew A Schnurr dan Kate Swanson

The vast minority of middle-income countries graduate to high-income status. Past strategies that prioritised physical capital must give way to a quality of growth approach premised on investment in human and natural capital. Oleh Vinod Thomas

The 48th Asean Summit in Cebu closed last week vowing “just” energy transition yet fossil fuel dependence and “green extractivism” deepen inequalities. Oleh Aryanto Nugroho dan Angela Asuncion

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Oleh Dr Tharinya Supasa, Monika Merdekawati dan Zahrah Zafira

Oleh Jose Ma. Luis Montesclaros, Kayven Tan dan Mely Caballero-Anthony

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The action comes despite the oil giant suing the environmental group for US$2.1 million after demonstrators boarded the company’s vessel at the Atlantic Ocean in January.

The veteran journalist talks to Eco-Business about how his Emmy-nominated documentary depicts the lives of environmental crusaders in Asia's deadliest country for guardians of the seas and forests.

Video footage appears to show protestors, who were demonstrating against mining operations, being dragged away by police near Ipilan Nickel Mine in Brooke’s Point, Palawan. Mining insiders are calling for maximum tolerance in similar standoffs.

A coalition of scientists and environmentalists found “widespread economic impacts” for communities in the Philippine province, heightening calls for accountability from the sunken tanker reportedly chartered by a San Miguel Corp subsidiary.

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Amid back‑to‑back trash slides and a landfill fire in one of Southeast Asia’s leakiest waste systems, Philippine environment undersecretary Jonas Leones touts new science‑based safeguards for a waste‑to‑energy buildout in the country.

Studio EB Critical to the country’s energy security in the 1970s, geothermal is now re-emerging as the Philippines’ biggest clean energy advantage at a time when countries are seeking reliable, round-the-clock renewable power, says Francis Giles B. Puno, president and chief operating officer of First Gen Corporation.

Government must call on development finance institutions to tap on risk management tools to make the capital-intensive technology more investible, Global Wind Energy Council’s Ann Margret Francisco tells the EB Podcast.

A small-scale miner in Bicol, Philippines

Critical minerals will be central to this year’s Asean meetings, said environment assistant secretary Noralene Uy, as the Philippines ushers the region towards domestic processing as summit chair.

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