Author: greenconvergence

The Philippines, being archipelagic, has a total coastline of 36,289 kilometers with bays and coastal waters covering an area of 266,000 km². Being tropical, our coastal waters harbor mangroves, seagrasses, and coral reefs which are the habitat of fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and other aquatic organisms on which coastal communities and the Filipino nation depend on for a large portion of their food. However, land reclamation programs supposedly meant to increase economic activity, threaten these rich fishing grounds. Are we not killing the goose that lays golden eggs for our country through these “development activities”?

Many disasters due to climate change that has occurred in the past decades will continue in accelerated intensity as the world continues to warm up. We need to provide urgent responses and contribute to the solutions to save this planet.

As the Philippine elections cease and as the challenges of Climate Change continue to rise, we need to know more and contribute to the solutions of saving our planet.

As more frequent and more devastating calamities arise as a result of the climate crisis, scientists worldwide have set a call to action for leaders all over the world to take serious measures in battling climate change.

Each and every vote this coming election will determine the fate of our environment and the survival of our fragile, extremely climate-vulnerable nation, by the kind of leaders we will elect. Have we carefully discerned the best candidates to vote for? Are we ready and do we know how to protect our vote?

The world’s most urgent mission is to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 with an ecological agenda that would help save our planet and mankind. With climate change as one of the main causes of irrevocable damage to nature, the upcoming national elections must see us vote for leaders who are keenly aware of the urgent need to address the climate crisis if we are to survive, our country being one of the most vulnerable to climate impacts.

To help voters choose wisely, let’s take a peek into the candidates’ positions on issues that affect the environment and climate change.

Our practices today will determine our future just as much as the leaders we choose today to determine the fate of our nation and the next generations.

With the upcoming elections, Green Convergence Philippines has invited select candidates to share and discuss their environmental platforms and vision for the nation.

The 26th Conference of Parties (or COP 26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was recently held in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, from 31 October to 12 November 2021.

Did the global top-level climate negotiations achieve any significant stride in obtaining country commitments to (1) keep Earth’s temperature within safe limits; (2) address loss and damage from climate impacts, especially in poor and highly vulnerable countries like the Philippines; and (3) implement measures to ensure the sustainability of our planet?

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To shed light on the controversies surrounding black sand mining in the Philippines, we have invited stakeholders in this issue to provide us insights and opinions regarding the environmental impacts and possible ultimate outcomes for our country if this type of mining continues.