While peatlands cover only 3% of the Earth’s land surface, studies show that they can store twice as much carbon as all of the forests on the planet combined, if they are kept in their natural state. The ASEAN region is home to about 27.4 million hectares of peatlands with 2 located in Leyte and in Agusan del Sur of the Philippines.
Learn more about the benefits Philippine Peatlands provide, their present condition, the challenges in their management, and the country’s National Action Plan.
Through this webinar, Green Convergence (GC) provides a venue for DENR Secretary Ma. Antonia Yulo Loyzaga to meet and greet her environment constituency and to share her plans for environmental sustainability.
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.
Continuous population growth and economic progress result in greater demand for power. The existential threats posed by global warming make imperative the transition to renewable energy in the shortest time possible. The geography of the Philippines makes it highly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. However, this same geography translates to renewable energy sources that give our country great potential for sustainable development.
Each year, 227,000 miles of wrapping paper, 1 billion Christmas cards, and 300,000 tonnes of card packaging are consumed, subsequently turning into trash and causing pollution. With the humongous amounts of waste generated during the holidays, we need to come up with creative and practical ways of celebrating without burdening the Earth with tons of garbage.
Let us all learn about how we can make our celebrations less harmful and more loving towards the Earth and our future. Our resource speakers will be imparting valuable ideas on how to have fun and merriment without blowing up our carbon footprint.
