Tag: Environmental Defenders
What’s next after COP26: Notes, observations, promises
For Filipino delegates at COP26, their pursuit for climate justice will continue in their respective campaigns in the coming months
‘The water is poison’: Chinese activist spends life protecting polluted lake
"When I was a child, we could see the bottom of the lake. When I was thirsty, I drank the water from the lake -- we used it for cooking"
Filipinos at COP26 discuss concerns with Vatican officials
The activists met with Church officials to discuss the situation of communities and the need for funding to help victims of climate crisis
Fisherfolk in northern Philippines cry foul over ‘attacks’ of foreign vessels
Environmental activists claim that a 'river rehabilitation project' in the northern Philippines is actually a black sand mining operation
A common call for an end to climate imperialism
All are icing on the cake. We cannot eat their empty words. At the end of the day, the people and the planet suffer.
SPOTLIGHT: Philippine youths use recycled plastic to combat plastic pollution
For local youths of Odiongan, the battle against plastic waste pollution is "a mission"
Human rights lawyer gunned down in southern Philippines
Lawyer Juan Macababbad, vice chairperson of the Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao, was shot dead in front of his house
Greenpeace calls for ‘urgent protection’ of Philippine environmental defenders
“Companies and governments must be held accountable for the violence and persecution of land and environmental defenders,” said Greenpeace
Philippines remains Asia’s ‘deadliest country’ for environmental defenders, says report
The Global Witness report ranked the Philippines third overall with 29 killings of environmental defenders in the past year