One year after Haiyan, Teresita, with no money but with a handful of prayers, dared to travel from Samar to Manila in search of a job. Her house is a … Continue reading Why climate change is a matter of human rights
PARIS – The biggest climate conference officially begins on November 29 in France with more than 40,000 individuals including negotiators from countries and civil society groups expected to attend. The … Continue reading COP21: Conference of Hope
In Bonn, Germany, the fourth day of negotiations started with protesters chanting “Sekitan, Yamato, stop coal finance!” hitting on Japan, the world’s largest provider of coal finance. Between 2007 and … Continue reading Japan’s dirty coal in PH
Bonn, Germany — A protest happened early Wednesday morning, the third day of the climate negotiations in Bonn, after civil society faced a lock out from the climate negotiations on … Continue reading #KeepUsInTheRoom: Civil Society Locked Out From Climate Negotiations
BONN, Germany – All roads lead to Paris in December to ensure that every country will act on climate change. The Conference of Parties (COP) 21 is expected to come … Continue reading How the Paris climate deal can save lives
BONN, Sep 2 2015 (IPS) – After surviving the storm surge wreaked by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in November 2013, women in evacuation centres found themselves again fighting for … Continue reading Women in the Face of Climate Change
“Are you really walking all the way to Tacloban?” a woman in her 60s asked me as I was waiting inside the St. Peter and Paul cathedral. I was in … Continue reading Philippines is excluding vulnerable voices from climate consultation
Renee Karunungan 