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Global green standard to help firms reduce waste, pollution
As stronger typhoons, extreme heat, and growing waste problems continue to affect the Philippines, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is encouraging businesses...
Green group presses DENR to halt destructive mining
Environmental group Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) urged the government to junk the country’s current mining framework and side with communities resisting large-scale operations in...
Construction’s green-digital shift fuels youth jobs push — ILO
The Philippines’ construction industry is undergoing the “twin transition” of digital innovation and the push for climate-resilient building, prompting a coordinated effort to equip...
Senate ratifies global ocean protection treaty
The Philippine Senate has unanimously ratified the landmark High Seas Treaty, formally known as the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine...
EU, PH team up on satellite tech to boost disaster preparedness
The European Union (EU) and the Philippine government joined forces in May to explore how space technology can help the country prepare better for...
PH clinches $10-M climate fund for Tawi-Tawi water, food, energy resilience
The Philippines has secured its first Adaptation Fund (AF)-financed project worth $10 million to boost the climate resilience of communities in Tawi-Tawi, officials announced...
Singapore, PH push ASEAN Power Grid, more green and digital cooperation
Singapore and the Philippines have agreed to work together to accelerate the development of an ASEAN Power Grid, a long-envisioned plan to link the...
On ACEF’s 20th year, activists demand ADB end fossil fuel financing
As the Asian Development Bank (ADB) celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF), civil society organizations took to the streets...
Turning flood-prone dumpsites into sustainable, child labor-free communities
In the heart of Cotabato City’s flood-prone communities, where makeshift homes cling to the edges of a dumpsite and scavenging is often a family’s...
Manila ranks 3rd worst affected megacity by climate change-related heat
Greenpeace on Friday called for the immediate enactment of the Climate Accountability (Clima) bill following the release this week of a report by Climate...