Philippines to strengthen carbon market readiness, Article 6 implementation
MANDALUYONG CITY, PHILIPPINES, 23 September 2026 – As the Philippines advances its carbon market development and strengthens its climate policy framework, national government agencies, private sector, civil society organizations, and international organizations convened for a country workshop on carbon pricing in Mandaluyong City on 18 September 2026. The workshop discusses the Philippines’ institutional and regulatory readiness for carbon market development. It also probed into how the country can better situate itself within the evolving carbon market landscape in Asia and the Pacific, particularly under Article 6 implementation. “We are encouraged by the Philippines’ commitment to climate action through updating [...]
ICSC: Distributed energy and battery storage can solve the Visayas grid crisis
Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities ANALYSIS The Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) is calling for a more diversified, decentralized, and flexible power system, as the twin issues of persistent grid alerts and high Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) prices—fueled by forced outages across major coal plants—highlight the risks of overdependence on centralized baseload power plants as seen in the recurring yellow and red alerts experienced in Visayas. Coal accounts for around 60% of the Philippines' electricity generation. In Visayas, these coal power plants had notable shutdowns in recent months: Therma Visayas Inc. Unit 1 (TVI [...]
Paranas communities help shape municipality’s 15-year RE roadmap
The Municipality of Paranas in Samar is moving forward in developing its 15-year renewable energy (RE) roadmap, bringing together communities, government offices, civil society groups, the academe, and energy stakeholders to help shape the municipality’s energy future. On August 24, stakeholders gathered at Kirigtaan Hall in Paranas for the RE Roadmap Multistakeholder Consultation, where they reviewed the municipality’s energy situation and provided inputs on the initial targets, programs, policies, and activities developed during an earlier scoping workshop. This was followed by a three-day technical writeshop from August 26 to 28, where the municipal Technical Working Group (TWG) began translating [...]
Our Shared Responsibility: Tracing Stories of Climate Action
by Dana Jamela Loot Editor’s Note: Dana is the AGGA Philippines Focal Person for Visayas, and the Vice Chairperson for External Affairs of the Western Visayas State University Development Communicators’ Society. Climate action is often felt and discussed in statistics, from the degrees of continued global warming, tons and tons of carbon emissions, hectares of forest lost, heat index for tomorrow, to the numbers of communities at risk. More than an opportunity to explore new places I had not been to, the exposure visit organized by the ASEAN Green Generation Alliance (AGGA) was both an opportunity and a [...]
ICSC on Habagat impacts: Invest in long-term climate solutions
Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities REACTIVE QUEZON CITY, 20 August 2026 –– With the southwest monsoon (Habagat) bringing heavy rainfall to several parts of Luzon, Philippine-based climate and energy policy NGO Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) emphasizes that beyond hard infrastructure, effective flood resilience requires long-term climate solutions that integrate nature-based solutions, early warning systems, and community-driven initiatives. In detail, ICSC Executive Director Angelo Kairos dela Cruz said: “Metro Manila and nearby provinces have been experiencing heavy rainfall for almost three weeks now, with Filipinos being exposed to daily flooding that submerges their homes, [...]