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 [...]
[ENG] An mga Bantay han Dagat (Ang mga bantay ng dagat)
An mga Bantay han Dagat (The Wardens of the Sea) By Sophia Kaye Fernandez The faces, smiles, and laughter of the fisherfolk in Eastern Samar are already familiar. When they see me, they often smile and greet me with a “ma’am” at the end [...]
An mga Bantay han Dagat (Ang mga bantay ng dagat)
An mga Bantay han Dagat (Ang mga bantay ng dagat) By Sophia Kaye Fernandez Hindi na bago sa akin ang mukha, ngiti, at mga bungisngis ng mga mangingisda sa mga lugar na pinagtatrabahuhan namin sa Eastern Samar. Kapag nakikita nila ako, ngingiti sila at [...]
Footprints Across Borders: United for a Sustainable Future
by Precious Angel Guevarra Editor’s Note: Angel is a member of the Manila Youth for Climate Action, and the current vice president of the AGGA Philippines. On the first day of the exposure visit, delegates from the ASEAN Green Generation Alliance (AGGA) Philippines, Indonesia, and Cambodia visited the [...]
First Time in Fiji in Solidarity with 350 Pacific Climate Warriors
By Mark Gil Nuguit Editor’s Note: Mark Gil Nuguit serves as ICSC’s RE-Charge Pilipinas Innovations Officer, based in the organization’s regional office in Tacloban City, Leyte. I was fortunate to be part of the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) five-person Team that facilitated the Solar Scholars [...]
Across the Seas, Under the Same Sun
Across Seas, Under the same sun By Sophia Kaye Fernandez “I am happy.” This was what the community leaders told me when I asked them about the installation of the solar PV systems in Fiji. At first, I wanted something else: A [...]
Rethinking Inclusivity: Inclusion Beyond Representation in Climate Adaptation
by Micaella Lou-Andrea Garduce Editor’s Note: Ella currently serves as the Senior Urban Transition Analyst under ICSC’s Urban Development Team. Throughout the implementation of the Urban Act project, I have repeatedly listened to presentations on climate change, the risks it poses, and its projected impacts on communities. For [...]
This Is How We #MoveTogether: Unlocking Solutions to Shared Mobility Issues
By Amber Garma Editor’s Note: Amber is currently the Urban Mobility Campaigns Officer under ICSC’s Urban Development Team. When I moved to Metro Manila at the age of 16 to study, I felt like any other probinsyana would – overwhelmed, lost, and unsure about whether I could ever [...]
Learning Beyond Borders: Understanding Energy through Communities
By: Eve Riou Editor’s Note: Eve recently completed her internship with ICSC’s RE-Charge Pilipinas team, where she was based in the organization’s regional office in Tacloban City, Leyte. When I boarded my flight to the Philippines in February 2026, I had a list of things I [...]
Transcending Beyond Plans and Papers
By: Jim Lester Triño As a new member of ICSC's Urban Development Team, I felt like being sent to the Transformative Actions for Climate and Ecological Protection and Development (TRANSCEND) Project’s Landscape Launch Series, as part of my first few missions under the project, was the perfect [...]