Klima Reports, an online compendium of stories published by the Fellows of the Jaime Espina Klima Correspondents Fellowship. Named in honor of the late veteran journalist and tireless media workers’ advocate Jose Jaime “Nonoy” Espina, the Fellowship is the first story grant of ICSC. Seven stories exploring the Philippines’ energy transition are highlighted in this event.
The Jaime Espina Klima Correspondents Fellowship is a 6-month story grant that kicked off in June and ends this November. Through the Fellowship’s esteemed panel of judges, the reporting grant was awarded to seven teams composed of reporters and editors from different national and local publications in Luzon and Mindanao.
The program supported the research, production, and publication of stories that surfaced compelling but under-reported narratives surrounding the energy transition and low-carbon resilient development in the country. It also organized a month-long online mentorship program under which energy experts and media practitioners shared their knowledge with the Fellows to help develop and shape their stories.
Please scroll down to view the stories.
Klima Reports, an online compendium of stories published by the Fellows of the Jaime Espina Klima Correspondents Fellowship. Named in honor of the late veteran journalist and tireless media workers’ advocate Jose Jaime “Nonoy” Espina, the Fellowship is the first story grant of ICSC. Seven stories exploring the Philippines’ energy transition are highlighted in this event.
The Jaime Espina Klima Correspondents Fellowship is a 6-month story grant that kicked off in June and ends this November. Through the Fellowship’s esteemed panel of judges, the reporting grant was awarded to seven teams composed of reporters and editors from different national and local publications in Luzon and Mindanao.
The program supported the research, production, and publication of stories that surfaced compelling but under-reported narratives surrounding the energy transition and low-carbon resilient development in the country. It also organized a month-long online mentorship program under which energy experts and media practitioners shared their knowledge with the Fellows to help develop and shape their stories.
Please scroll down to view the stories.
Solar empowers Pala’wan indigenous women to save basketry tradition, natural forest
In the mountainous Sitio Kamantian in Palawan province, the indigenous Pala’wan women turn to solar power not only to light up their community, but to save their long tradition to weave baskets, traditionally called “tingkep.”
This story by Keith Anthony Fabro and Jee Geronimo, our Klima Fellows from Rappler, explores how renewable energy lights up an indigenous village, empowers women to uphold their traditions, and helps save the natural forests.
Solar power lights up, enhances productivity in remote SouthCot IP village
The indigenous Manobo community in Sitio Blit in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato used to be shrouded in darkness, until a government project called “tala” (star) lit up their homes using solar power.
This special report by Bong Sarmiento and Carolyn Arguillas, our Klima Fellows from Mindanews, takes us to this foggy village in Mindanao, where households benefit from renewable energy.
Part 1: Jeepney modernization’s rushed timeline neglects drivers’ woes
Part 2:Jeepneys’ just energy transition bogged down by lack of support
The transport sector is one of the major contributors to carbon emissions. As the world moves towards renewable energy sources, how do we ensure a just transition for the public transport sector in the Philippines?
Our Klima Fellows Mavic Conde and Ronalyn Olea from Bulatlat produced a two-part report exploring the government’s jeepney modernization program, which envisions greener public transport.
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Barangay Katablangan is an indigenous people’s community in Northern Cordillera that celebrates having twenty years of electricity from renewable sources. The community harnessed the benefits of its untouched forests and free-flowing waterways to put up a micro-hydro power plant that has offered them two decades of reliable electricity. The project is making their lives easier while showcasing environment-friendly alternatives to destructive power sources such as large-scale dams businesses and the government want to put up all over the Cordillera region.
Raymund Villanueva and Rosemarie Alcaraz, our Klima Fellows from Kodao Productions, traveled to Apayao to document a small village’s journey and experiences with micro-hydropower.
Regreening Mindanao grid
Part 1: Solar harvesting shows promise as island’s remote areas search for stable, cheaper energy supply
Part 2: Renewables best option for cheap energy in Mindanao
In the shift to renewables, all hands should be on-deck, from government actors, private stakeholders, the academe, and the community.
In this two-part story, our Klima Fellows Germelina Lacorte and Barry Ohaylan speak with academics and engineers from the Ateneo de Davao University to learn about their efforts in greening their university and in extension, Davao City and Mindanao.
Raising the Bar:
Part 1: Benguet’s Renewable Energy Quest for Stable Power Source
Part 2: Benguet towns to partner with Beneco for sustainable power supply
What are the potentials and challenges in shifting to renewable energy, particularly hydropower, in order to power up Benguet?
Our Klima Fellows Carl Taawan and Sam Bautista explore the realities of venturing into hydropower in the province in this two-part story in the Highland Tribune.
Solar power fuels Surigao island’s rise from Odette
On December 2021, Super Typhoon Odette, internationally known as Rai, devastated the provinces of Surigao del Norte and Dinagat Islands.
A year later, Klima Fellows from Philippine Daily Inquirer Erwin Mascariñas and Ivy Marie Mangadlao visited one of the affected villages and documented how solar energy helped the community back on its feet.