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 [...]
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 House of Representatives of the Philippines, where they were given a guided tour of both the museum and the plenary hall. During the museum tour, the delegates learned about the history of the Philippine Congress, the country's previous constitutions, and the legislative process, including how a bill becomes a law. [...]
ICSC Introduces GenSEA Climate Academy to Train ASEAN Youth on Climate Action
LOOK: The Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities introduces GenSEA Climate Academy, a multilingual digital learning platform designed to equip ASEAN youth with knowledge on #Climate and #EnvironmentalAction today in Manila, Philippines. This event serves as a prelaunch workshop for #GenSEA, where the website and mobile application was tested among Filipino youth groups and member civil society organizations of the Building One ASEAN of Sustainability and Solidarity with a Partnership between Youth, CSOs and the Member States (A-SASSY) Project. The platform’s public launch is scheduled for early 2026. #GenSEA was developed under the #ASASSY project, which is co-funded by [...]