Approaching waste management sustainably through community-led climate action
by Jessa Margallo-Zosa Editor’s Note: Jessa currently serves as the RE-Charge Pilipinas Facility Coordinator at the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities, based in the organization’s regional office in Tacloban City, Leyte. I just returned to Tacloban City from my first international trip to Thai Nguyen, Vietnam where I participated as a delegate to the Thai Nguyen International Climate Change Conference, held October 14-15, 2025 at the Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry (TUAF). The event convened over 150 participants from local and international organizations, scientists, environmental experts, and members of the academe. This was organized by Brot [...]
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 [...]
ICSC reacts to 4th SONA: More urgent climate action needed, equip Filipinos to adapt
QUEZON CITY, July 29, 2025 – Responding to the fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. yesterday, the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) calls for greater urgency in integrating climate action and more tangible climate-resilient solutions to the Philippines’ long-term strategies, ensuring optimal results and leading Filipinos towards better, sustainable development. In detail, ICSC Executive Director Angelo Kairos dela Cruz said: “The call for accountability has been evident in this year’s SONA, as the President emphasized the importance for progress across all the government’s programs and the need for their impacts [...]
Climate resilience through renewable energy [Inquirer]
By: Angelo Kairos dela Cruz | June 20, 2025 | Published by Inquirer | READ THE STORY HERE As the climate crisis intensifies and with the Philippines among the countries highly vulnerable to its impact, local government units (LGU) are at the frontline of building climate-resilient communities. Yet integrating climate resilience remains a peripheral concern in many local development plans. The challenge for newly elected officials is to bring transformative change through low hanging fruits such as renewable energy (RE). Indigenous renewable energy sources can provide affordable, reliable, and secure energy that Filipinos have long deserved. Its [...]
2024 Klima Fellows highlight underreported local climate, energy transition stories
QUEZON CITY, March 25, 2025 – Ten teams of local journalists and visual storytellers presented their final stories for the Jaime Espina Klima Correspondents Fellowship (JEKCF) 2024 on Tuesday, March 25, during the program’s culminating activity in Quezon City. These reports are part of a five-month fellowship organized by the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC), which ran from November 2024 to March 2025. The fellowship is designed to strengthen climate and energy reporting in the Philippines by featuring in-depth stories of communities in the frontlines of the energy transition in the country. This marks the second round [...]