ICSC on PHL energy emergency: Resilience must be a long-term anchor, empower LGUs to advance solutions
Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities REACTIVE QUEZON CITY, 25 March 2026 – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed Executive Order (EO) No. 110 yesterday, declaring a state of national energy emergency as impacts of the US-Israel war on Iran threaten the availability and stability of the country’s energy supply. EO 110 adopts the Unified Package for Livelihoods, Industry, Food, and Transport (UPLIFT), the Philippine government’s coordinated response framework. Its implementation will be under the oversight of the UPLIFT Committee, which will be chaired by the President and joined by the Executive Secretary and the Secretaries of the Department of [...]
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 on World Court opinion: Climate finance should meet the scale of challenges faced by the most vulnerable
QUEZON CITY, July 24, 2025 –– The International Court of Justice (ICJ), informally known as the World Court, issued a landmark advisory opinion yesterday affirming that all States, especially major carbon-emitting countries and those with greater capacity, have legal obligations under international law to address climate change, protect ecosystems, and prevent foreseeable harm to other nations, particularly climate-vulnerable countries like the Philippines. The United Nations General Assembly, in 2023, adopted a resolution requesting for an advisory opinion from the ICJ on two questions: What are the obligations of States under international law to ensure the protection of the environment? [...]
National and local leaders push for climate-resilient development in Eastern Visayas
TACLOBAN CITY, May 17, 2024 – Officials and representatives from national government agencies and local government units, policymakers, civil society, academia, and the private sector have committed to working together in advancing climate-resilient development in Eastern Visayas. Organized by the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC), the Eastern Visayas Summit on Climate-Resilient Development, held from May 14-15 in Tacloban City, brought together stakeholders from across the region to develop community-responsive strategies and implementation plans for inclusive, sustainable, and climate-resilient solutions. “Eastern Visayas has long been at the frontline of climate impacts, from devastating tropical cyclones to rising sea [...]
Barbados appointed as new presidency of Climate Vulnerable Forum
CVF move towards independence marks strong political will to advance ambitious climate action, ICSC stated DUBAI, December 5, 2023 – The Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), a group of 68 member countries highly vulnerable to climate change impacts, has announced Barbados to be its next presidency starting mid-2024 at the World Climate Action Summit on Transforming Climate Finance last December 1. The Summit was hosted by this year’s United Nations Conference of Parties (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In the same event, former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed was also appointed as the first Secretary-General of the CVF, following the [...]