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 [...]
Philippine government convenes national dialogue to strengthen financial protection against climate risks and impacts
PASIG CITY, 28 August 2025— The Philippine government is taking steps to strengthen the financial protection of Filipino communities from climate- and disaster-related risks through climate and disaster risk finance and insurance (CDRFI). On August 13, the Department of Finance (DOF) convened a national dialogue to inform CDRFI priorities, including those that can be supported by the Global Shield against Climate Risks. A joint initiative of the Vulnerable Twenty (V20) Group of Finance Ministers and the G7 (Group of Seven), the Global Shield against Climate Risks aims to strengthen the financial protection and resilience of climate-vulnerable countries and communities. [...]