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Long-term plans needed to protect Metro Manila’s most vulnerable from rising seas

Ira Guerrero2021-09-28T16:22:05+08:0027 Sep 2021|Tags: AC Dimatatac, ACFJ, Asian Center for Journalism, climate change, disaster risk reduction, DRR, Earth Journalism Network, EJN, Inquirer.net, Internews, Jhesset Enano, Malabon, Manila Bay, Metro Manila, Navotas, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sea Level Rise, Tondo, urban poor|

Text by Jhesset Enano, photos by AC Dimatatac | September 27, 2021 | Published by Inquirer.net | READ THE STORY HERE (Last of two parts) Ariel Cortes has lived most of his life surrounded by water. As a young boy in the 1970s, he worked as a fishpond caretaker until he was old enough to [...]

ICSC calls for coherence, sustainability of PH climate action

NGO also lauds DOE, DoTr leadership ahead of SONA MANILA, 22 July 2021 -- As build-up to President Rodrigo Duterte’s sixth and final State of the Nation Address (SONA) next week, the Cabinet cluster on climate change today outlined the administration’s legacy on climate action, disaster risk reduction, and renewable energy. Reacting to the pre-SONA [...]