Jhesset Enano – ICSC | Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities

As disaster hits the Philippines again, a farmer’s sorrow reveals the stakes [Washington Post]

Jhian Aranas2022-09-27T11:08:28+08:0026 Sep 2022|Tags: climate change, Jhesset Enano, KardingPH, loss and damage, Philippines, Rebecca Tan, Regine Cabato, The Washington Post, Typhoon Noru, vulnerable countries|

PALAWAN, Philippines — The skies were still clear when the farmer went to take a final look at his crops. A massive tropical cyclone was hours away from making landfall in the northern Philippines, and the province of Nueva Ecija, known as the “rice granary” of the country, was in the center of its path. Officials warned that more than a million hectares (2.47 million acres) of farmland could be flattened just before harvesting season, devastating the poor, rural communities that have increasingly shouldered the brunt of the country’s natural disasters.

Philippines, ASEAN must tap solar, wind to meet rising electricity demand — report

Ira Guerrero2022-07-07T16:31:42+08:0007 Jul 2022|Tags: ASEAN, energy transition, GMA News, Jhesset Enano, paris agreement, renewable energy, solar, Southeast Asia, wind|

by Jhesset O. Enano | July 7, 2022 | Published by GMA News | READ THE STORY HERE Countries in Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, must ramp up solar and wind capacities to meet the rising demand for electricity and avert more carbon emissions from the power sector, according to a new report. Despite its huge [...]

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 [...]

Urban poor struggle to adapt as rising seas threaten to remap Metro Manila

Ira Guerrero2021-09-28T15:58:43+08:0026 Sep 2021|Tags: AC Dimatatac, ACFJ, Asian Center for Journalism, climate change, 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 26, 2021 | Published by Inquirer.net | READ STORY HERE (First of two parts) Odd-sized wooden stilts strain to keep Jocel Madrano’s house just over a meter above the gray polluted waters of Manila Bay. The shack, a patchwork of dilapidated plywood and partly anchored [...]