ICSC grants 2024 Jaime Espina Klima Correspondents Fellowship to 10 teams

2024-12-04T17:09:05+08:0027 Nov 2024|Tags: , , , , , , , |

QUEZON CITY, 25 November 2024 – Ten teams composed of journalists and visual storytellers from across the Philippines have been selected as Fellows for the second batch of the Jaime Espina Klima Correspondents Fellowship. These Fellows will produce compelling stories that highlight the challenges and opportunities of the country’s transition to renewable energy systems. Now [...]

ICSC reopens climate and energy story grant for Filipino journalists

2024-10-21T09:55:16+08:0008 Oct 2024|Tags: , , , , , |

QUEZON CITY, October 8, 2024 – The Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) is now accepting applications for the Jaime Espina Klima Correspondents Fellowship this 2024. ICSC is a Philippine-based non-government organization advocating fair climate policy and low carbon, climate-resilient development. Now in its second round, this Fellowship was initially launched in 2022 to [...]

[Klima Reports] Raising the bar: Part 2 – Benguet towns to partner with Beneco for sustainable power supply

2022-12-19T21:41:40+08:0004 Dec 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco) initial foray into renewable energy generation in Man-asok Buguias, Benguet is the first of many planned for the province to make Benguet self-reliant when it comes to energy.

[Klima Reports] Renewables best option for cheap energy in Mindanao

2022-12-06T18:16:04+08:0004 Dec 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Assistant Secretary Romeo Montenegro, deputy executive director of the Mindanao Development Authority (Minda), loves to remember the time, not so long ago, when electricity rates in Mindanao hovered at P6 per kilowatt-hour, the lowest in the country. This was when hydroelectricity generated from the waters of Agus and Pulangi rivers made up the bulk of the region’s energy supply. The Agus and Pulangi plants had a combined installed capacity of 1,001.1 megawatts.

Jeepneys’ just energy transition bogged down by lack of support

2022-12-06T18:59:04+08:0028 Nov 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Part 2 of a two-part series “A just transition to jeepney modernization entails putting critical infrastructure in place and empowering small cooperatives while developing renewable energy sources.”

Local stories on the Philippine energy transition launched

2022-12-01T09:39:01+08:0028 Nov 2022|Tags: , , , , , |

QUEZON CITY, November 28, 2022 – Energy transition stories written by non-energy beat journalists from across the Philippines were launched today under the Klima Reports, an online compendium of stories published by the Fellows of the Jaime Espina Klima Correspondents Fellowship.  Named in honor of the late veteran journalist and tireless media workers’ advocate Jose Jaime [...]

Nonoy Espina’s torch shines bright

2022-07-08T15:23:47+08:0008 Jul 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , |

by Renato Redentor Constantino | July 8, 2022 | Published by ABS-CBN News | READ THE STORY HERE It’s been a year since the veteran journalist Jaime “Nonoy” Espina passed away. Nonoy was a former chair of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, a fierce press freedom advocate, a tireless campaigner for the [...]

Remembering Nonoy

2022-07-08T15:23:25+08:0007 Jul 2022|Tags: , , , , , |

by Inday Espina-Varona The Jaime Espina Klima Correspondents Fellowship is the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities’ tribute to our dear friend, veteran journalist and committed activist Nonoy Espina,  who dedicated many years developing the skills and capacity of fellow journalists, especially in regions outside of Metro Manila. In and out of the National Union of [...]

Jaime Espina Klima Correspondents Fellowship names its inaugural class

2022-06-30T08:55:22+08:0027 Jun 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Fellows to highlight stories of the transition to renewable energy in communities across the Philippines QUEZON CITY, June 27, 2022 – Seven teams composed of 14 journalists and editors, mostly from Luzon and Mindanao, have been chosen as the inaugural Fellows of the first Jaime Espina Klima Correspondents Fellowship which will support the production of in-depth [...]

ICSC launches media fellowship honoring veteran journalist Jaime Espina

2022-03-30T13:19:21+08:0028 Mar 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Applications for energy story grants open until May 16 APPLY NOW QUEZON CITY, March 28, 2022 – A six-month media fellowship seeking to support the production of energy transition stories was launched today in honor of Jose Jaime “Nonoy” Espina, a veteran reporter, fierce press freedom campaigner, and outspoken advocate of media workers’ [...]

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