ICSC reopens climate and energy story grant for Filipino journalists
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 honor the late Jaime “Nonoy” Espina, a veteran journalist and former chairperson of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), who passed away in 2021. Journalists and visual storytellers will be selected in the program that includes: Five-month story grant: The program, [...]
[Klima Reports] Raising the bar: Part 2 – Benguet towns to partner with Beneco for sustainable power supply
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] Jeepneys’ just energy transition bogged down by lack of support
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.”
[Klima Reports] Raising the Bar: Part 1 – Benguet’s Renewable Energy Quest for Stable Power Source
What are the potentials and challenges in shifting to renewable energy, particularly hydropower, in order to power up Benguet? Our Klima Fellows Carl Taawan and Sam Bautista explore the realities of venturing into hydropower in the province in this two-part story in the Highland Tribune.
[Klima Reports] Regreening Mindanao grid
In the shift to renewables, all hands should be on-deck, from government actors, private stakeholders, the academe, and the community. In this two-part story, our Klima Fellows Germelina Lacorte and Barry Ohaylan speak with academics and engineers from the Ateneo de Davao University to learn about their efforts in greening their university and in extension, Davao City and Mindanao.