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Climate change survivors pay it forward in PH and Pacific

Ira Guerrero2022-03-07T18:19:55+08:0007 Mar 2022|Tags: Climate Action, climate change, climate change survivors, Fiji, IPCC, IPCC AR6, Leyte, Limasawa Island, RCP, RE-Charge Pilipinas, Solar Scholars, Suva, Typhoon Haiyan, Typhoon Odette, Typhoon Rai|

Limasawa, Fiji residents receive solar charging systems TACLOBAN, 07 March 2022 – Residents of Barangay San Agustin in Limasawa Island, Southern Leyte can now enjoy lighting and power after a community solar charging system was installed in their island town last week, two months after Typhoon Rai (Odette) devastated the island. Residents of Suva, the [...]

Community Centred Climate Change

by Sarah Lukaszczyk Our intern Sara Lukaszczyk writes about her recent trip with the climate policy team to Baybay, Leyte, where locals were discussing the proposed new disaster risk reduction law and its implication on slow onset events research. One of the major things that attracted me to working in the Philippines was their use of [...]