Eastern Visayas LGUs, ICSC ink partnerships to accelerate local energy transition
TACLOBAN CITY, 20 February 2026 – Local chief executives from across Eastern Visayas formalized their commitment to advance the energy transition in their localities, by developing Local Energy Plans and enacting Renewable Energy (RE) Ordinances that will enable access to cleaner, more affordable, and reliable power for communities in the region. Eastern Visayas has constantly experienced a lack of access to reliable and sustainable energy, which historically affected the operations of health facilities, communications networks, and educational services in the region. In addition, despite its capacity to house renewable energy plants such as solar and geothermal, Eastern Visayas has [...]
Climate change survivors pay it forward in PH and Pacific
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 capital of Fiji, likewise received a similar set-up as Fijians trained by Supertyphoon Haiyan (Yolanda) survivors assembled and installed their own system last week. Fiji and the Philippines continue to face storms supercharged by warming seas and creeping climate [...]
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 the term climate change. Everyone here has something to say on the matter. Everyone has experienced climate change at one point or another, and many are finding ways to use it as reason to strengthen community wellbeing and overall survival. Take for example elementary [...]