by Francis Joseph Dela Cruz Early this year, I was approached to be part of a project in Bulacan province with Cordaid and the Partners for Resilience (PfR), to advocate for local climate action planning in the city of Malolos and the town of Paombong. Immediately, I said yes. I was born and raised in the coastal parts of Malolos. Back then, I usually got sunburnt for spending hours hiking with friends and meandering through the fishponds and riverbanks. Flooding was part of my childhood memories, especially when fishponds broke open and one could pick up milkfish and tilapia [...]