Category: climate change
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Beyond Flood Control Projects: Combating Corruption, Protecting Coasts,and Building Climate Resilience for the People and the Environment
On this year’s International Coastal Clean-Up Day (ICCD), Earth Island Institute Asia-Pacific joins environmental groups, community leaders, youth, and fishing communities in Navotas to highlight that we have to do more alongside clean up drives. While removing trash from our shorelines is important, the greater challenge lies in addressing the…
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Fluvial protest in Batangas City ahead of UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29)
Fishermen and environmental campaigners set a fluvial protest in Simlong, Batangas City on November 11, 2024, ahead of the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29) in Baku, Azerbaijan. In support of the Global Days of Action Against Gas Expansion, the participants said they want to send a strong message…
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Climate activists hold protest action vs Japanese megabanks on climate action
MEDIA RELEASE (June 26, 2024)On the occasion of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Mizuho, MUFG, SMBC, Japanese megabanks told to stop deceiving the public on climate action. Climate activists hold a protest action in Makati City, June 26, 2024, against Japanese megabanks Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Sumitomo…
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Parliamentarians call for G7 to lead fossil fuel phaseout at Italy summit
BARI, Italy, 13 June 2024 — In a powerful call to action on the eve of the G7 summit, Members of Parliaments from around the world gathered here yesterday to call on the world’s richest economies to phase out fossil fuels and fast-track renewable energy. Over 50 parliamentarians have signed…
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Climate activists march to U.S. Embassy to tell G7 leaders: Pay up and deliver climate finance!
Philippine climate activists hold a protest near the U.S. Embassy Manila on June 11, 2024 to call on the leaders of the Group of 7 (G7) to pay up and deliver climate finance to developing countries in anticipation of the 50th G7 Summit on June 13. The march was conducted…
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APMDD protest at ADB HQ Mandaluyong calls for rapid transition to renewable energy
Climate campaigners demonstrate in front of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) headquarters in Mandaluyong City on June 5, 2024 calling on the delegates to the 19th Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) to enable Asia’s rapid transition to renewable energy systems by 2050. ADB, along with the United States Agency for…
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Protest at Japan Embassy Manila calls for stop to fossil fuel investment in Asia
Filipino climate advocates stage a protest in front of the Japan Embassy in Manila, Philippines June 3, 2024, urging the Japanese government to “undertake drastic measures to rapidly phase out fossil fuel investments in Asia”. Protest organizer Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development said the action coincides with the…
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PHOTOS: Pedal for People and Planet in UP Diliman calls for 100% Renewable Energy
Hundreds of families, cyclists, and environmental protection advocates participate in the Pedal for People and Planet in UP Diliman Quezon City on May 19, 2024. The event, organized by the Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development in coordination with the University of the Philippines and the Quezon City Government…
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Key findings on climate change and occupational safety and health
(Press Release – 22 April 2024) GENEVA (ILO News) – A “staggering” number of workers, amounting to more than 70 per cent of the global workforce, are likely to be exposed to climate-change-related health hazards, and existing occupational safety and health (OSH) protections are struggling to keep up with the…
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