Philippines: Ground Zero for Climate Disaster 3 minute read Families that have been displaced for several months due to stagnant floodwaters seek temporary shelter in a rundown factory on Oct. 23 ...

As 27 million Filipino students returned to school in June, teachers' groups said classrooms remain ill-equipped to withstand ...

A report in 2009 by the Philippine Imperative for Climate Change (PICC), World Wide Fund for Nature-Philippines (WWF), and Filipino scientists predicted just such a disaster in Mindanao as ...

Queer communities in the Philippines face heightened risks from climate change, with natural disasters disrupting access to ...

Two deadly storms struck Philippines in the last two weeks killing more than 500 people. Aside from using the internet to help flood victims, Filipino netizens are sharing their thoughts on the ...

The Philippines intends to host the more than $400-million fund that several countries have committed as compensation for nations bedeviled by extreme weather conditions caused by climate change.

Currently, the Philippines has two policies in place on disaster management and climate change adaptation, the Climate Change Act of 2009 and the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management ...

The Southeast Asian country, a cluster of over 7,000 islands in the Western Pacific Ocean, is home to about 106.7 million people. The Johns Hopkins global coronavirus tracker on Thursday showed that ...

Poor, rural farmers have shouldered the brunt of natural disasters that have ravaged the Philippines in recent years. Super Typhoon Noru was no exception.

01/01/2025 January 1, 2025. As the site of several climate-related disasters, the Philippines is hard to ignore when officials advocate for accountability from polluters.

The Philippines has been elected host of the Loss and Damage Fund (LDF) Board, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced Tuesday. “Hosting the LDF Board reinforces our dedication to inclusivity ...

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. urged prompt establishment of the "Loss and Damage Fund," aimed at aiding vulnerable nations hit by the climate crisis, while seeking backing ...