The warning came with rain
National agencies must make climate risk part of ordinary planning and budgeting.
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Waste in a time of want
The harvest was good. Yet only 57 sacks remained of the 84 post-harvest due to inadequate and ineffective infrastructure and poor logistics.
The island that remembered why people came
The island remembered that protecting its natural beauty was not separate from developing tourism.
Walang pasok
Real resilience requires fewer heroic efforts after an emergency because we have done more of what must be done before it happens.
When risk becomes foreseeable
The National Adaptation Plan provides a forward-looking, science-based framework for understanding and managing climate risk.
When tomorrow shapes today’s decisions
Prediction matters not because it helps us see farther but because it helps government decide better.
Earth Overshoot Day: The limits that sustain us
Lasting development depends on living within the ecological limits that sustain our communities and our economy.
Beyond preparedness: Building a Panatag na Bagong Pilipinas in a climate-altered era
The Philippines is strengthening this shift from reacting to disasters toward preparing for them.
Powering growth in an uncertain world: The high cost of energy vulnerability
Climate change could reduce Philippine GDP by 7.6 percent by 2030, 13.6 percent by 2040, and as much as 25 percent by the end of the century if risks are left…
From awareness to execution: Reframing Philippine Environment Month in a climate-altered era
We need to use this month to pivot toward strict accountability, anticipatory governance, and aggressive execution.
Where the tide turns: Confronting a growing ocean crisis
The Philippines’ ocean economy contributes around P787 billion annually and supports over 2.24-million Filipinos.
Beyond frameworks: ASEAN, Europe and the governance challenge ahead
Climate change can no longer be treated as a stand-alone environmental concern.
When heat becomes a national risk
Heat is not just a climate and environmental issue. It is a development issue.
The cost of energy dependence and the discipline to break it
A crisis can lock us into the past but it can also push us, finally, into the future.
Governance for a changing future: Planning together, building better
Risks are connected and because they are connected, our governance response must also be connected.
Women, climate and the discipline of competence
Expertise in climate governance grows through practice.
Beyond the postcard: Anchoring Philippine tourism in climate resilience
Tourism depends on stable coastlines, predictable weather, functioning infrastructure and healthy ecosystems.
Wetlands as the Philippines’ quiet climate shield
Land conversion, reclamation, pollution, and poorly planned development continue to erode wetlands.
Reflections on what carbon markets really ask
Carbon markets are no longer judged by volume alone, but by whether they fit cleanly within national accounting and international rules.