The carbon pollution of the richest 1% is directly contributing to increased climate disasters such as floods, fires, droughts and food crises. Their yearly emissions will cause an estimated 1.9 million excess deaths from heat.

Gender equality shouldn't be limited to a mere 5% of the budget. The government's Gender and Development (GAD) budget is an important starting point, but what about the remaining 95%?

Climate-related disasters will keep on coming, and we can expect them to hit us successively. But when the waters recede, we know that Filipinos deserve more than promises and praise for being resilient. What we deserve is a country where public funds go into services that serve the public and protect lives, and resilience is measured not by how much suffering we endure, but by how much suffering we prevent.

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