xperts from DOST-PAGASA and Manila Observatory, and Oxfam Pilipinas emphasized that the Philippines, and BARMM specifically, are yet to see the full effects of El Niño. However, there are pathways to prepare during this critical time.

The APAEC is not a symbolic document. It is ASEAN’s central framework for energy cooperation, shaping national policies, investment decisions, and regional collaboration across its 11 member states. The stakes are, therefore, high.

Communities have been told that renewable energy is the solution to the country’s overlapping crises of climate vulnerability, high electricity costs, and dependence on fossil fuels. But for many Filipinos, the transition has not felt clean, safe, or fair. Across urban-poor communities, lakeshore villages, provincial schools, and agricultural barangays, people are asking the same questions: Who decides what kind of energy projects are built? Who benefits? And who bears the cost?

FacebookTweetLinkedIn Ruined crops and little to no source of income, doubled unpaid care work and worsening health conditions are the new normal for some communities in the Municipality of Camalig, Albay. Oxfam Pilipinas and MIDAS/Mayon Integrated Development Alternatives and Services, Inc. visited the barangays of Caguiba, Sua, and Tumpa to conduct a rapid assessment on […]