Global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are set to rise by 10.6% by 2030 instead of falling by the 45% needed to limit the increase in global temperature to 1.5 °C. The G20 countries are the worst and most-responsible offenders, says Oxfam.

International aid agency Oxfam, with environmental groups Aksyon Klima Pilipinas and Green Thumb Coalition, has launched an online petition urging the Philippine Senate to ratify the Paris Agreement.   The groups said it is high time the senators act on the agreement as nations prepare to gather for the 22nd UN Climate Talks in Marrakech on […]

International aid agency Oxfam shares President Rodrigo Duterte’s views that indeed, the Philippine government  should continue to push developed countries historically responsible for causing climate change, to increase climate funding and cut their emissions fast enough to forestall a climate change catastrophe.  “The Philippines has been recognized as a strong voice in calling for climate […]