At AEBF-24, Oxfam joined the call of civil society organizations in urging ASEAN leaders for more ambitious targets on RE and to implement a fast transition to these sources.

The local government units of Borongan City and Municipality of Dolores have committed to promote renewable energy and create a more sustainable future for their communities.

In any country or society where there is a dearth of social services or a lack of implementation in social policy, women are the more vulnerable sector. Given this, it is crucial that in both the determination of social problems and in the implementation of solutions, women should be consulted and heard. 

HILABAAN ISLAND, Eastern Samar – On any normal school day, 14-year-old Danny (not his real name) should have been attending his classes as an eighth-grade student. 

𝖧𝖨𝖫𝖠𝖡𝖠𝖠𝖭 𝖨𝖲𝖫𝖠𝖭𝖣, 𝖤𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗇 𝖲𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 – Fish catch on this side of the Pacific is no longer as abundant as it used to be. The fisherfolks on this island are ambivalent about whether to sail and take chances or wait until further advice.

HILABAAN ISLAND, Eastern Samar – The dusk has just set in. The village is starting to get dark. And families are busy preparing for dinner.  As soon as she finishes cooking, Leona Bertumen, 55 years old, leaves her house and roams around the community in an alert mode with her eyes trained at specific houses.

The Philippines ranks as one of the countries worst affected by the climate crisis, including the devastating typhoons that have intensified with global warming.

Oxfam Pilipinas on Tuesday urged the Philippine government to shift heavily towards the use of renewable energy as the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report was released last night. “The latest IPCC report on climate change mitigation just goes to show that even countries with low greenhouse gas emission contributions should be shutting […]

For the last 4 months, Uri Bandao has remained productive despite the difficult situation her family and at least 160 others have endured at an evacuation camp in Datu Hoffer, Maguindanao province. Prior to their displacement due to clashes between government forces and armed men, the 46-year-old mother of 6 and wife of a “payong-payong” […]

With a number of communities and local tribes in Mindanao driven off of their land due to armed conflict, thousands of residents have repeatedly been displaced in provinces like Maguindanao. In one town in Maguindanao, an indigenous tribe had to seek refuge in a makeshift evacuation camp due to land disputes. Like a number of […]