The Green Report: COP29 is over. What now?
What do we make of the recently concluded climate negotiations?
Read the full article here:
https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-cop29-outcome/
What are your thoughts on the outcomes of COP29?
😠 - Disappointed with the final deal
😐 - Neutral and hopeful for future changes
😃 - Pleased with the new climate finance goal
Fierce debate over curbs on plastic output as treaty deadline looms
A treaty can be the most significant deal relating to environmental protection as well as climate-warming emissions since the 2015 Paris Agreement
Read the full article here:
https://www.rappler.com/environment/fierce-debate-over-curbs-plastic-output-treaty-deadline-looms/
What do you think about the ongoing negotiations for a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution?
🌍 - Optimistic and supportive of the treaty 🌍
🤔 - Unsure and seeking more information 🤔
😡 - Frustrated with the slow progress 😡
Iloilo family loses land to Villar firm, accuses DAR of negligence
The Certificate of Land Title issued to them by the first Marcos government was canceled in 1986 without them knowing it. The Villar company purchased the land decades later.
Read the full article here:
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/visayas/juanito-saul-family-iloilo-loses-land-villar-firm-accuses-dar-negligence/
How do you feel about the eviction situation faced by the Saul family?
😡 - Angry - This is unjust and should not be happening!
😢 - Sad - It breaks my heart to see families suffer like this.
🤔 - Confused - I don't fully understand the legal process involved.
The International Court of Justice holds a public hearing on Monday, December 2, regarding countries' request for an advisory opinion on states' obligations in respect of climate change. The public hearings will run from December 2 to 13. You can watch it here: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c/k1ce3oitwq @here
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Countries fail to reach agreement in UN plastic talks
The United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee or INC-5 fails to reach a consensus on a global plastic treaty, postponing key decisions amid deep divisions over production caps and waste management
Read the full article here:
https://www.rappler.com/environment/pollution/countries-fail-reach-agreement-united-nations-plastic-talks-2024/
Good morning! ICYMI yesterday was the start of the oral arguments at the ICJ for what is dubbed the biggest case of its kind yet as nations led by vanuatu "sue" to get compensation for damages brought by climate change effects. Technically, they are asking for an advisory opinion for a legal framework for polluters to pay. Philippines supports Vanuatu and a score of many other countries. Solgen Menardo Guevarra and Ambassador J Eduardo Malaya will deliver Philippines' statement later 7:4pm our time.
Here's some photos from the Peace Palace in The Hague to help you visualize. Photos courtesy of Atty Bianca Ortiz
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Read more about the case here and where Philippines stands. Advocates turn to the court now after getting disappointed at COP
https://www.rappler.com/environment/philippines-submission-icj-advisory-opinion/
Vanuatu urges World Court to recognize climate change harms
'We look to the court for recognition that the conduct which has already caused immense harm to my people and so many others is unlawful,' says Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu's special envoy for climate change and the environment
Read the full article here:
https://www.rappler.com/environment/vanuatu-urges-world-court-recognize-climate-change-harms/
A minor phreatomagmatic eruption from Taal Volcano occurs at 5:58 am on Tuesday, December 3, in videos shared by Phivolcs and the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (MDRRMC) in Talisay, Batangas.
The eruption “generated a 2800-meter grayish plume before drifting west-southwest,” says Phivolcs. Screenshots from Phivolcs, Talisay MDRRMC @here
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While the board for the Loss and Damage Fund gather inside PICC in Pasay for its fourth meeting, climate groups protested outside the venue on Tuesday, December 3. What do they demand? That the fund gets filled with "trillions, not billions," invoking developed countries' obligation to help poor nations deal with climate change; and that the Board "maintain independence from the World Bank."
Participants from 44 countries attend the meeting that runs from December 2 to 5. Photos from Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development @here
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Meanwhile, here are scenes inside the PICC on Monday, December 2. Photos from DENR @here
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An important condition for the Loss and Damage Fund is that it should "not only be adequate and predictable, to ensure that communities are able to respond to disasters as they happen, it should be non-debt-creating and delivered free of conditionalities," said climate activist Lidy Nacpil in a statement on Tuesday. @here
Read the full story here: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/luzon/phivolcs-taal-volcano-update-advisory-december-3-2024-930am/
Two wetlands in Mindanao, one in the Caraga region and another in the Zamboanga Peninsula, have been added to the Ramsar Convention’s list of wetlands of international importance. https://www.rappler.com/philippines/mindanao/zamboanga-sibugay-siargao-wetlands-ramsar-global-conservation-list/
How mining companies, politicians buy the ‘silence’ of Catholic priests
Activist priest Father Robert Reyes, a pioneer of Clergy for Good Governance, says one mining corporation ‘builds entire churches’ but ‘the price is your silence’
Read the full article here:
https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/inside-track/how-mining-companies-politicians-buy-silence-catholic-priests/
How do you feel about the allegations made against some parish priests regarding their ties to mining companies and political dynasties?
😡 - Angry - This is unacceptable!
😐 - Indifferent - It's not surprising to me.
👍 - Hopeful - I support the proposed changes.
@here The Philippines will be giving its oral statement before the International Court of Justice at The Hague later at around 7:45 pm in relation to states' obligations to prevent the climate crisis. Read @Iya Gozum's explainer of the ongoing public hearings here:
https://www.rappler.com/world/global-affairs/things-to-know-climate-change-international-court-justice/
Here's what happened last night at the International Court of Justice:
https://www.rappler.com/world/global-affairs/international-court-justice-philippines-urges-adoption-environmental-legal-remedy/
