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Coastal Summit organized by CCNCI in Cavite on destructive reclamation projects in Manila Bay, October 20, 2019

October 20, 2019October 8, 2020 ccnci_web 0 Comments Climate Change, Climate Justice, Fisherfolk, Manila Bay Reclamation

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Climate Justice Education at Fisherfolk Communities in Cavite, September 30, 2019

September 30, 2019October 7, 2020 ccnci_web 1 Comment Climate Justice, Fisherfolk, Manila Bay Reclamation

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CCNCI joining the Climate Strike 2019 with indigenous youth students in UP Diliman campus, Quezon City on September 20, 2019

September 20, 2019October 7, 2020 ccnci_web 0 Comments Climate Change, Climate Justice, Climate Strike 2019, Indigenous People

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6 days ago

OUR POST-MORTEM ON DUTERTE'S LAST SONA

If you listen close enough to President Rodrigo Duterte's last SONA, you can almost hear the dolomite washing out into Manila Bay, along with our mental health and millions of pesos, leaving a colorful display of garbage much akin to Duterte's environmental legacy.

Duterte's shoddy defense of replenishing the dolomite dump in Manila Bay is disinformation at its finest. Many scientific experts have already offered greener, more practical solutions to rehabilitating the bay and not just that tiny strip of sand in Roxas Boulevard.

That Duterte’s last SONA is the longest on record is the gravest sin of omission that refused to recognize the scientific realities of our environment in crisis. Let us count the ways:

1) At least 39,498 hectares (a 1,498-hectare increase before Duterte's term) of reclamation in Manila Bay and other coastal areas in PH are still in place despite his claims of stopping corrupt reclamation projects.

2) P250 billion, or P50 billion a year, was the estimated value of wildlife poached.

3) P33 billion was the estimated annual loss from coral damage in the West PH Sea from 2016-2019. By 2020, it is already pegged at P1.3 trillion annually.

4) There are 26 mine closures and suspensions to be reversed and 26 new mining projects to open in 2021. On top of this, there are 100 new mining applications to cover our watersheds anew through Duterte’s Executive Order 130.

5) P1.1 trillion worth of minerals plundered and shipped to benefit foreign markets, not the local economy.

6) PH under Duterte is 3rd in air pollution-related deaths around the world.

7) PH under Duterte is the 2nd top marine plastics polluter in the world.

PH8) under Duterte rose from 5th to 4th most long-term climate-vulnerable country in the world.

9) We suffered P41 billion in agricultural and infrastructural damages and 3 million affected from Typhoons Rolly to Ulysses, but earmarked aid amounting to only a third of the damage. There is no accounting if these were received by victims.

10) 4 gigawatts of approved coal power projects are still in the pipeline, unaffected by the declared moratorium on greenfield coal projects

11) From July 1, 2016, to December 30, 2020, 186 environmental defenders were killed. Available data demonstrated that for every defender killed, 124 more suffered other human rights abuses.

12) These defenders represented 6.2 million hectares of landscapes and seascapes that provided ecosystem services at a roughly estimated P1.1 trillion each year.

These scientific realities give us a blueprint of the change we need to undo the damage Duterte has done to the Philippine environment and climate. It starts with the end of the Duterte rule. #DuterteWakasan

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6 days ago

NOW HAPPENING: Agroeocology X joins the national mobilization in line with President Rodrigo Duterte's State of the Nation Address.

Farmers, not corporations, feed the world!
Fight for Just, Equitable, Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems!

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1 week ago

Walking the climate talk? A review of Duterte’s term

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As Duterte’s final State of the Nation Address approaches, we take a look at climate action under his administration.

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2 weeks ago

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