Philippines community activism news

• Environmental defenders labeled ‘terrorists’ for bringing renewable power to Philippine communities, globalvoices.org/ (Feb 19, 2026)

• Shell facing first UK legal claim over climate impacts of fossil fuels, BBC News (Dec 10, 2025)
• The Guardian view on worsening extreme weather: the injustice of the climate crisis grows ever clearer, Editorial, theguardian.com (Nov 07, 2025)
• Climate Disaster Survivors in the Global South Take Legal Action Against European Carbon Majors, insideclimatenews.org (Nov 03, 2025)
• ‘Draw the Line’ in Asia: Community organizers call for climate justice and accountability, globalvoices.org (Sep 30, 2025)
• In the Philippines, a New Protected Seascape Safeguards ‘Super Reefs’, insideclimatenews.org (Sep 18, 2025)
• Comeback of the revered Philippine crocodile, Indigenous elders involved in the push, photos, news.mongabay.com (Sep 11, 2025)
• Filipino government wants co-ops to help meet electrification target, thenews.coop (Aug 18, 2025)
• In remote Philippine villages, micro-hydro alternatives power Indigenous homes, news.mongabay.com (Feb 27, 2025)
• Climate finance and care services: why public investment is necessary, theconversation.com (Jan 29, 2025) — Quezon City in Manila, the Philippines, Renca in Santiago, Chile and Barcelona are cities that are beginning to consider how care systems can be incorporated in their climate adaptation response.
• Indigenous communities in the Philippines restore a mountain forest to prevent urban flooding, news.mongabay.com (Jan 20, 2025)

• ‘Forest pharmacy’ kept standing by traditional healers in Philippines, news.mongabay.com (Feb 09, 2024)

• Philippine congress files world’s first climate accountability bill, greenpeace.org (Nov 23, 2023)
• Pala’wan Indigenous community’s organic farming protecting a Philippine hotspot, news.mongabay.com (Nov 16, 2023)
• Community spirit and organic farming buoy a typhoon-battered Philippine town, news.mongabay.com (May 15, 2023)
• Sierra Madre: Fighting to save what's left of a vital rainforest, BBC News (Jan 05, 2023)

• Gen Z on how to save the world: young climate activists speak out, The Guardian (Oct 17, 2021) — Features activists from Philippines, Australia, India, US, Uganda, Pakistan, Peru, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Kenya and Canada

• Philippines declares moratorium on new coal power plants, Oct 28, 2020...^[1]
• Why the world is looking to the Philippines for climate justice, Feb 22, 2018...^[2]
• 6 Filipinas fighting for climate justice, Mar 8, 2017...^[3]
• For the first time fossil fuel companies face national human rights complaint on climate change, September 22, 2015...^[4]

Manila building 100,000 three-wheeled electric taxis, July 30, 2014...^[5]

• 1076 cities and municipalities turned their lights off during Earth Hour in the Philippines,^[6] April 6, 2010.
• Philippines: Helping flood victims through social media,^[7] September 28, 2009. Social networking sites and services like Facebook and Twitter were also flooded with news accounts, reports, photos and videos of Ondoy's aftermath. The stream of information soon became a "hub" for coordinating rescue and relief efforts for those who had access to the internet.

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