John Leo Algo

1 week ago | illuminem.com | John Leo Algo

2025 marks the 10th year since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, then heralded as a game-changer in addressing the climate crisis. However, the past decade has seen little meaningful progress. Recent climate negotiations or COPs have been mired by familiar problems: more words than actions, deep division among blocs of countries, the unjust presence of fossil fuel lobbyists, and the unwillingness of historical polluters to provide enough support to vulnerable countries.

4 weeks ago | dailyguardian.com.ph | John Leo Algo

By John Leo Algo2025 for the Philippines is not just defined by the elections. It is also defined by change against climate change. This year would see the country update or introduce new plans and policies that would set the direction of how it would address the climate crisis. These would cover different aspects, including the long-term plan for reducing emissions, enabling a just transition towards national sustainable development, and localizing adaptation to extreme impacts.

1 month ago | illuminem.com | John Leo Algo

The road to net-zero is not an easy path, but for the Philippines, the journey is even more difficult. As the Philippines prepares to update its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) before COP30, a key question is whether it will finally set a net-zero emissions target. The country remains the only one in ASEAN to not have such a pledge.

1 month ago | gmanetwork.com | John Leo Algo

2025 for the Philippines is not just defined by the elections. It is also defined by change against climate change. This year would see the country update or introduce new plans and policies that would set the direction of how it would address the climate crisis. These would cover different aspects, including the long-term plan for reducing emissions, enabling a just transition towards national sustainable development, and localizing adaptation to extreme impacts.

2 months ago | licas.news | John Leo Algo

More than 50 Catholic bishops in the Philippines have strongly condemned the Supreme Court’s decision to allow commercial fishing in municipal waters, calling it “unfair and unjust” to small-scale fishers who depend on these waters for their livelihood. The Supreme Court ruling, which affirmed an earlier decision by the Malabon Regional Trial Court, supports the petition of Mercidar Fishing Corp. to nullify the preferential access of small fishers within the 15-kilometer municipal water zone.