Environment
Forestry policies in place for credible carbon market
The Philippines has laid the regulatory groundwork for a credible forest carbon market, with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) releasing two key policies designed to meet private sector demands for clear rules, strong safeguards, and transparent project pathways.
Contract breathes new life into Makati’s Japanese green haven
Security Bank and MUFG Bank Manila have refreshed the Tsuruki-en (“Crane and Turtle”) Japanese Garden at Washington SyCip Park, returning a beloved nature retreat to the community.
An eagle, 3 airgun pellets, and a forest remembering
A Philippine Eagle has survived three airgun pellets lodged inside her body. For a bird built to rule the canopy, it is a strangely undignified way to meet the human world.
DENR bolsters El Niño readiness nationwide
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has activated all its units to scale up El Niño preparations, as DOST-PAGASA warns the event could turn very strong by late 2026 and persist into mid-2027.
Philippines sets 75% emission cut goal, moves fast on superpollutants at UN Summit
The Philippines has reaffirmed its 75 percent emission reduction and avoidance target in its 2026 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), laying out concrete plans to curb short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs)—or “superpollutants”—at the Superpollutant Action Summit in New York. Held alongside the 81st UN General Assembly and organized by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, the summit gathered global leaders to speed action on pollutants that drive rapid warming and health harm.
