Green and rights groups are hopeful that the visit of Ian Fry, the first special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate, will address the challenges faced by the protectors of nature and lead to collaborative solutions.
Residents salvage belongings from their destroyed houses at Talisay in Cebu province on December 17, 2021, a day after Super Typhoon Rai hit.MANILA, Philippines — A United Nations special rapporteur is in the country to look into the impacts of climate change on human rights as well as the protection of Filipino environmental defenders.
The special rapporteur will also examine how climate change forces people to be displaced from their land, and will explore the measures being taken to address this. Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment stressed that despite Marcos' rhetoric on climate action and environmental protection, “plunderous policies, including laws like the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 and the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, as well as “ecologically-destructive” projects such as the New Manila International Airport and the Kaliwa Dam continue.
The Philippine Task Force for Indigenous Peoples' Rights, for its part, urged the UN mission to probe the situation of indigenous peoples and implement remedies to stop the criminalization, red-tagging, and plunder of ancestral lands. Pope Francis on Wednesday said he would attend the crucial COP28 climate talks starting in Dubai on November 30, weeks after...
The crunch climate talks being held in Dubai from November 30 to December 12 will be the 28th such gathering of world leaders...
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