Rappler's latest stories on climate disruption
A Filipino farmer’s plea: ‘Support us, love us’
In a forum hosted by the Asian Development Bank farmers talk about the problems they face and the possible solutions that government and public sector can do
#COP21: Deal or no deal? Final draft of climate deal near
UPDATED After translation into the UN s 6 official languages the document will be presented to ministers nearly 16 hours after the conference is scheduled to close
Climate change is the new battleground for human rights
People and the planet should not be treated as collateral damage in the name of economic growth and profit
‘Heneral Luna’ in the time of climate change
Our constant search for heroism should not dwell on individual exploits Our heroes teach us that the strength to change the world lies in the people working together
Climate pact: Battle lines redrawn in the blueprint
The draft deal has clashing proposals on how to share responsibility for curbing greenhouse gases and forking out the cash
UN talks race for climate-saving blueprint
Despite being riddled with conflicting proposals the draft to be submitted will form the skeleton of the most complex and consequential global deal ever tried
COP21 powered by fossil fuels?
Two reports reveal the corporate sponsors behind the climate summit in Paris
Money row threatens efforts to seal historic climate pact
Bureaucrats become quickly ensnared in familiar rows that have condemned previous efforts to failure
#NowPH: For Maria Letizia Dantes and her generation
Youth Commissioner Dingdong Dantes presents 3 million NowPH climate action pledges to France host of the historic COP21 after giving this speech in Paris
Climate talks drill into detail amid new warning of peril
A day after world leaders pledged to tame global warming bureaucrats from 195 nations scrambled to shape a labyrinthine 54 page text into a blueprint that can be approved by December 11
Paris and its climate legacy for future generations
Keeping global temperature rise to below 2°C of the average pre industrial level may not be enough to avert dangerous consequences but 2°C gives us a target to focus upon
World leaders in Paris for climate-rescue summit
The summit kicks off nearly a fortnight of talks intended to end two decades of international bickering with a pact that would limit greenhouse gas emissions blamed for climate change
'No planet B': Global rallies push for climate deal
At least 683 000 hit the streets in 2 300 events across 175 countries says co organizer Avaaz
The changing normal in Philippine climate
Climate change is amplifying extreme weather events regionally thus the new normal is characterized by heavy precipitation episodes severe flooding heat waves wild fires searing droughts and more intense tropical cyclones
Resilience: An 'idea of good currency'
It is highly anticipated that the concept of resilience will gain prominent attention in the COP21 as it has emerged in the discourse in most international processes that deal with disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation
Paris climate summit: huge stakes, deep divides
Preoccupied by a recent spate of extremist attacks around the globe world leaders will have their work cut out for them at the 12 day climate huddle
Japan’s dirty coal in PH
The Philippines commits 70 carbon mitigation but without a clear plan on how to achieve the target given the number of coal power plants the government has approved
#ClimateChange: A Rappler special coverage
Follow Rappler for extensive and in depth coverage of the United Nations climate change conference COP21 in Paris France from November 30 to December 11 2015
Australia pledges 26% emissions cut by 2030
Environmentalists say the target fall well short of what is needed to tackle global warming
Tracking the retreat of Arctic ice
Ny Alesund the world s northernmost permanent human settlement offers the perfect vantage point for scientists studying the rate and effects of global warming
Can the climate challenge unify ASEAN?
Five months before the crucial UN climate change conference in Paris the heat is on to see if ASEAN can deliver a coordinated plan of action to prepare for the worst impacts of climate disruption
