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Globe Telecom has donated P1 million to ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc. to help communities affected by the Pasig River rehabilitation through workshops on learning, healing, and culture for stall owners and vendors in Paco Market. Before the redevelopment program, Paco Market was considered a major Pasig River pollutant, making it imperative to teach residents not only how to take care of their environment but also to improve their lives.   


Shown in photo with the ceremonial check are Globe Corporate Social Responsibility Head Rob I. Nazal (3^rd from left) and ABS-CBN Foundation Managing Director Gina Lopez (3^rd from right).  Together with them are (from L-R):  Globe CSR Specialist Apple Evangelista, Globe CSR Sr. Specialist Trixie Zabal-Mendoza, and Paco Public Market Stallholders Association officials Luzviminda Ko, Marilyn Baliscao, and Jun Macasaet.

DENR Assistant Secretary Marlo D. Mendoza (right) talks about the importance of the government’s National Greening Program during the contract signing between Globe and FPE.  Main signatories to the MoA are Globe CSR Head Rob I. Nazal (2nd from left) and FPE CEO Atty. Danny Valenzuela (2ndfrom right). ASEC Mendoza and Globe Corporate Communications Head Yoly C. Crisanto (left) witnessed the signing.

The RAFI Native Trees Nursery is a mechanism of the GREENIN Philippines Program of RAFI to create forests composed of native trees.

Plot your green plan and chart your course to Germany!! If you are a Filipino college student between 18 to 24 years old, with a passion to make a difference through an environmental project, you can be one of the 2012 Bayer Young Environmental Envoys.

The Bayer Young Environmental Envoy (BYEE) is the longest running environmental program in the Philippines, organized in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). For twelve years now, BYEE has been engaging young Filipinos to take part in environmental protection.

If you are selected as one of the 12 Bayer Young Environmental Envoys, you will have the unique experience of enriching your knowledge about the environment through a live-in BYEE Eco-Camp to be conducted by environmental experts to be held at an eco-friendly venue in the Philippines in August 2012.

The top four BYEEs will represent the country and join youth delegates from 17 other countries on a weeklong all-expense paid study tour of Germany on November 4-9, 2012. The tour will provide first-hand experience on how environmental protection is practiced by people, government and industry in a country that leads in technology and environmental awareness.

Who are eligible?

• Filipino citizens, 18 to 24 years old by August 1, 2012 
• College students, enrolled as of March 1, 2012, or planning to enroll by June 2012, in any CHED-recognized institution 
• Students graduating by March 2012 are not eligible to join 
• Applications from incoming first year college students will be accepted, subject to proof of college enrollment by June 2012 
• For students presently enrolled in college, must have no failing mark in his/her college studies; for incoming first year college students, must have no failing mark in his/her high school studies 
• Actively involved in environmental activities/projects 
• Of good moral character, willing to travel overseas, and should be able to work well within a group 

Children and relatives up to second degree of consanguinity, or persons, whether they are related or not, living with any of the following are not eligible to join the contest:

1. Employees of Bayer Philippines, Inc. and Bayer Crop Science, Their agencies or interdependent contractors engaged in the project. 
2. Individual companies engaged in the development, production or distribution of materials for the project. 

How to join?

• In no more than 1,000 words, write your individual proposal for a simple and do-able environmental project in your community or school that addresses a specific environmental problem. 
• Identify and describe a current situation with environment-related problems in your community or school and the relevance of addressing this concern. 
• Name a few practical solutions to the problem that either government/industry/NGOs or your school/community has so far carried out. 
• Draw up a personal project you intend to do to help address this problem. State the objectives of your project and your deliverables. (What specific output/s do you intend to achieve?) 
• Indicate your resource requirements like budget, manpower, facilities, as well as institutions/groups/organizations involved, making sure that all necessary resources are within your reach. 

Implementation of all the projects that will make it to the final round must begin not earlier than April 30, 2012 and end not later than July 31, 2012.


Procedure / Rules 

• Fill up the entry form and attach a 2X2” color photo of yourself. 
• All entries must be accompanied by a project proposal. Incomplete application forms and entry requirements will not be processed. 
• Secure the endorsement of a faculty member or anyone of the following: the school academic department head; college dean; academic vice president or president. 
• All applications should reach Bayer by March 9, 2012. 
• Project proposals must be typewritten in English and double-spaced. 
• Before end of April 2012, shortlisted candidates will be required to submit the following: 

1. Soft copy of the proposal 
2. Proof of awards received 
3. College transcript of records 
4. NSO-certified copy of their birth certificate 

• Project proposals which are adaptations/upgrades of already existing projects are acceptable, but the entry will be judged solely on the basis of new elements introduced and their added value. Pre-existing work or accomplishments prior to the official start-up date will not be given any credit. 
• Successful finalists shall be asked to begin implementing their respective projects by April 30, 2012. A premature start-up of the proposed projects will be grounds for disqualification. 
• While the project proposal should be the applicant’s own concept, the project itself may be carried out by any number of people, with the applicant taking a significant role in its implementation. 
• The project must be completed by July 31, 2012. 
• The judge’s decision is final for all aspects of the competition. 
• Due to difficulty of the passport application process, finalists will be required to apply for their own passport as early as May 2012. 

Judging and selection 

• Applicants will be short-listed based on project content, leadership and environmental know-how and involvements. 
• A panel of judges will interview each of the short-listed candidates to determine their intelligence and understanding of environmental issues, their communication and people skills, and the feasibility of their project proposals. 
• Short-listed candidates from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao will be interviewed in Metro Manila, Iloilo, and Davao, respectively. Bayer Philippines, Inc. will bear all costs for the travel, meals, and accommodations of short-listed candidates going on the interview. 
• Successful finalists will be required to attend an environmental live-in workshop called the BYEE Eco-Camp in August 2012. All charges for the travel, accommodations, and upkeep of participants will be shouldered by Bayer Philippines, Inc. 
• At the end of the Eco-Camp, the 12 finalists will be asked to make a presentation before another panel of judges. They will be given the formal title of Bayer Young Environmental Envoy during an awarding ceremony in August 2012. 
• The Top 4 BYEEs and will be given the opportunity to participate in a weeklong all-expense paid study trip to Germany on November 4-9, 2012. 

All applications must reach Bayer by March 9, 2012

Please download the application form available at http://www.bayeryoungenvoy.com/en/Philippines.aspx.
Please send applications and requirements to:

• Via email at PH.Comms@bayer.com 
• Or via postmail to: Corporate Communications Dept. Bayer Philippines, Inc. Cecilia Araneta Yulo Avenue Canlubang Industrial Estate, Calamba City, Laguna 4028

Around 650 folks from Ronda, Cebu braved the early morning cold winds to participate in the recently held Run 2 Plant 4 GREENIN Philippines by running and planting native tree species in their town. Led by Ronda Mayor Mariano Blanco III, participants—municipal officials and employees, teachers, parents, students, and volunteer-professionals—came in green shirts. They gathered at the town hall at 5 a.m. and ran to the planting site in Barangay Butong to plant some 3,200 native tree species and fruit tree seedlings.

“We want to contribute to the sequestration of carbon dioxide by developing forests in this part of the country and promote a healthier environment for the next generation. We are collaborating with the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI), Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and the Cebu Provincial Government to develop real forests. This is why we joined the Run 2 Plant 4 GREENIN Philippines,” Municipal Agricultural Officer Lilibeth Montaño said.

The Municipality of Ronda will be coordinating with RAFI in monitoring the planted native tree seedlings and ensuring that they develop into vibrant forests. At the same time, the municipality will continue to support the Provincial Government’s greening efforts by executing the town’s solid waste management system.

The Run 2 Plant 4 GREENIN Philippines is an initiative under the GREENIN Philippines (Generation REdemption and Expansion of Natural resources INitiatives in the Philippines) Program of RAFI. The program’s strategies and approaches are holistic, focusing more on tree-growing and post-planting activities to ensure the survival of the native trees planted and the growth of vibrant forests.

GREENIN Philippines Program is a program under the Integrated Development focus area of RAFI, addressing the foundations needed to develop successful communities. Its other focus areas include Micro-finance & Entrepreneurship, Culture & Heritage, Leadership & Citizenship, and Education.

For more information about the GREENIN Philippines Program, please contact 418-7234 loc. 519 and look for Neil Papas or Myryl Mendoza.

Shown below is the Road Revolution Petition for the upcoming Cebu Road Revolution which is to be held this coming June 12, 2011 - Philippines Independece Day; in line with that, we seek Freedom from Pollution!

Atty. Antonio Oposa, Jr. giving a short lecture on what will happen during the Road Revolution Cebu

A PEOPLE’S PETITION

TO REFORM THE ROAD SYSTEM

“Those who have less in wheels must have more in road.”[1]

To the Sangguniang Panlungsod (Bayan) of ______________

Dear Members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod __(or Bayan – if municipality)

We, Children and Registered Voters of the City of Cebu, hereby declare that that we are tired of the chaos, accidents, air pollution and injustice that prevails in the road system of the Philippines. The bias of the present road system for individualized motorized vehicles has caused and will continue to cause tremendous road congestion, serious air pollution, deadly accidents, waste of space, fuel, water, and public space for the convenience of a few, at a great cost to all.

It is time to turn this around.

For this purpose, we, the Filipino People, hereby initiate this Petition to promulgate a local ordinance to reform the existing road system. We ask that an ordinance be passed to convert all existing roads within our City to favor people instead of favoring motor vehicles. After all, towns and cities were made for people, not for motor vehicles.

For this purpose, we respectfully request that the existing roads be divided longitudinally into four parts:

All-weather side-walks and pathways — 30%

Bicycle lanes — 30%

Filipino-made collective and non-pollutive

transportation systems — 30%

Greenbelts for edible gardens — 10%

The ideal situation is depicted in the image below.



An efficient and effective transportation system will provide the constituents of our good City with a healthy and orderly alternative to the existing transportation system.

To support this initiative for local legislation, we hereby submit to your good Office the signatures of the voters of our good City pursuant to Law. We are joined by our children and grandchildren — many of whom will soon be of voting age – who are the most vulnerable to the dangerous conditions of the roads and to the worsening quality of the Air.

This People’s Petition is hereby submitted pursuant to Sec. 120 to 127 of the Local Government Code (Republic Act 7160).[2] Further, Executive Order 712 (2008)[3] and Executive Order 774 (2008)[4] call for the reformation of the road system to favor non-motorized, environment-friendly, and collective transportation systems.

Thank you in anticipation of your kind and expeditious action on the matter within the period provided by Law.[5] We look forward to working with you, your planners, and legislators to flesh out the details of our proposal. We trust that this letter finds you in good health and spirits.

Citizens of the Philippines

and

Residents of the City of Cebu

_______, 20__

Date filed

C:\Users\Tony Oposa Jr\Desktop\TRANSPORTATION REVOLUTION\FINAL DRAFT OF PETITION Road-Revolution 4rd Draft (AO) Nov 2, 2010.doc



[1] Paraphrase of a line from beloved President of the Philippines, circa 1950s who said that, “Those who have less in life must have more in law.”

[2] Sections 120-127 of the Local Government Code gives voters numbering 100 for municipalities and 1,000 for cities the power to submit a petition to the local council to propose legislation.

[3] Sec. 3 of Executive Order 712 (2008) states: The DOTC shall establish as National Land Transport Policy Framework, which shall facilitate the modernization of the land transport industry through the promotion of utility services which are environment-friendly and shall provide assistance to the land transport sector through lease-to-own programs, technical assistance, subsidies, and the encouragement of the use of alternative fuels and/or renewable energy, among others.

[4] Sec. 9 of E.O. 774 (2008) states: Task Group on Fossil fuels. – (a) To reduce the consumption of fossil fuels, the DOTC shall lead a Task Group to reform the transportation sector. The new paradigm in the movement of men and things must follow a simple principle: "Those who have less in wheels must have more in road." For this purpose, the system shall favour non-motorized locomotion and collective transportation system (walking, bicycling, and the man-powered mini-train).

[5] Sec. 120 (b) of R.A. 7160 states: If no favorable action thereon is taken by the sanggunian concerned within thirty (30) days from its presentation, the proponents, through their duly authorized and registered representatives, may invoke their power of initiative, giving notice thereof to the sanggunian concerned.

Stakeholders pose with the Signature Campaign documentation

Atty. Oposa of Law of Nature Foundation, Vince Cinces of 350.org, Atty Gloria Ramos of Philippine Earth Justice Center (PEJC), Atty Rafael Yap, acting Department head of CITOM, Shari Gonzales, Youth, Atty Tara Rama, Sec-Gen for Road Revolution with Mr. Brian Yuson of Saint James Academy of Skills Technology, Inc..shown above image.

You can download the petition here: http://roadrevolution.ph/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/PETITION-Road-Revolution.doc

Road Revolution: Filipinos' Declaration of Independence from Air and Traffic Pollution will be held on June 12, 2011. Walk, Run, Skate, Bike as long as it doesn't pollute. The Road Revolution will be along Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City ~ 6am - 6pm.

The Road Revolution: Filipinos' Declaration of Independence from Air and Traffic Pollution will also have a petition signing! Together let us campaign for sidewalks, bike lanes and collective transportation system in Cebu City!

Freedom walk/bike will kick off at 5am from Cebu Provincial Capitol to Plaza Independencia-and then a Mass and Ceremonial Turnover of the petition will follow at the Plaza Independencia.

Make your stand and be part of the Road Revolution!

Global climate change is a widespread and growing concern that has led to extensive international discussions and negotiations. Many of the activities we do every day such as turning the lights on, cooking food, or heating or cooling our homes rely on energy sources like coal and oil that emit carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere. We are taking millions of years worth of carbon, stored beneath the earth as fossil fuels, and releasing it into the atmosphere. By now the planet has 392 parts per million CO2 – and this number is rising by about 2 parts per million every year.

The world's leading climate scientists have now revised the highest safe level of CO2 to 350 parts per million. Unless we are able to rapidly return to below 350 ppm this century, we risk reaching tipping points and irreversible impacts that are detrimental to all lives existing on Earth.

One option for slowing the rise of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, and thus possible climate change, is to increase the amount of carbon removed by and stored in forests. Aside from this, forests reduce flooding, improve water quality, improve air quality, preserve and increase the diversity of plants and animals and increase the beauty of the environment.

But over the years, the Philippines’ forest resources degenerated because of massive logging activities, fuelwood gathering and charcoal making, shifting cultivation and permanent agriculture. With continued deforestation, some species are now endangered or even extinct. In fact, the Philippines is one of the biodiversity ‘hot spots’ or areas of concern in the world.

The reasons for failure in reforestation efforts are legion, ranging from technical to social issues. Poor species-site matching, inadequate monitoring, corruption and social conflict are some of the major reasons. Addressing these problems in parallel with any environmental rehabilitation and protection undertakings can significantly increase our forest cover.

The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) formed the Generation, REdemption, and Expansion of Natural resources INitiatives in the Philippines (GREENIN’ Philippines) to provide effective ways to arrest degradation of forestlands with the end view of making the country greener and healthier.

About GREENIN:

The GREENIN’ Philippines is anchored on the lessons and insights gained from years of undertaking sound and viable environmental interventions. It is designed to enhance and/or maintain environmental integrity by restoring biodiversity. It seeks to develop, protect, enhance and co-manage denuded forestlands, brushlands and degraded residual natural forests. The program is expected to have more partners that will share its vision of rehabilitating the environment through the use of native trees. Moreover, in the next three to five years, there will be forest patches created throughout the Philippines brought about the initiatives undertaken by its stakeholders and partners. These forests, which shall be the future homes of wildlife, shall be carefully protected and managed to ensure a healthy population of the wildlife residing therein. It is also the hope of the Program that the Filipinos will be more assertive and responsive in addressing the important environmental issues that already have greatly affected us all.

The reforestation component of GREENIN’ Philippines deviates from the traditional tree planting activities in the country which have reportedly not reaped much success. GREENIN’ Philippines will orchestrate to make real forests in critical areas like watersheds and denuded forestlands by developing value-based capabilities of the Program’s stakeholders and partners to co-manage program implementation. Post-planting activities are performed to ensure that planted seedlings grow to become forests.

Native tree nurseries are maintained as support mechanism of the program. GREENIN’ Philippines strongly advocates the planting of native tree species as these species promote biodiversity restoration faster than exotic ones. These make GREENIN’ Philippines a different strategy from the rest.

The GREENIN’ Philippines has the Province of Cebu for its pilot area. Taking from the Cebu model, the Program shall be gradually implemented in the different regions of the country. This is to ensure that the Program will be properly managed and implemented while building up relevant lessons and best practices from those who have implemented the program ahead.

Putting its GREENIN Philippines Program’s advocacies into action, the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) will hold “Run 2 Plant for GREENIN Philippines” on June 25 in commemoration of the Philippine Environment Month and World Environment Day in June.

The run and plant event is organized in collaboration with the Cebu Provincial Government, local government units, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), and various government institutions and corporate groups.

The Run 2 Plant for GREENIN Philippines is linked with the expanded Green and Wholesome Environment that Nurtures (eGWEN) Our Cebu Program’s environmental protection and enhancement component. eGwen Our Cebu Program is a joint development program of the Province of Cebu and RAFI with the aim of making Cebu an ideal place to live, work, play, invest and do business.

“The event has two segments, the running and the planting. This event is an approach to promote health among people by running and health of the environment by planting native tree species, thus benefitting both people and environment,” Neil Papas, program coordinator of the GREENIN Philippines Pogram, said.

The central event will be held in a 30-hectare forestland in Jaclupan, Talisay City. The area, which is within the critical Mananga watershed, shall be developed into a forest model through a co-management agreement among DENR, Cebu Provincial Government, Talisay City Government, Metro Cebu Water District, and RAFI.

Simultaneously, the other 50 municipalities and component cities of the Province of Cebu will hold the Run 2 Plant 4 GREENIN Philippines in their respective jurisdictions, making the event a province-wide endeavor.

Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia has recently issued an executive order, mandating the implementation and institutionalization of the Run 2 Plant 4 GREENIN Philippines throughout the province.

The Run 2 Plant for GREENIN Philippines targets to plant 160,000 native tree species simultaneously all over Cebu on the said date.

“The activity does not end on June 25. Through the eGWEN Our Cebu Program, the Cebu Provincial Government and RAFI will undertake post-planting activities in collaboration with DENR, various LGUs, partners and volunteers to ensure that the native tree seedlings planted will grow and become forests after a few years,” Papas added.

RAFI’s GREENIN Philippines Program, which stands for Generation REdemption and Expansion of Natural resources INitiatives in the Philippines Program, seeks to develop, protect, enhance and co-manage denuded forestlands, brush lands and degraded residual natural forests by planting native tree species.

Earlier, RAFI expressed support and committed its GREENIN Philippines Program to complement DENR’s National Greening Program developed under Executive Order No. 26 issued by President Benigno Aquino III last February 24.

RAFI is the only non-government organization being considered to undertake activities in support of the National Greening Program in Region 7 along with 16 government agencies, instrumentalities, and government-owned and controlled corporations.

For more information about the Run 2 Plant 4 GREENIN Philippines, please contact 418-7234 loc. 515 and look for Neil Papas or Myryl Mendoza.

Please click on this link to vote: http://disney.go.com/projectgreen/explorevote.html. The Help Young Eco-Warriors Rescue Toby! program from PATH Foundation Philippines Inc. has been selected by The Walt Disney Company as a recipient of funding through Disney’s Friends for Change.

Help Young Eco-Warriors Rescue Toby! is among the five programs that have been chosen for their conservation efforts.

Disney’s Friends for Change inspire kids and families to join together and make a positive impact on their world. Encourage the kids in your life to join and pledge to take simple everyday actions at www.disney.com/projectgreen

Beginning the week of April 11, kids can vote on the Friends for Change website to help Disney decide how this installment of its $1 million in annual donations will be distributed among the five programs. Help Young Eco-Warriors Rescue Toby! will receive a portion of this installment. The amount depends on the percentage of votes earned – first place gets $100,000, so tell the kids in your life to get involved and vote today!

About Disney’s Friends for Change

Disney's Friends for Change is a multiplatform initiative that helps inspire kids and families to join together and make a positive impact on their world (and the people and animals that live there). Through PSAs on-air and online tool-kits, the program aims to provide useful information to help kids make small changes that add up to big differences. As part of the program, Disney donates $1 million dollars annually to fund projects all around the globe and has funded over 41 projects that help the planet ranging from educational & community programs to species & habitat protection. Friends for Change currently has over 3 million actions taking place from kids in 33 countries throughout Europe, Latin America, Japan, India, and China. To take action, visit www.Disney.com/projectgreen .

About PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc.

PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc. is a private, charitable organization [501 (c) 3] whose mission is to improve health, conserve biodiversity and promote sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region. PFPI's programs create unique opportunities for young people to become stewards of the environment and leaders of conservation initiatives in their communities. For more information, please click: http://www.pfpi.org/about.html

Please ask kids from USA and Europe to vote!
Please click on this link to vote: http://disney.go.com/projectgreen/explorevote.html

With issues of climate change and environmental degradation brought into the limelight, calls for a shift in policy frameworks, development paradigms and lifestyles become ever more urgent. Such issues highlight a global problem with increasingly felt local impacts: heavier rains, flashfloods, sea-level rise, spread of infectious diseases, scarcity of resources with heavy reliance on unsustainable fossil fuel for energy needs.

Taking in these concerns, there is growing international consensus on the urgency of developing low carbon, resource-efficient, and socially inclusive economies as expressed in an emerging “Green Economy” framework. This poses a critical challenge to existing development models that measure progress only by looking at the GNP and GDP as indicators, without considering the sustainability of societies. The message of the “Green Economy” model is simple: not all investments are good investments! In fact, most of our society’s economic wealth has been generated through the overexploitation and pollution of our environment, at the expense of the most vulnerable sectors which bear the brunt of the impacts. Taking sustainable development as a guiding principle, a “Green Economy” framework requires the strengthening of three inseparable pillars: economic development, social development and environmental protection.

The search for local solutions to these problems led to the formation of the Cebu Green Economy Series, a string of events that allows stakeholders to discuss relevant issues linking environment, society and economy. Its aim is to explore “rapid but low risk” alternatives to the destructive ways in which society has carried out developmental projects that exploit the environment and marginalized the poor. Under the Cebu Green Economy Series, we address themes such as: 1) clean and alternative energy; 2) green jobs and investments; 3) food security; 4) sustainable transportation; 5) sustainable waste management and resource conservation; 6) eco-friendly built environment and architecture, and 7) liveable cities and urban environment, to name a few.

To start the series, we are organizing a Renewable Energy (RE) Summit with the theme “Meeting the Challenges of Sustainable Energy development in Central Visayas” on March 7-8, 2011 at the SM City Cebu Trade Hall. Through this summit, we aim to achieve the following objectives: 1) to develop mechanisms and infrastructure for enabling a market for RE; 2) to map out resources and potentials for RE development in Central Visayas; and 3) to formulate an action plan for promoting RE as the best alternative to heavy and unsustainable reliance on fossil fuels for energy needs.

To meet these objectives, this multi-stakeholder event, involving local government units, civil society and business sectors, will provide a venue for plenary and panel discussions on topics such as the power situation of Central Visayas, the Renewable Energy Act of 2008, and public-private partnerships, within the larger framework of promoting “Green Economy”. There will also be a two-day exhibition highlighting best practices for the implementation of renewable energy programs in communities, LGUs and NGOs. Companies, banks and other organizations that have products and services that advance the development of renewable energy are welcome to join the exhibition. The activity will be capped by a keynote address to be delivered by Department of Energy Secretary Ruben Almendras and Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri. Details of the program will be disseminated.

Nature's Legacy's Earth Week Celebration will be on December 8-11, 2010. Nature's Legacy Ex-Import will also be launching their I Volunteer to ♥ Earth campaign.


About Nature's Legacy:
Nature's Legacy is a rising global manufacturer of home furnishings and garden accessories based in the Municipality of Compostela in Cebu, the furniture capital of the Philippines. With its pioneering stonecast manufacturing process as its core competency, Nature's Legacy has become one of the prime movers in the stone casting industry.

Climate Change and the Global Climate Politics entails a lot of thought and information that needs to be discussed, and you may have some questions:

What is global climate politics?

What has been the recent 'climate' on global climate politics?

What is the truth of the matter on the climate change reports and initiatives i.e. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) marred with contoversies and debates?
What are the impacts on the failed negotiations, i.e. the last COP 15 in Copenhagen, Denmark failure to agree on a binding agreement for post-Kyoto negotiations and uncertainty of the upcoming COP 16 in Cancun, Mexico on December 2010 to the country and to each and every one of us?

The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI) is inviting you to the second part of the Living on the Edge Series: Climate Change Focus of the RAFI-EADSC's Understanding Choices Forum entitled Climate Change and the Global Climate Politics. The forum will will be held on November 15, 2010, Monday, 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM at Bryant George Hall, Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. The forum will highlight inputs from two international climate change negotiators for the Philippines, Atty. Antonio La Viña and Ms. Esperanza Garcia. The forum intend to facilitate and broaden understanding on the daunting issue of climate change, particularly on the international debates on climate change and related global initiatives and its impact to the country and to each and every citizen.

About the Speakers:

La Vina is the Dean of the Ateneo School of Government and Chairman of the United Nations Collaborative Initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation at United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Climate Change Conferences of Parties (UNFCC COP).

Garcia, Director of the Global Warming and Climate Change Initiatives for the International Youth Council and 'Climate Voice’ writer for Oxfam covering news for the UN General Assembly and Clinton Global Initiative. She is the founder of the Philippine Youth Climate Movement.