ADB lending $303m to prevent PH flood
The Asian Development Bank said Wednesday it approved a $303-million (P17 billion) loan to reduce flood and climate risks and ...
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Private, public funding of fossil fuels must stop; Smart scores in FIBA World Cup
The Philippines is embarking on an ambitious transition program to clean energy, aiming to achieve a 50 percent renewable mix ...
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Spotlight on Bukidon: Indigenous knowledge preserves the environment, leads to sustainability
In the mountainous province of Bukidnon in the southern Philippines, local indigenous groups are being forced to adapt to the ...
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Climate change pushes Bordeaux winemakers to harvest at night
Marcillac, France—In France’s southern Bordeaux region, the grape harvest is often now done at night to ensure the peak freshness ...
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Building a more resilient future
Melody del Rosario, President of Metro Pacific Investments Foundation (MPIF), recently delivered an impassioned talk on the reality of climate ...
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Cardiovascular diseases during climate change
With climate change breathing down the nape of the country’s population, we are glad the Department of Health has joined ...
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‘The risk is real’: UK fire service preps for wildfires
At a military training site in Surrey, southeast England, a small team of firefighters blast the surrounding heathland with water ...
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UN experts challenge Saudi Aramco over climate change
UN experts have written to oil firm Saudi Aramco and its financial backers challenging them on allegations that their activities ...
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‘Existential threat’
A blistering heatwave is sweeping the northern hemisphere, including parts of Europe and the Americas, with record-high temperatures triggering devastating ...
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Beijing rains heaviest since records began 140 years ago
FANGSHAN, China—Deadly rains that pummelled China’s capital in recent days were the heaviest since records began 140 years ago, Beijing’s ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.