From climate crisis to climate justice

On Monday, I was a panelist at the United Edge online learning event on climate justice. This is my second time to be invited by United Edge. In November last year, I spoke on the climate breakdown and had a really interesting exchange with participants, many of whom were development workers who were working on justice. The Monday event was sort of a sequel for that one, as it pursues the idea of climate justice. The online learning session was attended by 110 participants from many countries. It was a pleasure seeing again my friends Matt Kletzing and Daniel Bevan who founded United Edge and sharing the screen with Doni Marmer and Shikar Agarwal as fellow panelists with Will Midwinter as host, and Grace Tan-Johannes and Sagar Kafle as moderators.

Remembrance and reflections on the Luntiang Dahon (Green Leaf) Climate Leadership Award

Honored to be conferred this award by The Climate Reality Project International Manager Matt Boms, Country Manager Rodne Galicha, and FPE Executive Director Oliver Agoncillo. Green Ring Awardee Bro. Jaazeal Jakosalem read the citation. Photos by Voltaire Tupaz/Rappler

A couple of weeks after having been accepted as an Organizational Development Specialist by VSO Cambodia, I received a notification that The Climate Reality Project would be conferring to me the first Luntiang Dahon Climate Leadership Award. It came as a huge surprise because awards are not something I really think about. Working in the environment sector since 2001 and being an active member of TCRP since 2011, I never thought that my efforts would be given any recognition since I don’t do what I do for recognition anyway.