• Philippine business leaders urge urgent net-zero action, citing climate vulnerability and energy security risks, as the Net Zero Carbon Alliance marks five years and expands to 50 members.
• The Philippines needs international financing and partnerships for 68% of its 75% emissions target, relying on carbon markets and nature-based solutions.
• The Net Zero Carbon Alliance will name its first Net Zero Champions at the Philippine Net Zero Conference 2026, recognizing companies showing measurable progress in cutting carbon emissions.
• Abuyog, Leyte, established satellite rescue stations across its 63 barangays to place ambulances closer to remote communities, ensuring 24/7 standby and free emergency transport for indigent residents.
• Inside Tacloban City Jail, PDLs learn farming through a garden program, gaining skills in planting and selling vegetables for future livelihoods after release.
• Lorenzo Daa Memorial School’s daily water-carrying burden may end as the US Navy and Philippine Army repair its water system and classrooms under Pacific Partnership 2026.
• For Calbayog tour guide Jimmy Baleros, Tarangban Falls is a livelihood. He worries about how wind turbine projects and forest changes could affect those who depend on it.
• 1,500 former rebels and 1,200 CAFGU members in Leyte and Biliran are earning from a project that plants native trees and grows organic violet ube.
• Twelve families displaced by a July 2 fire in Barangay 92 Apitong are receiving assistance from residents and officials as they temporarily stay with relatives and in safe areas.
• Since 14-year-old Ayessa Dazo was buried on July 1, her Tacloban home has fallen silent. Her father struggles with grief, justice concerns, and memories of the daughter he could not protect.
PH Business Leaders Call for Faster Shift to Net Zero Amid Climate, Energy Risks 
PH Looks to Carbon Markets, Nature to Reach 75% Climate Target 
Philippine Companies to Receive First Net-Zero Awards for Cutting Emissions 
Abuyog brings ambulances closer to remote communities 
From Selling Vegetables to Growing Them 
The Extra Liter Paglaum Pupils Had to Carry 
From Conflict to Crops: Farming Gives Leyte Families a Fresh Start 
Help Arrives for 12 Families After July 2 Fire in Apitong as Community Comes Together 
After Ayessa’s Burial, a Tacloban Home is Left in Silence and Grief