Category Archives: Press Releases

On International Students Day

Press Statement September 17, 2024 The weather is getting warmer, many University facilities are being flooded, students are being disadvantaged and in communities whose homes are sinking under the worsening climate crisis. As carbon emissions rise due to the unrelenting use of fossil fuels by large countries like the United States; The impact of theContinue reading “On International Students Day”

Official Statement of YACAP on the Philippines hosting the Loss & Damage Fund

July 18 2024 | A week ago, it was announced that the Philippines will host the board of the Loss and Damage Fund. According to Finance Secretary Ralph Recto, “Hosting the LDF Board will unlock more opportunities for the Philippines to accelerate its access to climate finance and investments, which are critical for future-proofing ourContinue reading “Official Statement of YACAP on the Philippines hosting the Loss & Damage Fund”

Runway Resistance: Youth Climate Advocates Hold a Fashion Show in the Streets to Commemorate the 51st Anniversary of the Martial Law

From the runway to the streets of Liwasang, Bonifacio, the calls of Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP) are clear; true climate justice holds no tolerance towards a fascist government! This September 21, the recently concluded show titled “Fashion Against Fascism and Fossil Fuels. Empire of the Son: Drought and Deluge,” conducted a reprise as part of the mass mobilization commemorating the 51st anniversary of Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s declaration of Martial Law. 

Youth climate justice activists strut their advocacies on the runway for Global Climate Strike

Quezon City, Philippines – In a powerful display of climate advocacy and historical remembrance, Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines  Inc. (YACAP), a member of the Fridays for Future movement led by global climate activist Greta Thunberg, delivered a compelling message of hope and resistance through their fashion show protest at Studio 72, Quezon City, on September 15 2023. 

International Artists, Billie Eilish and H.E.R., and Award-winning Actors, Michelle Yeoh and Leonardo DiCaprio, call attention to destructive reclamation projects and disappeared environmental defenders, with Filipina Youth Climate Activist

Yesterday (June 22nd, CET), the international spokesperson of Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP), the Philippine chapter of the Fridays for Future movement, Mitzi Jonelle Tan gave a speech alongside Billie Eilish and H.E.R. at the Global Citizen’s Power Our Planet concert in Paris. “Silence. That is what the colonizers, imperialists, and ruling classContinue reading “International Artists, Billie Eilish and H.E.R., and Award-winning Actors, Michelle Yeoh and Leonardo DiCaprio, call attention to destructive reclamation projects and disappeared environmental defenders, with Filipina Youth Climate Activist”

Climate Activists Protest at Japanese Embassy in the Philippines in Time for the G7 Meeting

The G7, as the world’s largest economies and among the most responsible for the climate crisis, must be held accountable for the destruction that they are causing. They must stop financing and supporting fossil fuels and promote genuine climate solutions. False solutions like gas, geoengineering, and “clean coal technology” will not address the crisis atContinue reading “Climate Activists Protest at Japanese Embassy in the Philippines in Time for the G7 Meeting”

Filipina youth climate activist speaks to King Charles III on Mindoro Oil Spill

Last March 30, the international spokesperson of Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP), the Philippine chapter of the Fridays for Future movement, Mitzi Jonelle Tan met King Charles III of the UK and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany alongside climate activists Elizabeth Wathuti from Kenya and Licypriya Kangujam from India.  Mitzi talked about theContinue reading “Filipina youth climate activist speaks to King Charles III on Mindoro Oil Spill”

“Pay up!” Climate activists, marginalized sectors urge UN Loss and Damage committee

Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP), the Philippine chapter of the Fridays for Future movement led by international climate activist Greta Thunberg, held a creative protest action in front of Dusit Thani hotel in Makati City today, as the country hosted the 18th meeting of the United Nations Executive.Committee on the Warsaw International MechanismContinue reading ““Pay up!” Climate activists, marginalized sectors urge UN Loss and Damage committee”