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7 August 2021 03:00PM-06:00PM

We are now in a climate emergency, and we only have until 2030 before it becomes irreversible.

 In addressing the climate crisis, we have to cut our greenhouse gas emissions dramatically. The only way to do that is to stop the use of fossil fuels and realize the just transition towards renewable energy. To do this, we have to take a closer look at the present energy situation of the Philippines. We have to know the energy issues that we face, and we have to listen to the grassroots stories of communities living on the frontlines of dirty energy and climate change. Through this, we would be able to identify the gaps that we have to bridge as we move towards a RE-powered future.

Speakers

Gerry Arances
Executive Director - Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development (CEED)

The Status Quo: The Philippines' Climate and Power Situation

Gerry Arances

Gerry Arances is a long-term climate and environmental advocate. He has engaged governments, companies, and international and domestic finance institutions concerning the climate crisis and sustainability issues, and has worked with indigenous peoples, communities, and civic movements in tackling human rights and natural resource and minerals management issues. Today, his primary work concerns advancing energy transformation, ecological integrity, and people-centered development as Executive Director of the Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development (CEED), and convener of the Power for People Coalition and Withdraw from Coal campaign.

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Khevin Yu
Energy Transition Campaigner, Greenpeace Philippines

The Grassroots: Stories of Communities in the Frontlines of Energy Struggles

Khevin Yu

Khevin Yu is the energy transition campaigner of Greenpeace Philippines. A climate justice campaigner since 2009, he has previously worked for the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) before joining Greenpeace. His advocacy focuses on climate and energy issues at the grassroots level and finding ways to help build the anti-coal campaign in the Philippines. He was also involved in policy reforms during the typhoon Yolanda rehabilitation of the Philippine government. In principle and in practice, he is an environmentalist and an athlete, he graduated from the De La Salle-College of St. Benilde in 2008 with a degree in Consular and Diplomatic Affairs.

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Toni Dominique Madulid
President, Reboot Philippines

The Dream: The Just and Sustainable Energy Transition

Toni Dominique Madulid

Toni Dominique Madulid is the president of Reboot Philippines. As a climate and energy advocate, she leads Reboot PH to organize and capacitate renewable energy advocates in hopes to create a unified voice for youth in the discussion of sustainability in the Philippines. She is from the University of the Philippines College of Architecture and is currently working on policy research for climate-smart building standards for the Philippines.

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Coleen Awit
Chairperson, Youth Empowering Youth Initiative

Moderator

Coleen Awit

Coleen Awit is the Chairperson of the Youth Empowering Youth (YEY) Initiative Inc., a youth-led and youth-serving organization that advocates for youth education, environmental protection and youth empowerment. She is also the Youth Empowerment Manager of the Negrosanon Young Leaders Institute Inc. At present, she is taking up Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering at the University of St. La Salle- Bacolod. She has been actively involved in student leadership since senior high school. At age 19, she got accepted in REBOOT, a program of FES Philippines that trains young individuals to be renewable energy ambassadors. She is an advocate for climate action, renewable energy, and youth empowerment.

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Organized by

Reboot Philippinesrebootphinstitute@gmail.com

Reboot Philippines is a youth-led organization advocating for the Philippine just energy transition towards renewable energy. It was formed by graduates and current participants of the Renewable Energy Bootcamp (REBOOT) Program to provide its members and other aspiring advocates with proper avenues to deepen their knowledge and expand their network towards nation building. The organization seeks to encourage more individuals to join this cause and work together in affecting movements, projects, and policies that will benefit the environment, the country, and its people.