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Patricia Faustino
Patricia Faustino has worked as a researcher, writer, and producer for the public affairs department of a major Philippine television network. She currently writes and produces for a weekly program that reports on biodiversity conservation issues.
Posts by Patricia Faustino
With “dragon woman” out, Philppine climate team loses teeth
No commentsCOPENHAGEN, Denmark – On the eve of President Gloria Arroyo’s arrival for the most important meeting on climate change in over a decade, the Philippine delegation is in apparent disarray. Some of the country’s foremost climate change experts suddenly found themselves excluded, including diplomat and staunch negotiator Bernaditas de Castro Muller, nicknamed “dragon woman” by [...]
»Philippines throws support behind “weak” climate pact
No commentsThe Philippines has thrown its support behind the Copenhagen accord, a non-binding climate agreement criticized for its weak provisions and the non-transparent, non-inclusive process by which it was formulated.
»Who are the Filipinos at the COP15?
No commentsGMANews.TV’s video contributor Pia Faustino was one of the few Filipino journalists lucky enough to cover the entire Copenhagen talks. For the video below, she asked a fellow journalist at the conference to follow her around the cavernous Bella Center, the main venue for meetings but also for quirky protest actions, to educate us on the conference and the discussions taking place at COP15.
»Filipino delegates disappointed with Obama’s speech
No commentsHaving hoped that Barack Obama’s speech would move the Copenhagen talks forward, delgates from the Philippines were in the end disappointed.
»Sleepless in Copenhagen
No commentsIn the final 24 hours before the close of the Copenhagen climate talks, Philippine negotiator Yeb Sano talks about the tedious process of debating every word and line in the Copenhagen negotiating text.
»Activists, Bill McKibben protest US-brokered climate deal
No commentsUndeterred by the bitter cold, around 200 activists rushed to the Bella Center in the middle of the night last December 18 to protest the Copenhagen Accord, a climate deal brokered by the US and endorsed by around 28 countries in the final hours of the climate talks.
»Biking for a carbon-free smoothie
No commentsHow much energy does it actually take to power our everyday appliances? In some cases, it takes 30 minutes of heart-thumping exercise. Katrine Vejby, a Danish journalist and advocate for a carbon-free Copenhagen, talks about a new technology that turns pedal power into electricity.
»Protesters defy Danish police outside Bella Center
No commentsAt around 12 noon, 16th December (Denmark), some 150 activists walked out of the Bella Center to protest what they see as world leaders’ unwillingness to seal a deal that will protect the world’s most vulnerable people. When the activists attempted to join another group of protesters outside the Bella Center, Danish police threatened to arrest them and violence nearly erupted.
»Philippines government removes G77 lead negotiator
Comments offJust days before the landmark United Nations Climate Change Conference is set to begin in Copenhagen, Denmark, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo removed a key negotiator, known for being fiercely critical of Western countries’ perceived reluctance to take leadership in solving the climate crisis, from the Philippine delegation. Bernaditas “Ditas” Muller, a retired Filipina diplomat based [...]
»Study: Philippines is a carbon sink
No commentsIn contrast to global trends, the Philippines registered a drop of 81 per cent in greenhouse gas emissions in the previous decade as more trees absorbed pollution coming from the energy sector, according to a report released in November. The use of fossil fuels, such as oil and coal for energy consumption, is responsible for [...]
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