The Green Report

Filipino active transport advocacy group Move as One Coalition recently won the grand prize for the 2025–2026 World Resources Institute Ross Center Prize for Cities. In this interview, we talk to Reycel Hyacenth Bendaña, national coordinator of Move As One Coalition on the significance of a grassroots movement being recognized internationally. Bendaña talks about the growing rejection of car-centr...

More Filipino households are shifting to solar power to lower electricity costs. In this episode, Rappler environment journalists Jee Geronimo and Iya Gozum talk to business reporter Tatiana Maligro and New Energy Nexus’ country director Brenda Valerio about the developments and challenges in the local solar power industry, and how consumers can make better decisions.

At a time when countries still can’t reach a consensus on transitioning away from fossil fuels, it’s the communities that are eager to see a fossil-free future. In this episode of the The Green Report, Rappler’s Liveable Cities editor Jee Geronimo talks to environment and climate reporter Iya Gozum, researcher-writer Shay Du, and Community Growth and Development specialist Aidan Bernales about how...

A minute before 10 pm on September 30, a deadly magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Bogo City in Cebu. The tremor, felt even in nearby provinces, left at least 79 dead, hundreds injured, and thousands internally displaced. Rappler reporters John Sitchon and Bea Cupin were in the field during the first few days of the disaster. In this episode, Rappler environment reporter Iya Gozum talks with Sitchon...

Did you ever dream of going to space when you were a kid? Kristine Jane Atienza is a nutritionist-dietitian who’s campaigning to be part of Blue Origin’s New Shepard mission through the Space Exploration and Research Agency. The mission is sending six “ordinary” citizens to space in 2026. In this episode, environment editor Jee Geronimo and multimedia reporter Iya Gozum talks to Atienza about her...

It’s been a week since the International Court of Justice issued its historic advisory opinion on the climate crisis. The case started with young students from Vanuatu, a small island state located in the South Pacific Ocean. More notably, a young Filipina climate activist, Nicole Ponce, had helped from the very beginning. In this interview, environment editor Jee Geronimo and multimedia reporter...

Negotiators from around the world will come together this August in Geneva, Switzerland, in hopes of finally hammering out a landmark agreement on how to beat the plastic crisis. For this The Green Report episode, environment editor Jee Geronimo and multimedia reporter Iya Gozum talk to Michelle Reyes of Healthcare Without Harm and Jam Lorenzo of BAN Toxics about what’s at stake in Geneva and how...

In this episode of The Green Report, Rappler environment editor Jee Geronimo and reporter Iya Gozum talk to Neil Aldrin Mallari, chief scientist at the Center for Conservation Innovations Philippines. Mallari shares his experience working with communities and the many ways he continues to learn from them.https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-future-conservation/

Marine conservation is both work and passion for Filipina conservationist Anna Oposa. In this The Green Report interview, environment editor Jee Geronimo and reporter Iya Gozum sit down with Oposa to talk about the past decade of conservation work, the tempering of idealism that comes with time, and her love for puns and language. https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-episode-saving...

The start of a new year often inspires many of us to take up a new hobby or two. Some people want to get their creative juices flowing, while others want to move more. Running is probably one of the most accessible forms of exercise that you can start with. If you have a pair of running shoes and a not-so-busy road to run on, you’re good to go. In this first The Green Report episode of 2025, Rappl...

Tony La Viña wrote his memoir Ransomed by Love as a way to say goodbye when he was diagnosed with cancer. But as life would have it, La Viña is now living through illness and promoting the book. Ransomed by Love was launched last November 29 at Ateneo de Manila University. We sit down with the human rights and environmental lawyer to talk about his new book, the cathartic experience of writing abo...

Delegates walked away from the recently concluded United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) with a $300-billion new climate finance goal that will be mobilized by developed countries. After a two-week coverage of the summit, Rappler’s Jee Geronimo and Iya Gozum discuss the outcome, the response towards the deal, and the work to be done as the world looks forward to next year’s COP30 set in...

Metropolitan areas in the Philippines are sinking, a recent study from the University of the Philippines Resilience Institute (UPRI) and the National Institute of Geological Sciences found. In this episode of The Green Report, Rappler environment editor Jee Geronimo and reporter Iya Gozum talk to Audrei Anne Ybañez and Jolly Sulapas, researchers from the UPRI, about land subsidence in the Greater...

In this The Green Report episode, environment editor Jee Geronimo talks to reporter Iya Gozum and production specialist Errol Almario about the release of the eagles and the Rappler documentary, Araw ng Paglaya ng Philippine eagles na sina Carlito at Uswag. https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-episode-chronicling-freedom-philippine-eagles-carlito-uswag/

A lot can happen in just a week. This was the case last July, when the President’s State of the Nation Address on July 23 opened a very eventful week, with the enhanced southwest monsoon and the Bataan oil spill happening on July 24 and 25, respectively. How do all three events impact the environment? Rappler environment editor Jee Geronimo and reporter Iya Gozum talk about these and more in this...

Just like that, we’re almost halfway through the year. In this The Green Report episode, Rappler environment editor Jee Geronimo and multimedia reporter Iya Gozum talk about the environment and climate change stories the newsroom covered in the first few months of 2024. https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-episode-hottest-stories-2024-so-far/

These hotter-than-usual temperatures have become more common, no thanks to climate change. Is the Philippines prepared for this new normal? In this episode of The Green Report, Rappler environment editor Jee Geronimo and environment reporter Iya Gozum are joined by education reporter Bonz Magsambol and health reporter Kaycee Valmonte to talk about the impact of extreme heat on lives and livelihood...

What happens when adaptation strategies, such as evacuation centers, are not climate-proof? In this The Green Report episode, Rappler environment and science desk editor Jee Geronimo talks to researcher Lorenz Pasion, who for months analyzed data on flood-prone evacuation centers in Negros Occidental, one of the provinces with the highest exposure to multiple hazards and risks. https://www.rappler...

Through her short videos, conservation storyteller Celine Murillo aims to promote Philippine biodiversity and natural heritage through popular social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram. In this The Green Report episode, Rappler environment reporter Iya Gozum talks with Murillo about bringing bite-sized information on Philippine biodiversity to a broader audience. https://www.rappler.com/env...

Is Metro Manila bike-friendly? That’s the question that Rappler’s environment cluster set out to answer in their latest documentary, 'Biking 120 kilometers in Metro Manila.' In this episode of The Green Report, Rappler environment and science desk editor Jee Geronimo talks to multimedia reporter Iya Gozum, producer Nina Liu, and production specialist Errol Almario about the challenges they...

Last October 2023, Rappler visited fishing towns in Northern Samar and learned more about sardine fishers’ livelihood, their stories, and hopes. In this The Green Report episode, Rappler multimedia reporters Iya Gozum and Michelle Abad discuss their series of reports that put a spotlight on small fishers’ woes and the support they need. https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-episode-...

As a new year begins, predictions abound on what 2024 will bring. Looking through the lens of climate change, a new year means one year closer to the deadlines set to curb emissions. In this episode, environment editor Jee Geronimo and reporter Iya Gozum talk about what happened to their 2023 predictions and the big environmental stories they expect to follow in 2024.

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) had finally wrapped up, with parties agreeing to transition away from fossil fuels. In this Green Report episode, environment editor Jee Geronimo and reporter Iya Gozum talk to Avril de Torres, the deputy executive director of the policy think tank Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development, on what transpired at COP28 in Dubai. https://www.rap...

In this episode of The Green Report, environment editor Jee Geronimo and reporter Iya Gozum talk to Rappler graphic artists Marian Hukom and David Castuciano about the artistic process of making the visuals of the two-part investigative stories on the Teduray. https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-art-stories-teduray-tragedy/

At COP28, disaster-stricken countries will continue to demand funds from rich polluters. But management of disaster funds remain to be a sticking point, especially for local governments in the Philippines. In this episode, Rappler environment reporter Iya Gozum and community head Pia Ranada talks to Romulo Tagalong, senior policy advocacy officer at Oxfam, about the challenges and low-hanging frui...