KILOS KA on Climate Action and Climate Accountability

Every year, the typhoons come (similar to STS Kristine/Trami) – more intense, more destructive – and we brace ourselves for the next round of damage. Homes are shattered, lives uprooted, and communities forced to rebuild, only to face the same devastation next year. Yet, despite this endless cycle of disaster and recovery, we still fail to confront a harsh reality: our own actions are making things worse. 

While we pick up the pieces after each typhoon, we turn a blind eye to the environmental destruction happening all around us. A blatant example is extractive mining, which tears apart our mountains, pollutes our waters, and leaves our lands bare. Add to that the continued reliance on non-renewable energy sources like coal and oil, which not only contribute to climate change but also poison our air and waters.
And somehow, in the aftermath of every disaster, politicians swoop in, turning the "ayuda" they hand out into votes, keeping us trapped in this broken system of "gratitude". They prey on our vulnerability, using this as a political weapon, all while pushing projects in the name of "development" that destroy our environment and communities.

But let’s be real: this is not progress. These so-called developments are just thinly veiled aggression, stripping away our natural defenses, displacing communities, and leaving us even more vulnerable to the disasters we face every year. We need to hold those in power accountable, demand true sustainable solutions, and stop lauding projects that harm more than they help. 

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