A Filipina climate activist and the ICJ

Catch this episode on August 2, at 5 pm

MANILA, Philippines – 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 Iya Gozum talk to Ponce, global advocacy lead of World’s Youth for Climate Justice, about the implications of the World Court’s advisory opinion on the youth, the movement, and the state of the planet.

Catch this episode on Saturday, August 2, at 5 pm.

– Rappler.com