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CLIMATE JUSTICE. Climate and human rights advocates begin their 30-day solidarity walk in Manila on October 8, 2023 to Tacloban, Leyte for the Climate Justice Walk 2023: A People's Journey for Climate Justice in the lead up to the 10th anniversary of Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan)
INOUE JAENA / RAPPLER
The 1,000-kilometer journey on foot and on bicycle aims to pay tribute to the lives lost to Super Typhoon Yolanda and send a message to fossil fuel companies to pay up for loss and damage
MANILA, Philippines – Forty climate advocates on Sunday, October 8, began a 30-day solidarity walk from Manila to Tacloban, Leyte for the Climate Justice Walk 2023: A People’s Journey for Climate Justice.
The walk was the commencement of a set of activities ahead of the 10th anniversary of Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), ground zero of which was in Tacloban.
Yolanda killed at least 7,000 people and affected some 16 million Filipinos across 44 provinces. At the time, the damage to the Philippine economy was estimated to be up to P650 billion.
The 1,000-kilometer journey on foot and on bicycle aimed to pay tribute to the lives lost to Yolanda.
Greenpeace, in a statement, said the solidarity walk “aims to send a message to fossil fuel companies that it’s time to face the people and pay up for loss and damage.”
It will culminate on November 7, the eve of Yolanda’s 10th anniversary, on San Juanico Bridge.
Check out some photos from the event below.
Climate and human rights advocates begin their 30-day solidarity walk in Manila on October 8, 2023 to Tacloban, Leyte for the Climate Justice Walk 2023: A People’s Journey for Climate Justice in the lead up to the 10th anniversary of Supertyphoon Yolanda (Haiyan).Climate and human rights advocates begin their 30-day solidarity walk in Manila on October 8, 2023 to Tacloban, Leyte for the Climate Justice Walk 2023: A People’s Journey for Climate Justice in the lead up to the 10th anniversary of Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan).Climate and human rights advocates begin their 30-day solidarity walk in Manila on October 8, 2023 to Tacloban, Leyte for the Climate Justice Walk 2023: A People’s Journey for Climate Justice in the lead up to the 10th anniversary of Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan).
Climate and human rights advocates begin their 30-day solidarity walk in Manila on October 8, 2023 to Tacloban, Leyte for the Climate Justice Walk 2023: A People’s Journey for Climate Justice in the lead up to the 10th anniversary of Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan).
Photos by Inoue Jaena for Rappler.
– Rappler.com
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