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 the Philippines’ just energy transition is shaping up in communities most affected by it.

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 and Cupin about their coverage, the grief and trauma following what locals call “the tragedy,” and the long road to Cebu’s recovery.

https://www.rappler.com/environment/disasters/the-green-report-cebu-earthquake-road-recovery/

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 crusade to become the first Filipino in space.

https://www.rappler.com/science/earth-space/the-green-report-first-filipino-space-soon/

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.

https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-filipina-climate-activist-international-court-justice/

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 ambitious negotiators have to be to push out a truly historic deal.

https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-can-world-beat-plastic-pollution/

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-seas-philippines-anna-oposa/

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, Rappler environment editor Jee Geronimo and reporter Iya Gozum make the case for running not just as an exercise but also as an opportunity to take up space outdoors. https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-episode-joy-running/