Environmental Science for Social Change

26/08/2026

📣 𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗡 𝗨𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 𝟮𝟯

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦?

Find out in the third anniversary episode of 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚, featuring 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘇𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮 and 𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝘆 𝗚𝗮𝗱𝗵𝗲𝗿 of the award-winning non-profit social enterprise Resurgence.

📅 27 August 2026 (Thursday)
⏰ 3:00 PM (UTC+8)
💻 Zoom

🔗Register now: https://up-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/1pg-wXIOSNGktSb33LfexA

This event is brought to you by the UP Resilience Institute – NOAH Center.

In partnership with:
Aqua Klima Inc.
Angat Kalikasan Pilipinas
Association of Filipino Forestry Students - UPLB, Inc.
Association of Geologists and Geological Engineers of Mapua
AVESS - Association of Viscan Environmental Science Students
Ateneo Institute of Sustainability - AIS
Biology Society LPU - Laguna
Communities for Resilience, Inc. - CFR
Culion Foundation, Inc.
Earth Island Institute Philippines
EcoLaya - Environmental Advocates
Environmental Science for Social Change
Future Earth Philippines
Geographic Society of the University of the Philippines ❨UP GeogSoc❩
Geological Organization of Partido State University
Greenpeace Philippines
Mapúa Malayan Colleges Laguna
SLSU Center for Hazard and Environmental Resource Mapping - CHERM
United Architects of the Philippines
UP Human Ecology Student Society
UP Resilience Institute YouthMappers
UP Society of Human Settlements Planners - UP HSP Soc
UPLB-Interdisciplinary Studies Center for INREM
YACAP National Capital Region Chapter
UNESCO International Geoscience Programme

26/08/2026

𝟮 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗚𝗢 ⌛⌛

Join us in 2 days for Episode 23 of the 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚 webinar series, featuring 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘇𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮, the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Lead, and 𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝘆 𝗚𝗮𝗱𝗵𝗲𝗿, the Director of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships for non-profit social enterprise Resurgence.

📅 27 August 2026 (Thursday)
⏰ 3:00 PM (UTC+8)
💻 Zoom

🔗Register now: https://up-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/1pg-wXIOSNGktSb33LfexA

This event is brought to you by the UP Resilience Institute – NOAH Center.

17/08/2026

Save the date: 20 August 2026, Thursday, 11:00am-12:30pm (SAST)/5:00pm-6:30pm (PHT)

Discussion on Transformational Adaptation with the CLARE community

ESSC, as one of the partners of the RURBANISE project in the Philippines, will share the key learnings of the RURBANISE project and join global experts at this CLARE Programme webinar. The online event presentations will share insights on how to enable Transformational Adaptation that moves climate research beyond short-term solutions to systemic change for vulnerable communities.

Zoom registration here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_a6mrYY8YQiGGpcumznVq5A #/registration

Project RURBANISE Homeless People's Federation Philippines Inc. - National Technical Assistance Movement for People and Environment, Inc. Philippine Action for Community-led Shelter Initiatives, Inc.

14/08/2026

When technological progress is freed from ethical responsibility, it can deepen inequalities, displace communities, and create more victims than beneficiaries. In the pursuit of economic and technological advancement, we must ask: Who benefits, who bears the cost, and who gets left behind?

As we embrace new technologies, may we never lose sight of the human person at the heart of development. Progress should serve humanity and not sacrifice it.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE: https://secretariatsjsa.wixsite.com/sjsa-ph/post/is-there-humanity-in-pax-silica

12/08/2026

"The Mobility Question for climate-vulnerable island barangays" is ESSC's presentation at the stakeholder gathering for the Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change (HMCCC) Framework and Mainstreaming Roadmap organized by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) on 12 August 2026. Ms Jenny Lynn Lee, RACPA Project Coordinator in the Philippines, shared findings and challenges in the accompaniment of island communities towards informed decision and increased climate resilience.
JRS Asia Pacific Region Caritas Australia Municipal Planning, Zoning & Development Coordination Office of Talibon GIZ Philippines and the Pacific Island Countries Nocnocan Wonderland

12/08/2026

ESSC sponsors a presentation on 12 August 2026 by Rowena Soriaga entitled “NbS-enabling Governance Frameworks: Multistakeholder Watershed Alliances and Participatory Climate-Resilient Barangay Development Planning” at the NbS Roadshow: Advancing Nature-Based Solutions for Climate and Disaster-Resilient Planning and Development Conference and Public Lectures.

Drawing from ESSC’s extensive work with the Asia Forest Network and its current program on Research and Advocacy for Climate Policy and Action (RACPA), the talk highlights collaborative governance mechanisms for nature-based solutions and locally led adaptation.

The activity is organized by the Philippine Institute of Environmental Planners (PIEP)-Bohol Chapter from 12 to 14 August 2026 at the Provincial Capitol in Tagbilaran City, Bohol.

Read more: https://sites.google.com/view/nbsboholroadshow2026/home

Provincial Government of Bohol JRS Asia Pacific Region Municipal Planning, Zoning & Development Coordination Office of Talibon Nocnocan Wonderland Caritas Australia

03/08/2026

The Jesuits for Climate Justice Campaign (JCJC) presents this updated Statement for COP31.

As people of faith, we reaffirm our urgent responsibility to protect our common home and defend climate justice for the most vulnerable. Grounded in Catholic Social Teaching and the lived realities of impacted communities that we accompany—especially Indigenous Peoples, frontline communities, and those historically marginalized—we call on global leaders and negotiators to seize the remaining window to limit warming, end the fossil fuel era, and ensure a just transition centered on human dignity and ecological healing.

Together with many people of goodwill inside and outside the Church, we seek to amplify the voices of frontline communities, defend the rights of Indigenous Peoples, and press for equitable, science-based policies that deliver reparative finance, safeguard human rights, and accelerate an inclusive transition beyond fossil fuels.

We invite all Jesuits, partners, and friends of the Society of Jesus to join us in this work: to pray, to learn, and to act in solidarity with those most affected by climate injustice by signing the statement below as individual or on behalf of your institutions.

The full statement and policy brief can be accessed here:
https://giansj.org/jesuits-for-climate-justice-campaign-statement-and-policy-brief/

25/07/2026

21/07/2026

This week we welcomed Fr Pedro Walpole, a long-term friend of our organisation and Director of Research at the Institute of Environmental Science for Social Change (ESSC) in the Philippines, to our team in Alice Springs, Northern Territory.

Based in Mindanao and a leader of GIAN Ecology with Ecojesuit, part of the Global Ignatian Advocacy Network, Pedro works at the intersection of environmental science and social justice across the Asia Pacific region. He is currently collaborating with Jesuit Social Services on a series of online learning engagements for young Indigenous people across Oceania and Asia Pacific in the lead-up to COP31.

Pedro's visit to Alice Springs was an opportunity to connect directly with First Peoples, deepen his understanding of challenges like extreme heat and climate change in the region, and explore future collaboration with our Centre for Just Places. We look forward to welcoming him to Melbourne next week to continue the conversation.