A LARGE group of environmentalists in Marikina City have urged local and national candidates in the forthcoming midterm elections “to stand up for corporate accountability and to make polluters pay climate-affected communities for damages.”
This as Greenpeace Philippines, in partnership with Marikina Kontra Agos, organized a Green Electoral Forum on April 26, 2025, aimed at elevating climate action and corporate accountability as the top of the political agenda of local and national candidates.
The exercise brought together local candidates, environmental organizations, and community leaders to discuss sustainable solutions for the pressing flooding issues affecting Eastern Metro Manila and Rizal province
“This forum shows that there are long-term green solutions to the flooding of Marikina that are not limited to infrastructure projects. It likewise challenges the city’s candidates to include the protection of the whole Marikina River system, and the Upper Marikina Watershed, into their platforms,” the group said in a statement.
