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The Philippines aims to reach its target of generating 50% of its energy from renewable energy sources by 2040. But small communities in the north are bearing the brunt of extreme heat and flooding caused by the clean energy rush.
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00:00Music
00:29We haven't been able to stay in Bukid.
00:32We were about 10 o'clock to 11 o'clock, but now it's not possible.
00:38It should be about 8 o'clock, because it's so hot.
00:42It's hard to get to work in Bukid because it's hot.
00:48They want to work on the day.
00:54If you're working, you're afraid.
00:59If you're working, you don't know.
01:04They're going to get to work there.
01:06If you're working, you're going to get to work there.
01:18When we were here, it was really cold.
01:22There's no food that's often in our place.
01:28Until here, there's no solar.
01:34If there's solar, it's higher.
01:38Until here, when there's solar.
01:42We don't have solar.
01:44We don't need to go.
01:48A solar.
01:50We can't see that.
01:52We can't see that.
01:53It's off-screen.
01:55We can't see it either.
01:57We can't see that.
01:59If I can walk back then, we can't see that.
02:02We can see that.
02:04We can see that.
02:07We can't see that, but we can't see that.
02:11barrier. For me, I don't want the solar.
02:27When you cut a tree, much more, 30,000 trees, you destroy the forest, the watershed that has
02:37been the source of livelihoods and other eco-services to the people and the community.
02:46So definitely, it will intensify climate impacts on the community.
02:55Renewable energy projects, especially utility scale, are projects like big solar farms, wind
03:04farms are good because it ensures that people now can access affordable electricity and at
03:17the same time contributes to the global effort to mitigate greenhouse gases emissions, which
03:26exacerbate the climate crisis.
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