It comes just one week after the Philippines was hit by Goni, the most powerful typhoon seen in the country in seven years.

At least 42 people have lost their lives and 20 others are missing after Typhoon Vamco made landfall in the Philippines.

Flooding on the largest island, Luzon, caused landslides, cut off roads and forced many to flee their homes. Tens of thousands of people have sought shelter in evacuation centres, including in the capital Manila.

The Philippines has become known for the typhoons and super typhoons that make landfall in the archipelago, but why does it seem like they are more frequent and more destructive every year?

In this interactive workshop, we’ll be covering climate change and climate justice, discussing how typhoons in the Philippines have an impact on people beyond the country, and what you can do about it.

This event is part of Kanlungan Filipino Consortium’s Philippines Typhoon Appeall to fund relief efforts in the most remote areas of the Bicol region, led by our partner, Lingap Gabriela. A percentage of donations will go to the families of Gabriela London and Filipino Domestic Workers Association UK (FDWA-UK) members, who have been affected by the typhoon. We are working closely with our partner Lingap Gabriela, which will start relief operations on 13 November. We urgently need your help to reach people who are worst affected. To donate, click here

This workshop will be led by Renee Karunungan, a climate justice campaigner with over 10 years experience, originally from the Philippines. She is currently a doctoral researcher at Loughborough University investigating how Facebook has impacted Philippine democracy. She also holds a BA in Communication Arts from the University of the Philippines Los Banos and a MSc in Media and International Development from the University of East Anglia. She was named by The Guardian a s ayoung climate campaigner to watch before the UN’s Paris Summit in 2015 and was a recipient of the Chevening scholarship in 2017.