degradation now see behind me the protests it s really like playful they re cartoon characters or people on stilts but the students are very clear make no mistake they re very serious about demanding climate justice and the serious response from the government they want the government to declare a climate emergency here in the philippines ok now the philippines are of course at a special risk of a climate change with the global warming with so many arlen s an archipelago so what challenges is the philippines facing. the philippines is listed as the 3rd most climate vulnerable country and the world and the 1st to feel the effects of climate change are really the people that the peripherals of society these are the ones who live in the coastal areas are the ones who are for. harming and also those who live in urban poor or marginalized