It’s Past Time to Make Polluters Pay By Marinel Ubaldo Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/its-past-time-to-make-polluters-pay/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Climate_Finance_Will_Be_the_First_Casualty_of_Rising_Militarism_Nuclear_Testing_Threats_are_Returnin NEW YORK, Oct 1 2025 (IPS) - I was 16 years old when Super-Typhoon Haiyan tore through my community in Eastern Samar in the Philippines. It remains one of the deadliest storms in history, killing more than 6,000 people and displacing millions. My community lost everything: Loved ones, family homes and land, our ways to earn a living and rebuild, and our sense of safety all vanished overnight. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.