A climate group has urged President Rodrigo Duterte to call for a stop to the country’s reliance on coal and instead start a shift to renewable energy (RE).

At a media briefing in Quezon City, Ian Rivera, national coordinator of the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ), on Wednesday said they have marked August 24 as the start of a nationwide campaign to start the phase-out of coal and immediate shift to RE.

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