The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior is in the Philippines for the “Balangaw: the Climate Justice Tour”. The ship’s tour aims to highlight efforts of the people who are reclaiming their rights to safe and ecologically sourced food, rights to resilient and thriving oceans, and to witness how the people are taking their power back by telling stories of survival and hope.

The ship is in the country to provide a platform for communities who are already dealing with the impacts of the climate crisis, such as indigenous peoples, farmers, fisherfolk, youth, and others. Their call is for fossil fuel companies and governments to stop business-as-usual, since they are failing to respect and protect their rights to life, to health, to their culture and way-of-life, to livelihood and an adequate standard of living, and to a stable climate and healthy environment.
The Rainbow Warrior’s tour in the Philippines, dubbed as “Balangaw: The Climate Justice Ship Tour”, is part of its 5-month “Climate Change & People Power” tour of Southeast Asia. The Philippine leg started February 14-18 in Manila, followed by a protest action at the Shell Batangas refinery on February 21.[1] From Guimaras, the ship will sail to Tacloban in Eastern Visayas, arriving on February 28 and staying until March 4, before it sails on to Indonesia.