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Filipina environment and climate journalist
Gaea is a freelance journalist covering climate change and environmental issues through a social justice lens. Her stories have appeared on Inside Climate News, Eos, Dialogue Earth, and Philstar.com. She is a member of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network, and has earned fellowships from The Outlaw Ocean Institute, Earth Journalism Network, Stanley Center for Peace and Security, and Climate Tracker.
In 2024, Gaea won an award for a story about climate education in the Philippines from the Covering Climate Now Awards. Judges called the work "nuts and bolts service journalism at its best."
Gaea is currently based in New York City. She is pursuing a Master's degree in Journalism, specializing in Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting at New York University.
Reach Gaea at cabicogaea@gmail.com.
My Work
How the Philippines fails its migrant fishers
The Philippine government promises to protect its citizens who seek employment opportunities abroad. Too often, those workers fall through the cracks.
Philippines faces challenges in balancing green energy needs with community rights
Nickel extraction in Brooke's Point, crucial for clean energy, promises economic and social gains but threatens the Palaw'an indigenous community.
Palawan folk fight for future as world scrambles for critical minerals
The Philippines' push for nickel extraction highlights the social and environmental costs of the global rush for renewable energy.
Teachers need resources, curriculum flexibility to make climate change education stick
Filipino science teachers say that what the country needs is more skills training for educators and answers to the country’s classroom and learning resource shortages.
Climate change is a societal issue. Why is teaching it limited to memorizing science?
Despite facing heightened climate risks, climate change remains largely absent from Filipino classrooms.
Strong enforcement, halt to destruction needed to reverse decades of neglect of Upper Marikina watershed
Forest rangers of a conservation organization face increasing threats due to weak law enforcement and insufficient support.
Pools, ‘plunderers’ make Upper Marikina watershed conservation a hard and perilous task
Pool owners and quarry companies threaten a critical watershed in the Philippines and its guardians.
In the Philippines, medical waste piles up as COVID-19 cases rise
As COVID-19 case numbers soared, the Philippines also witnessed a dramatic increase in medical waste.
Fed by the waters
An airport project threatens the lives of fishers in a small village called Taliptip in Bulacan province, their livelihood, and food security.
