THE Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior ship arrives in Tacloban City on Feb. 28, the last stop on the Philippine leg of its tour around southeast Asia to campaign for environmental protection and climate justice. Tacloban is part of the Eastern Visayas Region that was hit hardest by super typhoon Haiyan (local name: Yolanda) in 2013. More than 6,000 people died from the storm and thousands more displaced. Greenpeace, in a statement, said, “The Rainbow Warrior is in the region to support communities in pressuring governments and corporations to take immediate action on climate change.”
