Filipinos count cost of climate crisis as typhoons get ever more destructive

The Philippines adds little to global emissions but faces some of its worst effects in extreme weather. Climate justice is needed

A few days before Christmas, Super-typhoon Rai - known locally as Odette - ravaged the Philippines. The morning after the onslaught, on my way back to Iloilo City from San Jose, Antique, I could see the ocean still boiling; houses blown away and great trees knocked down, making roads impassable. The sights were terrifying.

Lost lives continue to climb two weeks on. Vast numbers of buildings were destroyed - from houses to schools; food crops lost to flooding. At first, I did not know what to feel - anger, helplessness? Later, I knew what I wanted: climate justice.