The route of the bike ride started at Freedom Park along Roxas Avenue, tto MacArthur Highway, Quimpo Boulevard, and back to Freedom Park.
Davao Sustainable Movement in its report said that through bike riding, the organizers and participants expressed their solidarity and demands to highlight the gravity of the climate crisis and the urgency of bold, ambitious, just, and equitable climate solutions.
The activity also aims to raise awareness on the worsening impacts of climate change and to pressure governments and corporations to take urgent and necessary actions.
The group also demanded an urgent resolution to various local environmental issues in the city such as refusing dirty energy, rejecting WTE (Waste To Energy) incineration, and instead investing in true zero waste solutions.
They are also calling on the city to increase green spaces in the city, saving heritage trees, urban wetlands, and watersheds.
Rara Ada, the Campaign Coordinator of the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice said that it is high time for highly-urbanized cities such as Davao to intensify its support for renewable and clean energy and stop dependence on deadly fossil fuels, improve its roads to be conducive for bikers and pedestrians, and invest more in green infrastructure.
This effort, according to her, will ultimately help in the fight against climate change.
Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS) Executive Director Lawyer Mark Peñalver said that cities are now becoming major sources of higher carbon emissions due to unsustainable development in the area of transportation, infrastructure, energy, and industry.
He said cities should improve public transportation and cut travel time and time spent on the road to reduce carbon emitted by vehicles.
He added that cities should invest more in green infrastructure and incorporate nature-based designs in order to mitigate flooding and reduce the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect
Photos: Davao Sustainable Movement
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