Joel Chester “Cheng” Pagulayan

Joel Chester Pagulayan, or Cheng (siya/they/he), is Oxfam Pilipinas’ climate justice portfolio manager and has been active in the climate and justice space in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. A licensed environmental planner, Cheng commits to promoting environmental and social justice in their climate and energy advocacies. Concurrently, Cheng is Aksyon Klima Pilipinas steering committee member as its Just Transition focal point, and a CSO member of the Multistakeholder Group of the Philippine Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (PH-EITI). He completed a degree in development communication at the University of the Philippines and is pursuing a master’s degree in degrowth at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.