August 11, 2023
MESSAGE OF SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE LOREN LEGARDA
ASEAN Biodiversity Heroes Forum
ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)
11 August 2023
Young men and women, esteemed leaders, and fellow biodiversity advocates, I am making an earnest call to action. On this day, here, at the ASEAN Biodiversity Heroes Forum, we must recognize that the ability of the race and the species to survive and avoid extirpation lies in the hands of our youth – you, the inspiring individuals who can snatch life on the planet […]
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August 10, 2023
KEYNOTE MESSAGE OF SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE LOREN LEGARDA
ASIAN CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND DISASTER RESILIENCE (ACCCDR)
10 August 2023
To the Asian Institute of Management, our distinguished speakers, and participants from the national government agencies, local government units, private sector, local and international non-profit and non-government organizations, and the academe, good morning.
At the outset, allow me to acknowledge and recognize the significance of holding the Asian Conference on Climate Change and Disaster Resilience here in Manila.
We meet together as […]
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August 8, 2023
Senate of the Philippines
PRIVILEGE SPEECH
Senate President Pro Tempore
LOREN LEGARDA
“Taking on the Climate Change Challenge Together”
08 August 2023
Mr. Senate President, dear colleagues, my beloved fellow Filipinos:
Long before Ondoy and Yolanda, I sounded the alarm in the halls of the Senate on the dangers of climate change. Now I stand before fellow lawmakers of the 19th Congress yet again as climate change and its impacts continue to worsen and bear down heavily on us all.
Climate change is undeniably the global […]
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