Last March 8, a day when the whole world celebrates International Women’s Day, a woman in the Philippine Senate showed the country why we must honor this gender. Senator Loren Legarda expertly steered in the upper chamber of our legislature the approval on second reading of the Senate resolution concurring with President Duterte’s ratification of the agreement.
Read MoreThe Philippine Senate on Tuesday unanimously concurred in the President’s accession to the Paris Agreement, said Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change who sponsored the Committee Report on the accord.
Twenty-two senators voted to approve the resolution seeking the Senate’s concurrence in the Paris Agreement.
Read MoreSpeech of Senator Loren Legarda
Senate Concurrence in the Accession to the Paris Agreement
14 March 2017 | Senate Session Hall
Mr. President, fellow members of the Senate, ladies and gentlemen:
I stand before you today as your Chair for the Committees on Climate Change and Finance, and apart from this duty, in my many years as public servant, I have learned to fight for what I believe is best for the environment and our people.
Since the Philippines’ signing of […]
Keynote Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Charting Our Resilient Future:
The Biodiversity and Ecosystem Approaches
A Multi-stakeholder Forum
13 March 2017 | EDSA Shangri-La, Mandaluyong City
Our biodiversity and the ecosystems that it helps function are essential to all forms of life on Earth.
The Philippines is very fortunate because not only is it one of the megadiverse countries, but it is also the center of the center of biodiversity, as proven in various expeditions where scientists and […]
The Senate has approved on second reading the Resolution Concurring in the Accession to the Paris Agreement after Senator Loren Legarda’s sponsorship on Wednesday evening.
Legarda, who chaired the Subcommittee on the Paris Agreement under the Committee on Foreign Relations, said the Senate is set to approve it on third reading next week, which would signal complete accession to the treaty.
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