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Legarda on Starting a Low Carbon Lifestyle: Conserve Water

April 19, 2016

Senator Loren Legarda today said that one way to start a low carbon lifestyle is to undertake water conservation initiatives.

Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, stressed the importance of water management in the battle against climate change and the devastating impact of depleting water resource.

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Keynote Speech: Public Forum Assessing Compliance of LGUs’ Implementation of RA 9003

April 18, 2016

Keynote Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Public Forum Assessing Compliance of LGUs’ Implementation of RA 9003
18 April 2016 | Leyte Normal University, Tacloban City
“Each year hundreds of millions of tons of waste are generated, much of it non-biodegradable, highly toxic and radioactive, from homes and businesses, from construction and demolition sites, from clinical, electronic and industrial sources. The Earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth.”
 
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Legarda: Expect hotter days due to climate change

April 16, 2016

MABALACAT CITY — Senator Loren Legarda said that Filipinos should expect a rise in hotter days and consistently hotter years because of climate change.

Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, made the statement following reports that the heat index in the past days has reached danger levels.

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Legarda Rallies Fellow Parliamentarians from Vulnerable Nations to Unite in Ratifying Paris Climate Agreement

April 16, 2016

Senator Loren Legarda has urged her fellow parliamentarians from countries that are most vulnerable to climate change impacts to immediately ratify the Paris Agreement.

In her capacity as the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction’s Global Champion for Resilience and Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, Legarda wrote parliamentarians of member countries of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), which collectively represents one billion people highly vulnerable to climate change impacts, encouraging them to sign and ratify the Paris Agreement as soon as possible for its early entry into force.

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Legarda: More Hotter Days Expected If We Don’t Act on Climate Change

April 14, 2016

Senator Loren Legarda today said that Filipinos should expect a rise in hotter days and consistently hotter years because of climate change.

Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, made the statement following reports that the heat index in the past days has reached danger levels.

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