November 10, 2015
Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Top Leaders Forum 2015: AR!SE Philippines Launch
10 November 2015 | SMX Convention Center
Globally, economic losses due to disasters are taking a toll on development. These losses will continue to escalate unless disaster risk reduction and management becomes integral to national development plans and business investment strategies.
In its Global Assessment Report (GAR) on Disaster Risk Reduction 2015, the United Nations said that economic losses from disasters are now reaching an average of US$250 […]
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November 9, 2015
To avert the serious consequences of global warming, Senator Loren Legarda today emphasized the need to take urgent and aggressive climate action and demanded developed nations to commit more in fighting climate change.
“We are in the position to demand because as developing nations, who are the least emitters of greenhouse gas, we bear the brunt of climate change,” Legarda stressed as she welcomed today participants of the Sherpa Senior Officers Meeting of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) held at the Diamond Hotel.
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November 9, 2015
Keynote Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Sherpa Senior Officers Meeting of the
Climate Vulnerable Forum
9 November 2015 | Diamond Hotel, Manila
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the Philippines for the third global meeting of the Climate Vulnerable Forum.
I believe we are here today not to discuss the theoretical merits of doing something versus doing nothing about the climate crisis. The signs are all around us. The numbers speak for themselves. It is […]
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November 7, 2015
Senator Loren Legarda today said that there are more lessons to be learned following the devastation of Super Typhoon Yolanda two years ago.
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November 6, 2015
NEOGAN, a tiny village in Tagaytay city, is home to the Philippines’ only world-class restaurant (Antonio’s is the only restaurant in the country to have made it to the Miele Guide to Asia’s top 50 restaurants), and the weekend retreat of Senator Loren Legarda. It is also home to many poor residents, whose houses are little more than hovels.
What they all share, situated at the heart of the village, is an empty lot turned eco-park. Cheerful rows of medicinal plants […]
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