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UN body names Legarda Global Champion for Resilience

December 1, 2015

Senator Loren Legarda has been named the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction’s (UNISDR) Global Champion for Resilience.

Legarda’s appointment was announced by Margareta Wahlstrom, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction, on November 30 at the Climate Vulnerable Forum High Level Meeting at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference or COP21.

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PH can’t afford failure of Paris climate talks, says Legarda

December 1, 2015

THE PHILIPPINES cannot afford a failure of the Paris climate conference, Sen. Loren Legarda said Monday.

“If nations will not agree and commit to a climate deal that will limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, we will experience more of ‘Ondoy,’ ‘Pepeng,’ ‘Yolanda,’ [monsoon]-induced rains, and stronger episodes of El Niño,” Legarda, chair of the Senate committee on climate change, said in a statement.

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UNISDR Appoints Legarda as Global Champion for Resilience

December 1, 2015

Senator Loren Legarda is now the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction’s (UNISDR) Global Champion for Resilience.

The appointment was announced by Margareta Wahlstrom, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction, on November 30 at the Climate Vulnerable Forum High Level Meeting at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference or COP 21.

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Legarda: Nations Must Agree to Limit Global Warming to 1.5°C

November 30, 2015

As United Nations member states converge in France today, November 30, for the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change or COP 21, Senator Loren Legarda said that nations must agree to limit global warming to 1.5°C.

“What good is a list of achievements if Paris fails to set a target that aims for 1.5 degrees? If Paris fails to set clear long-term goals — if the outcome in Paris is mute about the absolutely undeniable need for global decarbonization by or before 2050, all the efforts of vulnerable countries will not be enough to stem the crisis,” she stressed.

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Message: Climate Vulnerable Forum High Level Event

November 30, 2015

Message of Senator Loren Legarda
Climate Vulnerable Forum High Level Event
30 November 2015
We may be vulnerable but we are not incapable.
The Philippines and other nations in the Climate Vulnerable Forum are committed to making the world a safer and livable place for future generations. We know how it is to become victims of a phenomenon we did not cause. We do not want our children or anyone’s children to be victims as well.
We can talk about the […]

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