A day after the 2016 Presidential Elections, Senator Loren Legarda said that the country must now “move forward amid divisive politics.”
“We have seen again democracy at work as more than 81% of Filipino voters upheld their right to choose the new leaders of the nation. But now that the election is over, and as we await the official results, we must move towards reconciliation and unity. Let us support the democratically elected President and other officials,” said Legarda.
As the nation celebrates Oceans Month this May, Senator Loren Legarda today renewed her call to safeguard the world’s oceans from climate change impacts through the sustainable management and protection of marine and coastal ecosystems.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change and UNISDR Global Champion for Resilience, said, “Studies have shown that oceans have acidified, having absorbed about a third of the carbon dioxide emitted, which has caused coral bleaching.”
MANILA/SAN JOSÉ – On April 22, dignitaries representing no fewer than 175 parties signed the global climate change agreement concluded in Paris in December, setting a record for the adoption of an international accord. The show of support is heartening. It provides hope that the momentum that led to the breakthrough deal in December remains undiminished.
Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Rotary Club of Makati Luncheon
3 May 2016 | Manila Peninsula Hotel
It is with great pleasure that I take part in this gathering to encourage Rotarians to take a more active role in finding solutions to the growing social, economic and development challenges caused by environmental degradation and disasters arising from natural hazards made stronger by climate change.
We are living in a world with finite resources and yet generations have lived over the centuries like […]
Excellencies, Fellow Parliamentarians, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Good morning and thank you for this opportunity to make an intervention for this session.
Exactly a week ago, on Earth Day, 175 nations, including the Philippines, formally signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Now, we await the affirmation of commitments through the completion of ratification or accession processes of each country.
