Below is the full text of the “Manila Call to Action on Climate Change,” a joint statement of the Philippines and France launched in Malacañang on February 26, 2015, on the occasion of the state visit of French President Francois Hollande.
Senator Loren Legarda and French actress Marion Cotillard, an environmental activist who is part of the French delegation, read the statement at the Palace ceremony.
(1) We, the heads of State of the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of […]
Joint Philippines-France Manila Call to Action on Climate Change
(1) We, the Heads of State of the Republic of the Philippines and of the Republic of France, along with leading individuals from different countries committed to climate action gathered in Manila today, wish to engage the international community, all stakeholders and world opinion, on the urgency of addressing climate change seriously, efficiently, and equitably.
(2) Less than a year ahead of the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework […]
Nicolas Hulot, French President François Hollande’s Special Envoy for the Protection of the Planet
Loren Legarda, Chair of the Philippine Senate Committees on Climate Change, Environment and Natural Resources
Published in the Huffington Post
In the Philippines as elsewhere around the world, climate change is driving risk and multiplying the impact of all the other drivers of risk such as poverty, population growth, poor urban planning and eco-system decline.
If good intentions were enough, then the Philippines would be a world leader in building […]
The Consequences of Inaction
Statement delivered by Senator Loren Legarda at the forum
“Towards COP 21: The civil society mobilized for the climate”
26 February 2015 at the National Museum, Manila
President François Hollande,
Secretary Albert del Rosario,
Special Envoy Nicolas Hulot,
Commissioner Lucille Sering,
Distinguished guests,
Good afternoon.
I am grateful to President Hollande for the opportunity of addressing this forum.
This assembly bears a mark of distinction. Forty-three years ago on this day, then UN Secretary-General U Thant signed the Earth Day Proclamation. Margaret Mead, one of the co-signatories of […]
On the occasion of the historic first visit of a French President to the Philippines, Senator Loren Legarda today stressed the urgent need for nations to undertake collective action against climate change and its impacts.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committees on Climate Change, and Environment and Natural Resources, highlights the consequences of inaction at the forum, “Towards COP 21: The civil society mobilized for the climate”, organized by the French Embassy as part of the state visit of French President Francois […]
