Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda has stated that loss and damage brought about by natural disasters harm the people’s livelihood and the country’s economy.
In her privilege speech during the resumption of the session on Monday, she noted that the country had incurred losses of about P506.1 billion from climate-related hazards despite contributing only 0.3 percent of the planet’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
This amount, she said, equates to a combined total annual budget of the Department of Health (DOH) […]
Message of Senate President Pro Tempore
HONORABLE LOREN LEGARDA
Virtual Learning Session for Publicly Listed Companies
Business and Environmental Sustainability: Achieving the Balance
7-8 November 2022
Good day to all our colleagues. I would like to extend my thanks to the Securities and Exchange Commission and Oceana for inviting me to this session focusing on environmental policies and regulations that affect and impact the health and resiliency of the people and ocean anchored on Sustainable Development Goals. I would particularly like […]
Privilege Speech
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA
Senate President Pro Tempore
Senate of the Philippines
State of Climate Action: The Philippine Scenario
Mr. President, distinguished colleagues:
The Philippines is now the country with the highest disaster risk in the world.
The World Risk Report 2022 assessed the level of exposure, susceptibility, and lack of coping and adaptive capacities of countries from disaster and climate risks and hazards and we came out as the most vulnerable.
This is no longer new to us. Year after year, we’ve […]
As the country observes National Zero Waste Month and the 22nd anniversary of the Ecological Solid Waste Management (ESWM) Act this January, Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda joined the Climate Change Commission (CCC) and environmental groups in lobbying for the urgent passage of a national regulation towards a phase out and eventual ban of single-use plastics, during the ribbon-cutting of the #PlasticFreePilipinasSaSenate photo exhibit.
Legarda filed a bill called the “Single-Use Plastics Regulation and Management Act of 2022” which will […]
Acceptance Speech of Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda
January 18, 2023
Residence of the Italian Ambassador
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Buona sera a tutti.
It is immensely an honor to receive the prestigious Order of Merit from the Italian Republic. I am extremely grateful to the Italian Republic, President Sergio Mattarella, to my good friend Senator Pier Ferdinando Casini, and to His Excellency Marco Clemente, and everyone else involved with this recognition.
The Philippine and Italian partnership and cooperation are essential to our […]
