February 8, 2017
Keynote Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Media Forum on Water Security and Climate Change
8 February 2017 | Dusit Thani Hotel, Makati City
Water is a basic need yet it is a resource that we have taken for granted. Perhaps the seeming abundance of it—as the Earth is composed of two-thirds water—creates a sense of complacency without realizing that of all the world’s water, only 0.5% is suitable for human consumption.
This forum is very timely. Two days ago, I […]
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February 7, 2017
Senator Loren Legarda today renewed her call for the country and all nations to aim for the 1.5°C global warming limit, stressing that it is a matter of survival.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change and UN Global Champion for Resilience, made the statement as she convened a consultative meeting on the establishment of local climate change action plans (LCCAP).
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February 6, 2017
Senator Loren Legarda
Opening Statement
Hearing of the Senate Committee on Climate Change
6 February 2017
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you all to today’s hearing of the Senate Committee on Climate Change.
I would like to thank all our resource persons as your insights will be very valuable as we discuss the way forward, now that all key agencies have expressed their concurrence in the government’s ratification of the Paris Agreement. At this point that […]
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February 6, 2017
In anticipation of the country’s ratification of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, Senator Loren Legarda today said that the convergence of all government agencies is crucial in addressing the impacts of climate change and transitioning towards a low carbon economy.
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February 6, 2017
Senator Loren Legarda
Privilege Speech on Water Security
6 February 2017 | Senate Session Hall
Mr. President,
I rise on a matter of personal and collective privilege to draw special attention to one of the most basic needs of our existence yet it is a resource that we have taken for granted—water.
Man can live for several weeks without food, but a few days without water would be detrimental to one’s health. Our body, after all, is made up of about […]
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