Sen.Loren Legarda urged all Filipinos on Tuesday to be “environmental heroes” just like national hero Dr. Jose Rizal who had a special commitment to environmental care and management.
She made the call as the 119th death anniversary of Rizal will be commemorated on Wednesday, December 30.
“SHE had the gravitas not many people have. Sometimes she is also childlike.”
This was how Senator Loren Legarda remembered the editor in chief of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc, who passed away on Christmas Eve.
As this year’s observance of International Human Rights Day coincides with a critical climate change conference in Paris, Senator Loren Legarda stressed on Thursday (Dec. 10, 2015) the urgent need to address the climate crisis as a way of upholding basic human rights.
Legarda chairs the Senate finance committee and is a reserve officer in the Armed Forces of the Philippines. She heads the smaller chamber’s contingent in the conference committee on the 2016 budget.
The right to life is the most basic of all human rights.
Therefore, the survival of mankind should be the universal goal and commitment of international leaders and the world community as a whole.
As the world celebrates International Human Rights Day, the importance or urgency of global action to slow down, if not reverse, climate change or global warming can never be over-emphasized.
At least, this was the consensus at the Paris climate talks among leaders of both developed and developing countries […]
With world leaders in the thick of talks to produce a binding global agreement on mitigating the effects of climate change, Senator Loren Legarda urged the international community to commit to implementing a “holistic solution” to the problem.
In a video message for environmental group Greenpeace’s side event at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) in Paris last Friday, Legarda also called on countries to seek climate justice because it is a human right.
Senator Loren Legarda, Senate Climate Change Committee chairwoman, sought yesterday, congressional passage of her Senate Bill No. 337 (Soil and Water Conservation Act) which seeks to promote soil and water conservation technologies and approaches for sustainable land management.
Legarda warned that the current land degradation in 13 million hectares of arable land is likely to contribute to widespread and severe poverty in the rural areas.
Senator Loren Legarda has been appointed at the Paris UN Climate Conference (COP 21) as a Global Champion for Resilience, the special representative of the UN Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction said.
The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), in a press statement, said Legarda has been vigorously supporting disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, nationally and internationally, through legislation, policy leadership, and advocacy.
“We hope that she will inspire many more governments, parliamentarians, mayors and citizens to […]
PARIS, 1 December 2015 – The veteran campaigner and advocate, Senator Loren Legarda, has been recognized at the Paris UN Climate Conference, COP21, as a Global Champion for Resilience.
The appointment was announced by Ms. Margareta Wahlström, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction, yesterday at the Climate Vulnerable Forum High Level Meeting.
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) has named Senator Loren Legarda as its first global champion for resilience during the Climate Vulnerable Forum High Level Event Monday.
Legarda was not able to personally receive the certificate of appointment as she needs to return to the Philippines to preside over bicameral conference committee discussing the proposed P3 trillion budget for next year.