Legarda: Accelerate Adaptation Through Local Climate Action

October 17, 2018

Advocacy must be translated into local climate action, said Senator Loren Legarda as she stressed the need to capacitate local governments and communities to accelerate adaptation to climate change impacts.

At the launch of the Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA)—jointly headed by former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Bill Gates, and World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva—Legarda, who is one of the Commissioners along with more than 20 other leaders from around the globe, said that while national policies, financing and convergence across all sectors are needed to address climate change impacts, these should all translate to actual local action.

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Legarda Joins Ban Ki-moon, Bill Gates-Led Global Commission on Adaptation

October 16, 2018

In her continuing advocacy to advance climate resilience, especially of the Philippines and other climate-vulnerable nations, Senator Loren Legarda has accepted the invitation to be a Commissioner of the Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA).

 

The GCA is headed by former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Bill Gates, and World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva and was formally launched today, October 16, 2018, at The Hague, Netherlands. Its managing partners are the Global Center on Adaptation based in Rotterdam, Netherlands and World Resources Institute (WRI) based in Washington, D.C.

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Inday Loren, Top Choice of Antiqueños for Congress

October 16, 2018

Senator Loren Legarda is the choice of seven out of ten Antiqueños to be their representative in Congress.

 

In a survey conducted by Random Access Consultants, Inc. (RACI) from September 15-19, 2018, 71.7 percent of Antiqueños want Legarda to be the Representative of the Lone District of the Province of Antique. Only 24.7 percent chose former Governor Exequiel Javier.

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