Senator Loren Legarda supported the push for countries to implement carbon pricing policies in order to meet the goal of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, which the Philippines, along with the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), further brought down to 1.5 degrees Celsius, in the Paris Agreement.
Read MoreSenator Loren Legarda today said that despite the challenges of being a developing archipelagic country with a hundred million population, the Philippines is carrying out efforts to move towards a blue economy.
At the High-Level event, “Towards a Blue Economy: Concrete Actions for Addressing the Ocean Health,” which is part of the 2018 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group, Legarda shared the challenges and actions being done by the Philippine government to protect and rehabilitate the country’s marine ecosystems.
Read MoreSenator Loren Legarda today stressed the gains of the Philippines in closing the gender gap while also identifying areas where stronger push for women empowerment is needed.
Legarda was a panelist at the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Gender Coffee Chat on “Advocating for Women’s Empowerment: Voices from the Field”, which is part of the 2018 Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group.
Read MoreSenator Loren Legarda has pushed for clean energy initiatives in her various meets at the sidelines of the 2018 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group in Washington D.C.
Read MoreAt the Second Annual High-Level Strategy Session (HLSS2) organized by AirQualityAsia (AQA) and the US-Asia Institute, Senator Loren Legarda today delivered a presentation on Parliamentary Leadership on Carbon Reduction Policies – Implementing the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on Clean Air and showcased Philippine laws and initiatives to improve air quality and reduce carbon emissions.
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