COP 21: Legarda named global champion for resilience

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 […]

UN hails Legarda as ‘global champion for resilience’

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.

UN body names Legarda Global Champion for Resilience

Senator Loren Legarda has been named the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction’s (UNISDR) Global Champion for Resilience.

Legarda’s appointment was announced by Margareta Wahlstrom, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction, on November 30 at the Climate Vulnerable Forum High Level Meeting at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference or COP21.

PH can’t afford failure of Paris climate talks, says Legarda

THE PHILIPPINES cannot afford a failure of the Paris climate conference, Sen. Loren Legarda said Monday.

“If nations will not agree and commit to a climate deal that will limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, we will experience more of ‘Ondoy,’ ‘Pepeng,’ ‘Yolanda,’ [monsoon]-induced rains, and stronger episodes of El Niño,” Legarda, chair of the Senate committee on climate change, said in a statement.