Legarda on Starting a Low Carbon Lifestyle: Conserve Water

April 19, 2016

Senator Loren Legarda today said that one way to start a low carbon lifestyle is to undertake water conservation initiatives.

Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, stressed the importance of water management in the battle against climate change and the devastating impact of depleting water resource.

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Legarda: Expect hotter days due to climate change

April 16, 2016

MABALACAT CITY — Senator Loren Legarda said that Filipinos should expect a rise in hotter days and consistently hotter years because of climate change.

Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, made the statement following reports that the heat index in the past days has reached danger levels.

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Legarda Rallies Fellow Parliamentarians from Vulnerable Nations to Unite in Ratifying Paris Climate Agreement

April 16, 2016

Senator Loren Legarda has urged her fellow parliamentarians from countries that are most vulnerable to climate change impacts to immediately ratify the Paris Agreement.

In her capacity as the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction’s Global Champion for Resilience and Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, Legarda wrote parliamentarians of member countries of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), which collectively represents one billion people highly vulnerable to climate change impacts, encouraging them to sign and ratify the Paris Agreement as soon as possible for its early entry into force.

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Legarda: More Hotter Days Expected If We Don’t Act on Climate Change

April 14, 2016

Senator Loren Legarda today said that Filipinos should expect a rise in hotter days and consistently hotter years because of climate change.

Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, made the statement following reports that the heat index in the past days has reached danger levels.

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Still underspending up to now

April 11, 2016

Senator Loren Legarda called for this separate Senate inquiry in Manila in her capacity as chairperson of both the Senate committees on finance and climate change. Legarda looked into the Kidapawan protest staged by El Niño-affected farmers and fisher folks that was reportedly infiltrated by left-leaning militants who instigated trouble. Reports reaching Manila have it that farmers and fisher folks were promised sacks of rice for their starving families following the long drought that damaged their rice and corn crops.

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