June 10, 2015
Sen. Loren Legarda on Tuesday said the Philippines’ approval of 21 new coal-fired power plant projects in the past five years ran counter to its commitment to reduce carbon emissions and address the factors that contribute to climate change.
According to Legarda, such a situation puts into question the country’s call for sustainable development and deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
The Philippines has been taking an active role in addressing climate change as it is among those that acutely feel its […]
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June 9, 2015
Senator Loren Legarda today said the Philippines should lead by example in reducing carbon emissions as it calls for urgent climate action.
Legarda said during the hearing of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, which she chairs, that the country’s intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) should reflect its strong stance towards deep cuts in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as a way to mitigate climate change.
“The Philippines, as third highest in the world in terms of vulnerability to weather-related extreme events based […]
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June 7, 2015
Senator Loren Legarda today renewed her call for humanity to uphold the concept of inter-generational responsibility—the responsibility of every generation to ensure that succeeding generations will continue to enjoy a balanced and healthful ecology.
Legarda, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, echoed United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s call on World Environment Day (June 5) to “increase the quality of life for all people without increasing environmental degradation, and without compromising the resource needs of future generations.”
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June 5, 2015
“There are a lot of lessons to be learned in the tragedy that was caused by Supertyphoon Yolanda and that is what we want to impart through this film. We hope that more people would be aware of the need to strengthen our resilience to disasters,” said Senator Loren Legarda as she welcomed guests to the Philippine premiere of ‘Taklub’, which was shown as the opening film of the 20th French Film Festival on June 3, 2015.
‘Taklub’, the advocacy film […]
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June 4, 2015
Senator Loren Legarda, through whose effort along with those of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Presidential Communications Operations Office-Philippine Information Agency the film got government funding, also graced the event. She echoed the ambassador’s sentiments, saying that the film’s main goal was to highlight disaster preparedness.
“When Yolanda happened so unfortunately in 2013, director Mendoza and I talked about how we can help the people to understand of risk reduction and climate change adaptation,” she said, adding […]
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