March 15, 2015
Sendai, Japan – Philippine legislators are seeking the amendment of the Climate Change Act and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Management Act to fill the gaps in the implementation of these laws and strengthen the link between DRR and climate change adaptation.
Sen. Loren Legarda bared that during the Parliamentary Meeting on Governance and Legislation for Disaster Risk Reduction organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), the Philippines was cited for having […]
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March 15, 2015
Senator Loren Legarda and fellow United Nations champions for disaster risk reduction (DRR) will lead a global campaign to raise awareness on DRR and climate change adaptation (CCA) following a special meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN Office for DRR (UNISDR) head Margareta Wahlstrom on Sunday, 15 March 2015.
Legarda, UNISDR Champion for DRR and CCA for Asia-Pacific, said that UNSG Ban Ki-moon has encouraged the UN DRR Champions to lead DRR-CCA awareness campaigns in their respective regions, especially in […]
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March 15, 2015
On behalf of President Benigno S. Aquino III and the Philippine delegation, Senator Loren Legarda will deliver today, 15 March 2015, the Philippine Official Statement at the 3rd United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in Sendai, Japan.
“The Philippine Statement is a declaration of our commitment to disaster risk reduction. We share with the world how amid our vulnerability, the Philippines has been undertaking serious efforts to building resilience by adhering to the five priority action plans of the Hyogo […]
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March 15, 2015
MANILA — Philippine lawmakers called on members of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) to create in their countries the policy environment for effective disaster risk reduction (DRR) and enact laws that provide incentives to the private sector to build disaster resilient houses and communities.
Senator Loren Legarda and Congressman Rufus Rodriguez, who are attending the 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction being held in Japan from March 13 to 18, issued the call in their respective remarks at the IPU […]
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March 14, 2015
SENDAI, Japan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Women’s vulnerability to disasters is a sign not of weakness but of inequality, and barriers to women taking the lead in protecting themselves must be removed, top politicians and officials told a U.N. conference on Saturday.
Philippine Senator Loren Legarda said statistics showed women face greater risks in times of disaster.
In the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, for example, women accounted for 70 percent of the deaths in Aceh, Indonesia, and parts of India. Most residents […]
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