October 13, 2015
Keynote Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Opening Session of the 12th APEC Energy Ministerial Meeting
“Development with Conscience in the Energy Sector”
13 October 2015 | Shangrila Mactan, Cebu
Secretary Zenaida Monsada,
Ministers,
Excellencies,
Distinguished guests and delegates,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Good morning.
I am deeply honored for this opportunity to address the 12th Energy Ministerial Meeting.
APEC’s 21 member economies is home to about 2.8 billion people and account for approximately 57 percent of the world GDP and close to 50 percent of world trade. It is said that because […]
Read More
October 9, 2015
Opening Message of Senator Loren Legarda
Summit of Conscience for the Climate
9 October 2015 | Senate of the Philippines
I welcome all our guests today in this Summit of Conscience for the Climate. I am very thankful for your presence, which is already a manifestation that you care.
“Why do I care?” This was the question asked of me and my fellow delegates and speakers at the first Summit of Consciences for the Climate in Paris, France in July […]
Read More
September 30, 2015
Senator Loren Legarda
Privilege Speech on the Sustainable Development Goals
30 September 2015 | Session Hall
Mr. President,
We all dream of living in progressive, peaceful, safe and healthy communities. We all hope to be able to fulfill our needs and enjoy our basic rights. But we live in a world far from ideal. There is poverty around us; there is hunger, inequality, injustice, violence, natural hazards, environmental degradation, and climate change.
Nations sought to address these challenges through the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which […]
Read More
September 23, 2015
Keynote Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Looking Beyond 2016: The Future of Philippine Energy
PowerTrends 2015 Business Forum
September 23, 2015| SMX Convention Center
I am very honored to be here today at the PowerTrends Business Forum and I salute Leverage International and Puno & Puno for this laudable venture.
I was among the co-authors of the Renewable Energy Law in 2008. Our laws are hailed as among the best in the world, but without strict and effective implementation they are of very little use. At […]
Read More
September 22, 2015
Speech of Senator Loren Legarda*
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Philippines 2015
9th Senior Disaster Management Officials Forum
22 September 2015 | Iloilo City, Philippines
*(Delivered by Commissioner Emmanuel de Guzman, Climate Change Commission)
It is my distinct honor and pleasure to speak before senior disaster management officials of the Asia-Pacific economies.
Foremost, we express our solidarity with the nation of Chile and commiserate with those who lost their loved ones in the recent 8.3 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit the country. But we also admire […]
Read More
