Keynote Speech: Meaningful Participation in the 10-year Anniversary of An Inconvenient Truth

Keynote Speech Senator Loren Legarda
Meaningful Participation in the 10-year Anniversary of An Inconvenient Truth
24 May 2016 | University of San Jose Recoletos, Cebu City
 
We are gathered here today to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of An Inconvenient Truth. A lot has changed since that year, 2006, especially on how we perceive the climate change phenomenon.
 
I recall that during that time, climate change was still considered an issue that was best left for scientists. It was not easy […]

Keynote Speech: Realignment of the Power Industry Towards Renewables

Keynote Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
“Realignment of the Power Industry Towards Renewables”
Power & Electricity World Philippines 2016
18 May 2016 | SMX Convention Center
 
Allow me to open my speech with a question:  What kind of future are we leaving behind for our children?
 
Our extractive and consumptive lifestyle, and misplaced notion of development have brought our world in a state of utter disrepair. We have been so focused on development without realizing that development without conscience destroys the world.
 
It […]

Message: Launching of Specialized Integrity, Transparency and Accountability in Public Service (ITAPS) Modules for Indigenous Peoples (IPs)

Message of Senator Loren Legarda
Launching of Specialized Integrity, Transparency and Accountability in Public Service (ITAPS) Modules for Indigenous Peoples (IPs)
10 May 2016 | Office of the Ombudsman, Quezon City
 
Our indigenous peoples never fail to amaze me. Whenever I visit a province and go to IP communities, I always discover marvelous things about our culture and heritage. Our indigenous cultural communities (ICCs) are rich in traditional knowledge covering almost all aspects of life—agriculture, health care, […]

Speech: Rotary Club of Makati Luncheon

Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Rotary Club of Makati Luncheon
3 May 2016 | Manila Peninsula Hotel
 
It is with great pleasure that I take part in this gathering to encourage Rotarians to take a more active role in finding solutions to the growing social, economic and development challenges caused by environmental degradation and disasters arising from natural hazards made stronger by climate change.
 
We are living in a world with finite resources and yet generations have lived over the centuries like […]

Speech: 2016 World Environmental Law Congress in Brazil

Excellencies, Fellow Parliamentarians, Ladies and Gentlemen,

Good morning and thank you for this opportunity to make an intervention for this session.

Exactly a week ago, on Earth Day, 175 nations, including the Philippines, formally signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Now, we await the affirmation of commitments through the completion of ratification or accession processes of each country.