June 7, 2014
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA
Opening Keynote Address
IRDR Conference 2014
From Knowledge to Practice: Building Back Stronger After Haiyan with the Aid of Science
7 June 2014 – Beijing, China
First of all, I congratulate the organizers of this year’s IRDR Conference. Thank you for the warm hospitality and the excellent arrangements.
Future cities are not built after our time. We start building them today. Communities, fifty years from now, will look different and people will live differently. Their realities will not be defined in their time, […]
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June 5, 2014
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA
“Role of Women in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management”
ASEM Manila Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
5 June 2014 – Manila
Women: Leaders of Change for Resilience
First of all, I wish to extend my thanks to the ASEM leadership for this opportunity to share our country’s experiences on the role of women in disaster risk reduction and management.
More women perish
As disaster risks abound amid our fast changing environment, disasters affect yearly about 200 million people all over the world, half […]
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May 26, 2014
Privilege Speech: Report on the 23rd World Economic Forum on East Asia
26 May 2014 – Senate Session Hall
Mr. President,
I have the honor to report to this chamber key issues discussed during the 23rd World Economic Forum on East Asia, particularly the session on Designing Solutions for Climate and Resource Risks where I was a panelist and discussion leader.
The Philippine hosting of WEF gave us the opportunity to tell the region and the world that we are back in business and that despite the calamities and […]
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May 22, 2014
Senator Loren Legarda
Lead Statement
Designing Solutions for Climate and Resource Risks
World Economic Forum, Manila
22 May 2014 – Makati Shangri-La Hotel
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report of March 2014 highlights the risks posed by climate change to the global effort to tackle priority development issues. Because of climate change, poverty alleviation and achieving food security will become increasingly difficult, new poverty traps will arise as existing obstacles remain, and economic growth will slow down.[1]
Policies play an important role in our […]
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May 22, 2014
Senator Loren Legarda
DRR Situationer
Designing Solutions for Climate and Resource Risks
World Economic Forum, Manila
22 May 2014 – Makati Shangri-La Hotel
The world’s attention was focused on the Philippines more than six months ago when Haiyan, the world’s strongest typhoon to make landfall, hit our country.
Entire towns and cities in Central Philippines were flattened, affecting nearly 10 million people. More than 6,000 people perished, and to date, a thousand more are missing.
Damage to property, infrastructure, and livelihood was staggering, estimated at USD2.2 […]
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