STATEMENT OF SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA ON LOSS AND DAMAGE FUND BOARD HOSTING OF THE PHILIPPINES

I am elated to receive the news that the Philippines has been unanimously selected to host the Loss and Damage Fund Board in a landmark decision made today in Songdo, Republic of Korea.

By its selection of the Philippines out of eight countries that made an official bid to host its meetings and official undertakings, the Board of the fund has allowed our country a great honor to support this important body of work which had taken several decades to build.

And the Philippines had always been there from the beginning. Now we must hold this honor with awareness of the great responsibility it brings. We shall continue to use our voice for climate justice as one of the world’s most impacted countries in the climate crisis. We express our unwavering commitment to action that brings urgent resources to world’s most vulnerable communities, that bridges suffering and survival, and that allows our people to partake in a green economic transformation.