Legarda Renews Call for Disaster-Resilient and Climate-Proof National Budget
Senator Loren Legarda today renewed her call for a national budget that ensures the integration of disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) and climate change adaptation in government policies and...
View ArticleLegarda Warns of Climate Risks Vs. Agri Growth, Poverty Reduction
Senator Loren Legarda raised concerns over the risks posed by climate change, which has been causing extreme weather events, in the growth of the agriculture sector and in addressing poverty in the...
View ArticleBuilding Resilience is an Attitude, Says Legarda at ADB Conference
Amid the risks posed by climate change and extreme weather events, Senator Loren Legarda today said that a change in mindset is inevitable to be able to look at the opportunities in the face of...
View ArticleBuilding Resilience is an Attitude, Says Legarda at ADB Conference
Amid the risks posed by climate change and extreme weather events, Senator Loren Legarda today said that a change in mindset is inevitable to be able to look at the opportunities in the face of...
View ArticleLegarda: Women can be Frontliners in Climate and Disaster Resilience Efforts
Senator Loren Legarda said that women can be the frontliners in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction at the World Assembly for Women 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. “Women have the ability to...
View ArticleLegarda Lauds Ombudsman’s Solid Waste Act Compliance Program
Senator Loren Legarda today lauded the Office of the Ombudsman for its efforts to ensure the implementation of the country’s environmental laws, particularly the 13-year old Republic Act No. 9003 or...
View ArticleLegarda Urges Filipinos to be Part of Biodiversity Conservation
Senator Loren Legarda today renewed her call to Filipinos to get involved in efforts towards biodiversity conservation, noting that despite the abundance in natural resources, many Filipinos remain...
View ArticleLegarda: Dams Should Control, Not Worsen Flooding
Senator Loren Legarda today reminded the National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR), which is in charge of managing 22 water dams in the country, to ensure that protocols on dam water releases effectively...
View ArticleLegarda: Let Us Do More To Address Climate Change, Disaster Risks
Senator Loren Legarda today renewed her call for greater climate action not only from the international community, the national government and concerned sectors but also from every citizen. Legarda,...
View ArticleLegarda Pushes for Environmental Accounting, Asks ‘Why Are We Poor Despite...
Stressing that 12 million Filipinos remain poor despite the Philippines being a megadiverse country, Senator Loren Legarda today renewed her call to create a system of environmental and natural...
View ArticleLegarda on Starting a Low Carbon Lifestyle: Conserve Water
Senator Loren Legarda today said that one way to start a low carbon lifestyle is to undertake water conservation initiatives. Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, stressed the...
View ArticleLegarda Addresses Vulnerable Nations Ahead of Paris Agreement Signing
United Nations Global Champion for Resilience, Senator Loren Legarda, will address today, April 20, members of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) in a meeting at the UN Headquarters in New York. Two...
View ArticleLegarda: Paris Agreement is Our Gift to Mother Earth, Legacy to Our Children
As world leaders converge at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to sign the Paris Agreement on Earth Day (April 22), Senator Loren Legarda, Co-Head of the Philippine Delegation, stressed the...
View ArticleLegarda: Local Gov’t Leaders in PHL Support Early Ratification of Paris...
In time for Earth Day, local government leaders in the Philippines expressed their support for the immediate ratification of the Paris Agreement that will be signed by world leaders today. Senator...
View ArticleLegarda: PHL Targets Early Ratification of Paris Climate Agreement
New York, USA—Senator Loren Legarda, Co-Head of the Philippine Delegation at the High Level Signature Ceremony for the Paris Climate Agreement, pronounced the Philippines’ commitment to ensuring the...
View ArticleLegarda on Warming Limit of 1.5°C: It’s a Matter of Survival
Senator Loren Legarda called on nations to immediately ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change and stressed on the need to target the more ambitious but safer 1.5 degrees Celsius warming limit....
View ArticleLegarda Urges Gov’t to Utilize IRRI Programs to Improve Agriculture in PHL
Senator Loren Legarda today said that the government must utilize the research programs of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to improve agricultural systems in the country and to adapt...
View ArticleLegarda Hails Signing of Green Jobs Act
Senator Loren Legarda hailed the signing into law of the Green Jobs Act which offers tax incentives to companies that create green jobs or “employment that contributes to preserving or restoring the...
View ArticleLegarda Calls for More Aggressive Climate Action on 10th Year of ‘An...
Senator Loren Legarda today renewed her call for more aggressive action to address the climate crisis during the 10th anniversary of An Inconvenient Truth, the documentary film on Former US Vice...
View ArticleCOAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS THREATEN LIVES, ENVIRONMENT — LEGARDA
Senator Loren Legarda today renewed her call on government to tap cleaner and less wasteful sources of energy, expressing alarm over the adverse environmental impacts of coal-fired power plants in the...
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