Legarda 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...
View ArticleOn World Env’t Day, Legarda Calls On Gov’t To Address Rampant Illegal...
In observance of World Environment Day on June 5, Senator Loren Legarda has called on the government to step up its efforts to combat rampant wildlife smuggling. Legarda is supporting the United...
View ArticleLegarda Calls for Collective Climate Action
Senator Loren Legarda today called on the international community, the government and the public to strengthen collective and individual action in coping with and addressing the impacts of climate...
View ArticleLegarda Calls for Greater Youth Involvement in Climate Action
Senator Loren Legarda today called on the youth to become more actively involved in climate change issues, noting that they have the greatest stake in the sustainability of the planet. Legarda, Chair...
View ArticleLegarda Seeks Delineation of Phl Forest Boundaries
Senator Loren Legarda has filed a bill seeking to delineate and properly identify the country’s forestlands with due regard to their preservation and protection. “At present, government relies on the...
View ArticleLegarda Urges Vulnerable Nations Take Climate Action Ahead of Paris Agreement...
Senator Loren Legarda today renewed her call for climate vulnerable nations to take urgent climate action even as the world waits for the Paris Agreement on Climate Change to take effect. Legarda,...
View ArticleLegarda Urges Creation of Community Vegetable Gardens to Address Hunger,...
Senator Loren Legarda today said that creating vegetable gardens in communities is one effective way to address hunger and malnutrition especially in the poorest barangays in the country. In a...
View ArticleLegarda Asks DOTr to Strengthen Monitoring of Vehicle Emission
Senator Loren Legarda today asked the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to strengthen the monitoring of emissions from motor vehicles in compliance with the Clean Air Act (RA 8749). Legarda,...
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