The Philippines` decision to accede to the Paris Agreement should be a wake-up call for countries that have not yet joined the agreement. Although the country has a president who initially rejected the Paris agreement, it has now shown a firm commitment to the agreement. After President Duterte took office, he called the agreement “stupid.” When an ambassador from an industrialization nation reminded him of The New Filipinos` climate commitments, Duterte said he wanted to “hit” him because he had the hypocrisy of having an evolved nation recite a less industrialized nation about its greenhouse gas emissions. Earlier this week, the Philippines officially acceded to the Paris Agreement. According to its Climate Change Commission, the next step for the country will be to integrate and integrate the “country`s commitments into national policies, plans and programs” resulting from the agreement. Among these commitments is a conditional commitment to reduce emissions by 70% from forecasts by 2030. The path to the Paris Climate Conference (COP21) began in the Philippines when Manila Call to Action on Climate Change was launched during French President François Hollande`s state visit to the Philippines in February 2015. This appeal to the international community symbolized our shared commitment to the fight against climate change. The road from Paris continued in Manila through our October 2015 climate week, where we supported, together with politicians, artists, the Academy, civil society and the public, the conclusion of an ambitious, universal and legally binding agreement at COP21.
The Paris Agreement aims to strengthen the global response by keeping the global average temperature well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Senator Legarda wants unanimous approval of the necessary resolution at the third reading of tomorrow`s Senate. She has been at the forefront of political representation of interests and leadership in the Philippines and has drafted various laws to protect the environment and reduce the risk of disaster and climate. She drafted the Climate Change Act of 2009, which created the country`s Climate Change Commission. The implementation of the public`s constitutional right to information and the state`s policy to full disclosure and transparency of the public service within the executive. “The Philippines has joined the Paris Agreement on Combating Climate Change.
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