Meaningful Participation in the10-year

Anniversary ofAn Inconvenient

TruthSENATOR LOREN LEGARDA | KEYNOTE SPEECH | CEBU CITY | 24 MAY 2016

The Manila Call for Action Of Parliamentarians on Disaster Risk Reduction

and Climate Change Adaptation Adopted on 18 October 2008 in Manila, Philippines

Climate Change Act of 2009Senator Loren B. Legarda author and sponsor of the Climate Change Act of 2009 with Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile,  witnessed the signing into law of the landmark legislation by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in Rizal Hall, Malacanang Palace. (Photo Joseph Vidal)

Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010

Ushered a comprehensive disaster management framework that covers

disaster risk reduction, mitigation and preparation

PRE-EVENT

disaster response, rehabilitation and recovery

POST-EVENT

Successful implementation depends on capacity building for the local government units

“These two measures (Climate Change Act and Philippine National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act) are among the world’s best laws on disaster resilience”

- United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)

PH signs Paris Climate Agreement

THE PARIS AGREEMENT:Limit global temperature rise within the century even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels

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The World Bank projects that under a 2°C scenario, there will be a 20% decline in

water availability for many regions and 15–20% decrease in crop yield.

Warming of up to

2°Csea level risefloods that damage fish farms

increased acidification of the oceans by 2050 could reduce farmed fish yield by 90%

Climate Change Threatens Biodiversity

A 1.5 to 2.5 degrees Celsius increase in global mean temperatures from pre-industrial levels threatens extinction of

20-30 percent of all species.-- INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC)

For the sake of future generations, we seek a commitment to act now and to implement a holistic solution.

The Philippines should achieve its goal of 70% greenhouse gas emissions reduction under its

NDCs.

Renewable Energy Law Though we may not totally ban coal, we should have a good energy mix where there is a bias for renewables.

Bangui Wind Farm, Ilocos Norte/Wikipedia

Lead the way towards changeChange in the way we think, change in the way we live, and change in the way we pursue the development and the future we long for—for our children and grandchildren, for all of humanity, for all species in the world, and for Mother Earth.