SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA URGED LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUS) TO INTEGRATE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION (DRR) AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION (CCA) TOOLS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS TO ENSURE THAT PROGRESS WILL NOT BE STUNTED DUE TO WEATHER-RELATED OCCURRENCES.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, noted that the United Nations’ 2011 Global [...]

The Luntiang Pilipinas and the Department of Education conduct the “Nationwide Search for the Best School Forest Park” which seeks to promote environmental awareness and raise the level of consciousness of high school students on the importance of preserving and protecting the environment. It also seeks to enjoin the active participation of youth in the [...]

Privilege Speech on the Observance of World Environment Day
“Revealing Risks, Redefining Development”
Senator Loren Legarda
Delivered at the Senate Floor
Mr. President,
As we observe the World Environment Day this week, I rise to bring to the attention of this august chamber the main messages of the recently launched 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction of the [...]

Senator Loren Legarda has sought for an investigation by the Senate on the reason behind the recent massive fishkill in Taal Lake.
Legarda filed Senate Resolution 498 to direct the Senate Committees on Agriculture and Food, Environment and Natural Resources, and Climate Change to immediately conduct an inquiry on the matter as over 700 metric tons [...]

Here are the individuals who, for their love and passion to save the environment, have been awarded by Luntiang Pilipinas and PHILYCM (Philippine Youth Climate Movement) as Climate Heroes for 2010.

Mr. Elpidio Magante, President of Bohol State University
Mr. Emmanuel Albano, President UP-Ecological Society
Dr. Jonifer Sinugaya, Student Affairs Office
Engr. Virginia dela Cerna, Academic Head, STI College, Lahug Cebu
Ms. [...]

As Typhoon Chedeng enters the Philippine Area of Responsibility, Senator Loren Legarda reminded local government units (LGUs) and communities, particularly those expected to be hit by the storm, that their disaster preparedness mechanisms should now be in place. Pagasa has forecasted the possibility that Chedeng will become a “super typhoon” which will bring strong winds [...]

Senator Loren Legarda today lauded the government for including climate change adaptation in its priority programs through the creation of a Climate Change Cabinet Cluster.
Under Executive Order No. 43, a Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Cluster, along with four other clusters, was created to pursue the adoption of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures by [...]

Senator Loren Legarda has called for an inquiry into the status of the green brigades which every barangay in the country must have.
Legarda filed Senate Resolution 458 to find out if Executive Order No. 52 that was adopted in December 1998, which mandates the creation of a youth environmental corps within the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK), [...]

SPONSORSHIP SPEECH
Delivered at the Senate Floor by
Senator Loren Legarda
Chair, Senate Committee on Climate Change
“An Act Establishing the People’s Survival Fund to Provide Long-Term Finance Streams to Enable the Government to Effectively Address the Problem of Climate Change, Amending  for the purpose Republic Act No. 9729, otherwise known as “The Climate Change Act of 2009”, and [...]

Senator Loren Legarda today pushed for the establishment of a permanent fund for the country’s climate change programs, stressing that the lack of budget halts further progress in the crusade for a climate-resilient nation.
“The ill effects of a changing climate can be prevented if we consider climate change adaptation not as a cost but as [...]