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 [...]

Senator Loren Legarda today said that she will look into the possibility of using part of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Fund as source of finances for the country’s climate change adaptation programs and projects.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, said that the 10 percent share of the SK from the Barangay General [...]

Senator Loren Legarda commended the Quezon City Government and the Provincial Government of Bukidnon in their initiatives on environmental protection and climate change adaptation.
Legarda cited Quezon City’s tax credit scheme for green buildings and Bukidnon’s maintain-a-tree park project.
In Quezon City, all buildings, both new and those being retrofitted, can avail of up to 25% property [...]

Senator Loren Legarda today said that the government must ensure the safety of mining communities through appropriate and well-implemented policies to avoid disasters such as the recent landslide in Compostela Valley.
In filing Senate Resolution 444, Legarda called on the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources to conduct an inquiry into government regulatory policies in [...]

Senator Loren Legarda lauded the municipality of San Francisco in Camotes Island, Cebu, led by Mayor Aly Arquillano and Vice Mayor Alfredo Arquillano Jr., for winning the 2011 United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Reduction.
“I congratulate the local government of San Francisco, Cebu for winning the 2011 UN Sasakawa Award for Disaster Reduction. This achievement [...]

Senator Loren Legarda encouraged Filipinos to include in their Lenten reflection the state of the environment and how they can improve the way they treat Mother Earth.
“As we celebrate this year’s Earth Day, which coincides with the Holy Week, we must rekindle our relationship with nature. As stewards of God’s creation, let us reflect on [...]

Senator Loren Legarda called on young Filipinos to become heroes of the environment and have a productive and green summer by getting involved in various activities that promote environmental preservation.
“Our youth leaders, especially the Sangguniang Kabataan, can organize programs such as tree-growing activities in parks and in other suitable places in the barangay, growing vegetable [...]

Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, urged the government to implement a total plastic bag ban even before the proposed measure is enacted into law.
Legarda said that the national government can set an example by prohibiting the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags in their respective offices, while local government units [...]

Senator Loren Legarda today stressed the importance of strengthening the protection of the low-income sector against disasters as she expressed support for the promotion of microinsurance in the country.
Legarda, Chair of the Committee on Climate Change, said that when disasters strike, it is the poor that is most affected since they have less resources to [...]

Senator Loren Legarda today urged the government to prepare people and closely monitor public health impacts of Japan’s nuclear fallout even as government downplayed the possibility of radiation exposure in the Philippines.
Legarda said it is always better to be prepared for such an incident however remote it may be than be caught off-guard when it [...]