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 [...]

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), [...]

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 [...]