Archives for the ‘Speeches’ Category

The Human Face of Climate Change

Posted on Oct 2nd, 2009 • Category: Speeches

It is my pleasure to be invited here at the Miriam College, University of Santo Tomas and Cebu Institute of Technology to speak about an issue which has become one of the greatest humanitarian development challenges that we all face.
While climate change has been at the forefront of international discourse for more than two decades [...]



“The greatest development challenge of our times”

Posted on Jun 23rd, 2009 • Category: Speeches

Geneva, Switzerland, 23 June 2009

“The greatest development challenge of our times”
Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen,
Four days ago, the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction concluded with 1,800 delegates from 165 nations calling on political leaders around the world to act decisively on reducing disaster risks and managing the impacts of climate change in order to arrest [...]



OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA Regional Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation for Asia and the Pacific Second Session of the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction

Posted on Jun 16th, 2009 • Category: Speeches

Geneva, Switzerland, 16 June 2009

“Challenging development norms for disaster risk reduction”

Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen,
Two years ago in this august hall of the United Nations, the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction came to life through the participation of the same delegates convened here today, to address the heightened scale of disaster vulnerability and climate risks [...]



Luntiang Pilipinas Nationwide Search For The Best School Forest Park

Posted on Feb 5th, 2009 • Category: Speeches

Luntiang Pilipinas Nationwide Search For The Best School Forest Park

05 February 2009 / Rizal National High School

It is an honor and privilege to be with you this morning for the launch of DepEd’s Nationwide Search for Best School Forest Park. I am truly grateful for the support that the Department has shown [...]



Regional Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation for the Asia-Pacific Third Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction “Now is the Time”

Posted on Dec 2nd, 2008 • Category: Speeches

Regional Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction and
Climate Change Adaptation for the Asia-Pacific
Third Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
“Now is the Time”

2-4 December 2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Thank you so much.
To Salvano Briceno, Director of UNISDR, who I had the pleasure to work with during the two global meetings in Manila last October, and [...]



Responding to the Present, Securing the Future Senator Loren Legarda

Posted on Nov 10th, 2008 • Category: Speeches

Enveloped with a sense of elation and urgency, I rise to share with you, my fellow legislators, our recent triumphs in moving the international community to reexamine the climate change agenda. But before I do so, however, let me first backtrack a bit.
For more than two decades now, the world has been grappling with [...]