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 [...]
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 [...]
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
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”
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 [...]
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 [...]