Keynote Speech Senator Loren Legarda Meaningful Participation in the 10-year Anniversary of An Inconvenient Truth University of San Jose Recoletos, Cebu City 24 May 2016 Read transcript here: http://lorenlegarda.com.ph/keynote-speech-meaningful-participation-in-the-10-year-anniversary-of-an-inconvenient-truth/

1. Meaningful Participation in the
10-year Anniversary of
An Inconvenient Truth
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA | KEYNOTE SPEECH | CEBU CITY | 24 MAY 2016

4. The Manila Call for Action Of Parliamentarians on
Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
Adopted on 18 October 2008 in Manila, Philippines

5. Climate Change Act of 2009
Senator Loren B. Legarda author and sponsor of the Climate Change Act of 2009 with
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, witnessed the signing into law of the landmark
legislation by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in Rizal Hall, Malacanang Palace.
(Photo Joseph Vidal)

6. Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Act of 2010
Ushered a comprehensive disaster management framework that covers
disaster risk reduction,
mitigation and preparation
PRE-EVENT
disaster response,
rehabilitation and recovery
POST-EVENT
Successful implementation depends on capacity building for the local government units

7. “These two measures (Climate Change Act and Philippine National
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act) are among the
world’s best laws on disaster resilience”
- United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)

9. PH signs Paris Climate Agreement

10. THE PARIS AGREEMENT:
Limit global temperature rise within the century even further to 1.5 degrees
Celsius above pre-industrial levels
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/

12. The World Bank projects that under a 2°C scenario,
there will be a 20% decline in water availability for
many regions and 15–20% decrease in crop yield.

13. Warming of up to
2°C
sea level rise
floods that damage
fish farms
increased acidification
of the oceans by 2050
could reduce farmed
fish yield by 90%

14. Climate Change Threatens Biodiversity
A 1.5 to 2.5 degrees Celsius increase in global mean temperatures from pre-
industrial levels threatens extinction of 20-30 percent of all species.
-- INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC)

16. For the sake of future generations, we seek a commitment
to act now and to implement a holistic solution.

17. The Philippines should achieve its goal
of 70% greenhouse gas emissions
reduction under its NDCs.

19. Renewable Energy Law
Though we may not totally ban coal, we should
have a good energy mix where there is a bias
for renewables.
Bangui Wind Farm, Ilocos Norte/Wikipedia

21. Lead the way towards change
Change in the way we think, change in the way
we live, and change in the way we pursue the
development and the future we long for—for
our children and grandchildren, for all of
humanity, for all species in the world, and for
Mother Earth.