MANILa, Philippines (Eagle News) — Describing global warming as a “crisis”, Senator Loren Legarda on Monday said disaster-prone nations should take immediate action ahead of the implementation of the Paris agreement on Climate Change.
During the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) high-level climate policy forum at the Senate, she said, they cannot wait for the agreement to take effect before taking action.
The CVF is a group of 43 developing countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Pacific susceptible to the negative effects of climate change. It provides a venue for developing countries to team up to advance common issues at international level.
As chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, Legarda stressed that warming continues to wreak havoc while institutions and nations continue to debate whether to ratify the treaty or not.
Although some disaster-prone nations are not major emitters of global greenhouse gas, she said nations should not allow people to live in a harmful environment.