(Eagle News)–Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is calling for a probe into the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.
In renewing his call also for an update on the Nationally Determined Contribution, the plan that ensures that the country meets its intended commitment to reduce at least 70 percent of greenhouse gas by 2030 in accordance with the Paris Agreement, Gatchalian noted that the state “has the constitutional obligation to protect and advance the right of the people to a balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature.”
He said the Philippines has until 2020 to submit its NDC detailing mitigation and adaptation measures but government agencies “have yet to finalize their submissions for the NDCs and some are still conducting their respective stakeholder consultations.”
He said the only available official data on the Philippines’ GHG emissions dates back to the year 2000, at 126.879 gigagrams of carbon dioxide equivalent.
Earlier, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the Department of Energy to transition into cleaner energy alternatives to reduce the country’s dependence on coal.
