Tag: 21st Conference of Parties

Dantes: ‘Paris Agreement signing on Earth Day is Filipino Youth’s Success’

QUEZON CITY, April 22 — There’s another reason to celebrate this year’s Earth Day. Celebrity and former National Youth Commissioner Jose Sixto “Dingdong” G. Dantes III asserts that the Earth Day this 2016 marks the success of young Filipino climate advocates who led and signed up for the #NowPH movement, in order to push for the approval of the Paris Agreement in France last year. Launched by the National Youth Commission (NYC) and the Climate Change […]

French government assures world leaders’ security during COP21, says Foreign Affairs Department

The French government has assured the safety and security of President Benigno S. Aquino III and members of the Philippine delegation who will be traveling to Paris next week for the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21), an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday. Assistant Secretary Maria Cleofe Natividad of the Office of European Affairs issued the statement amid terror threats and heightened security in France and other European countries following […]