Tag: Sec. Lucille Sering

“COP21: The Road to Paris Starts in Manila”

MANILA – Two months before countries all over the world gather in Paris to conclude a landmark agreement to curb global warming, France is taking an initiative to highlight the role of civil society in climate negotiations in the Philippines and abroad through a Climate Week in Manila. France, as the host of the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) this December, is […]

PHL, Germany strengthen ties for climate protection

Typhoon Yolanda became the turning point in the climate change agenda as many of our kababayans have been adversely affected by its devastation. To address this need to adapt to the effects of climate change, the Philippine government had stepped up its efforts for public awareness and disaster risk mitigation through the Climate Change Commission. Sec. Lucille Sering, Climate Change Commission Vice Chairperson, said that the results-based monitoring system that they had implemented not only provided […]