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Loren: Prioritize climate actions

Aug 11, 2021, 5:15 AM
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According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report, the world may already be crossing “tipping points” of ice sheet collapse that could lead to catastrophic sea level rise even before 2100, together with abrupt ocean circulation changes.

DEPUTY Speaker Loren Legarda once again urged the government to prioritize climate actions as the Philippines recovers from the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Legarda made the statement following the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) sixth assessment report, which warned that the world is "running out of time" to avoid the catastrophic effects of global warming.

“[The report] tells us without any ambiguity that human influence is “unequivocal” and most importantly, it tells us that the Paris Agreement’s 1.5˚C temperature limit remains within reach so long as the calls from science for urgent action on climate are acted upon,” Legarda, an advocate for environmental protection, said in a statement Wednesday (August 11).

The representative added that the Philippines is not spared from the climate risks that are now hitting parts of Europe, Asia and America, such as extreme weather that has caused flooding and wildfires.

”As our own scientists have reminded us, sea levels in the Philippines are rising at rates twice the global average, and AR6 tells us sea levels globally have already risen by 20 centimeters and will continue to do so for thousands and thousands of years,” Legarda added.

According to the report, the world may already be crossing “tipping points” of ice sheet collapse that could lead to catastrophic sea level rise even before 2100, together with abrupt ocean circulation changes.

“I wish to remind our policy makers, especially all the aspirants for the top political post of the country – the presidency, vice presidency, senatorial and local elections – that the IPCC has confirmed again through AR6 that the 1.5°C limit agreed in Paris is still within reach,” Legarda said.

“As the Philippines stated in 2015 during the COP21 negotiations in Paris, 1.5°C is no paradise, but keeping to such a global average temperature increase threshold means the harm that will be inflicted will be dramatically reduced,” she added, warning that there is “no time” for complacency and indifference.
“As I’ve said again and again over the last two decades, we need to pursue and realize economy-wide measures that aim at reaching our sustainable development goals sooner rather than later,” she concluded.

Tags: #LorenLegarda, #climatechange, #globalwarming, #IntergovermentalPanelonClimateChange


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