PNoy convenes panel to approve nat’l climate action plan
Chichi Conde, InterAksyon.com

MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno Aquino has III convened the Climate Change Commission to approve and adopt the National Climate Action Plan in compliance with the country’s international commitments, especially to the United Nations Framework for Climate Change Convention.

Albay Governor Jose Celemente “Joey” Sarte Salceda, who was with the President at the Palace Tuesday, said the plan is about adaptation to climate change and mitigating its impact, particularly on the economy.

The action plan will become the basis of any assistance that will comefrom industrialized countries in Europe and the US, which are being blamedfor global warming because of massive use of fossil fuels in their industries.

“It’s a critical balance, but I think in the case of the Philippines, it is biased towards adaptation. Adaptation being that you fight the impact ofclimate change. Mitigation, because you fight climate change itself,” Salceda said.

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