Top officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Climate Change Commission called for more investment in climate action while strengthening collaboration to achieve climate-resilient development during the opening ceremony of the 15th Global Warming and Climate Change Consciousness Week on Monday.
In a news statement, DENR Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga, who represents President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in the CCC stressed the importance of investing in initiatives to pursue climate resilience. Sen. Cynthia Villar, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, Chairperson of the House Committee on Climate Change and Bohol First District Representative Edgar Chatto also joined the activity.
Chatto, for her part, highlighted the need to collectively strengthen the capacities of communities to reduce loss and damage.