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The group reiterates the devastating effects of climate change.
The environmental group Greenpeace addressed an open letter to President Rodrigo Duterte. Urging him to declare a climate emergency through an executive order.
The group highlights the fact that the recent Typhoon Tisoy depicts how the Philippines is vulnerable to the rapid effects of climate change, adding that typhoons that hit the country are becoming stronger which leaves millions of Filipinos at the feet of catastrophic danger.
“Year after year, Filipinos are identified among the most impacted globally by this crisis, an emergency situation made worse by the big polluters, fossil fuel companies who have lied and covered up about how their operations have been driving the climate crisis and who have been raking in trillions in profits at the expense of millions of people who suffer from its impacts,” said Lea Guerrero, Country Director of Greenpeace Philippines.
Greenpeace suggested that the executive order declaring climate emergency must:
- Put climate urgency at the center of all policy decision-making from a local to national level.
- Hold fossil fuel companies accountable for their role in driving climate change and inflicting harm on the Filipino people.
- Demand other countries, particularly industrialized nations, to enhance their emissions reduction ambitions in order to meet the Paris Agreement’s aim to limit global temperature rise within 1.5 degrees Celsius.
- Ensure the Philippines’ rapid and just transition to a low-carbon pathway through a massive uptake of renewable energy solutions.
- Phase-out coal, and stop all plans for future coal and fossil fuel investments.
“Filipino communities have been leading the way in exposing the big fossil fuel corporations most responsible for the emissions heating up the planet. But now it’s time for our government to formally acknowledge this urgent crisis and declare a climate emergency,” adds Guerrero.
As of December 5, Wednesday, 13 people are reported dead due to Typhoon Tisoy.
Meanwhile, Haiyan or locally known as Yolanda hit the country in 2013 and is one of the strongest typhoons ever recorded in world history. The said calamity claimed 6,300 lives, a reminder that the country faces a climate emergency.
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