Marcos urges climate action as PH hosts inaugural climate fund meet
This aerial photo shows houses submerged in floodwaters due to a swollen river caused by heavy rains from Super Typhoon Man-yi in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan province on November 19, 2024. Agence France-Presse
MANILA, Philippines — As the leader of a country frequently hit by typhoons and other calamities, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expressed hope that the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) Board would find solutions to the adverse effects of climate change, sparing Filipinos from further suffering.
Marcos shared this sentiment during a courtesy call by the FRLD Board members at Malacañang on Monday, according to a statement by the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) on Tuesday.
The Philippines is currently hosting the inaugural meeting of the FRLD Board.
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During the courtesy call, Marcos cited the consecutive typhoons that ravaged the Philippines in the past months, noting that the frequency of such calamities has not happened since the mid-1940s.
Article continues after this advertisement“I hope all of you can find a solution so that, we, in the Philippines, most of our people do not suffer,” he told the FRLD Board members, as quoted in the PCO statement.
Article continues after this advertisement“That’s how urgent we consider the board’s work and how it is important to us that you work here in Manila, in the Philippines,” he added.
The FRLD Board will serve as the main decision-making body that governs and supervises the Fund. One of its mandates is to address loss and damage caused by climate change’s adverse effects.
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It is composed of 26 members from the Conference of the Parties and Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, with 12 members from developed country parties and 14 members from developing country parties.
The Philippines secured a seat as the permanent representative of the Asia-Pacific Group for 2024 and 2026 and will serve as the alternate representative in 2025.
