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PRESS RELEASE 6 November 2021 Filipinos join #cop26 protests to fight for survival in a drowning world. From University of the Philippines to Glasgow, Scotland Filipino climate activists took to the streets today to join global protests around the 26th Conference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The ongoing climate negotiations, they say, are dangerously following previous patterns of COPs where pledges are ambitious but actions fall short. "We march today to remind COP26 leaders that this is a matter of our people's survival in this drowning world. We need real carbon emission cuts and just compensation from the top polluter nations and corporations, not in 10 or 30 years when many Filipinos will have already been submerged by floods, receding coasts, and rising seas, but right now," said Leon Dulce, national coordinator of Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment, one of the lead organizers of the Philippine leg of the global day of action for climate justice. The Philippines incurs billions of dollars of damages annually from typhoons and floods linked to climate change, and we experience it alongside the worst pandemic response situation in the world. "There is so much to protest about what has been touted as the most exclusionary COP ever because of vaccine inequity and inaccessible travel and conferential logistics. While there are rosy pledges here of zero deforestation by 2030 and a $130-trillion climate finance pledge by banks and investors, these are deceitful 'net zero' pledges that delay action up to the last year of the narrow window for action," Lia Torres of CEC said. "Too little, too late is truly a recipe for a drowning world," she said. "We are serious when we say we want to #UprootTheSystem for a sustainable future. I think it is high time for our prospective leaders to pass a People’s Green New Deal that will facilitate a just and green recovery, with the presidential elections just around the corner,” said Xian Guevarra, outgoing coordinator of the Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (#YACAP). #everydaysocialjustice #climatestrike #climatejustice #klimalaya #everydayphilippines (at Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines) https://www.instagram.com/p/CV9y12dhBk9/?utm_medium=tumblr

PRESS RELEASE 6 November 2021 Filipinos join #cop26 protests to fight for survival in a drowning world. From University of the Philippines to Glasgow, Scotland Filipino climate activists took to the streets today to join global protests around the 26th Conference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The ongoing climate negotiations, they say, are dangerously following previous patterns of COPs where pledges are ambitious but actions fall short. "We march today to remind COP26 leaders that this is a matter of our people's survival in this drowning world. We need real carbon emission cuts and just compensation from the top polluter nations and corporations, not in 10 or 30 years when many Filipinos will have already been submerged by floods, receding coasts, and rising seas, but right now," said Leon Dulce, national coordinator of Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment, one of the lead organizers of the Philippine leg of the global day of action for climate justice. The Philippines incurs billions of dollars of damages annually from typhoons and floods linked to climate change, and we experience it alongside the worst pandemic response situation in the world. "There is so much to protest about what has been touted as the most exclusionary COP ever because of vaccine inequity and inaccessible travel and conferential logistics. While there are rosy pledges here of zero deforestation by 2030 and a $130-trillion climate finance pledge by banks and investors, these are deceitful 'net zero' pledges that delay action up to the last year of the narrow window for action," Lia Torres of CEC said. "Too little, too late is truly a recipe for a drowning world," she said. "We are serious when we say we want to #UprootTheSystem for a sustainable future. I think it is high time for our prospective leaders to pass a People’s Green New Deal that will facilitate a just and green recovery, with the presidential elections just around the corner,” said Xian Guevarra, outgoing national coordinator of the Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (#YACAP), in a statement. #panatangluntian #climatestrike #climatejustice (at Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines) https://www.instagram.com/p/CV9y12dhBk9/?utm_medium=tumblr

Team PNoy senatorial candidate Edgardo "Sonny" Angara today vowed to craft and pursue legislations that seek to promote party-list groups' advocacies  and bring quality education and economic developments to grassroots. February 28, 2013 - Angara, a representative of Aurora, made the commitment after nine party-list groups in Congress have endorsed his candidacy in the May 13 elections.     The party-list groups are You Against Corruption and Poverty (YACAP), An Waray, Ang Asosayon Sang Mangunguma Bisaya-Owa (AAMBIS-OWA), Alay Buhay, Citizens' Battle Against Corruption (CIBAC), Ateacher, Aangat Tayo, Abante Mindanao Inc. (ABAMIN), Bagong Henerasyon and the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP).      "I am deeply, deeply  grateful for the support,” said Angara, who is included in the Top 12 winning circle of senatorial candidates in the May 13 elections based on recent surveys by independent pollsters, including Stratpoll where he ranked 4th rank in its latest survey.      "The senatorial candidates  have to forge a common agenda with the party-list groups as  they represent the sentiments, dreams and aspirations at ground level  - which can given flesh through legislation,”  he also said.      Angara said he was deeply honored by the part-list groups' support and promised not to fail them if elected to the Senate. He pointed out that these nine party-list groups have broad constituencies, from labor and trade unions and anti-corruption groups to regional and ethnic groupings. The nine groups earlier said they shared Angara’s aspiration to help improve the life of every Filipino family.      “He is a staunch advocate not just for a better educational system, but also a cleaner more transparent government. He is at the top of our list of candidates that we will endorse for Senator this May 2013," Rep. Carol Lopez (YACAP-PL) said.      Angara, chair of the House of Representatives' Committee on Higher and Technical Education, has sponsored several significant bills and implemented various  developmental projects in his district.      The Harvard-trained lawyer has also sponsored laws that support the Filipino family such as the Expanded Senior Citizens Act,  which exempts the sale of goods and services to senior citizens from expanded value added tax so they can to enjoy the full 20 percent discount privilege, the Personal Equity and Retirement Account (PERA), and the Magna Carta of Women.      Angara, one  of The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) awardees in 2010, has been described as a “ prolific and hardworking legislator “ by non-partisan groups tracking the performances of legislators.   ABOUT REP. EDGARDO “SONNY” M. ANGARA Rep. Edgardo "Sonny" Angara is the Chairman of the House Committee on Higher and Technical Education and Representative of the Lone District of Aurora, Philippines.  Inquiries about Rep. Edgardo M. Angara may be directed to the House of Representatives Rm. N-305, Phone: 931-5001 local 7344.