Marcos off to Dubai for climate change meet

Marcos off to Dubai for climate change meet

President Marcos yesterday vowed to ask governments to make good their commitments on responding to climate change during the 28th climate conference in Dubai, saying the Philippines should take the lead in the global effort to address the problem.

Marcos is scheduled to leave for the United Arab Emirates today to attend the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 28), where he is expected to discuss the Philippines' priorities in the climate agenda as well as energy and food security.

The COP is the highest decision-making body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which meets every year to talk about measures to address climate change. More than 140 heads of states, governments and royalties have confirmed their attendance to the conference, which will focus on a number of contentious issues, such as funding to compensate climate vulnerable countries including the Philippines.

'We are once again poised to lead. We will use this platform to rally the global community and call upon nations to honor their commitments, particularly in climate financing,' Marcos said during the ceremonial turnover of funding for local governments' climate adaptation projects in Malacan?ang.

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