Tokyo is a major provider of overseas development assistance to the Philippines. The Philippine Coast Guard currently operates two 97-meter patrol vessels as part of a fleet deemed insufficient for patrolling the waters of the vast archipelago nation.
Given the effects of climate change that are already being felt around the globe especially among the most vulnerable countries like the Philippines, there is now greater urgency in finding fast and high- impact solutions that would at least slow down, if not reverse, global warming.
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