Finance Assistant Secretary Paola Alvarez (File photo) MANILA - The proposed annual USD100 billion climate change financing to developing countries will not be available until 2023 but the Philippine government has started capacity building and policy foundations to easily implement its programs. In a virtual pre-26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) briefing on Tuesday, Finance Assistant Secretary Paola Alvarez said the government has started working with the private sector regarding climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. She said especially in developed countries, it is the big companies such as Amazon and e-Bay that have big greenhouse gas emissions compared to developing countries. "So, if they actually start implementing climate mitigation and adaptation strategies it would actually make a bigger dent. And at the same time how we respond to disasters and resiliency efforts would be greatly affected as well," she said. Alvarez
Finance Assistant Secretary Paola Alvarez (File photo) MANILA - The proposed annual USD100 billion climate change financing to developing countries will not be available until 2023 but the Philippine government has started capacity building and policy foundations to easily implement its programs. In a virtual pre-26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) briefing on Tuesday, Finance Assistant Secretary Paola Alvarez said the government has started working with the private sector regarding climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. She said especially in developed countries, it is the big companies such as Amazon and e-Bay that have big greenhouse gas emissions compared to developing countries. "So, if they actually start implementing climate mitigation and adaptation strategies it would actually make a bigger dent. And at the same time how we respond to disasters and resiliency efforts would be greatly affected as well," she said. Alvarez
The European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) and the Philippine Energy Independence Council (PEIC) have been reinforcing calls to step up the country’s energy self-sufficiency, albeit with caution that technology deployments must lean on cleaner resources to align such goal with the de
Published April 8, 2021 10:02am Former Speaker and Davao del Norte 1st District Representative Pantaleon Alvarez has tested positive for COVID-19, his daughter confirmed on Thursday. According to Finance Assistant Secretary Paola Alvarez, his father is not in any serious condition and is already recovering. He is still in Davao del Norte and is recovering at home. He is not or was intubated, Alvarez said in a message to GMA News Online. The younger Alvarez, meanwhile, expressed gratitude to everyone extending prayers and concern for her father. Anna Felicia Bajo/RSJ, GMA News
Ex-House Speaker Alvarez tests positive for COVID-19 mb.com.ph - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mb.com.ph Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.