Published January 10, 2021, 4:04 PM
Camarines Sur 2nd District Rep. Luis Raymund “LRay” Villafuerte Jr. has sought the creation of a Department of Climate Change that would work all-year-round to build the country’s capacity to manage climate change, keenly monitor and assess climate change policies and activities, and put in place effective mechanisms even before disasters occur.
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He filed House Bill No. 8181 or “the proposed Department of Climate Change Act” to promote a simplified, strategic, systematic, continuous, comprehensive, inclusive, and integrated approach to climate change, and prevent or deter the loss of lives and the social, economic, cultural, and environmental assets of the country.