MANILA, Philippines — A committee in the House of Representatives adopted Tuesday a resolution expressing the will of the lower chamber for the declaration of a disaster and climate emergency in the country.
During its meeting, the House Committee on Disaster Resilience adopted House Resolution No. 535, authored by Albay Rep. Joey Salceda, which pushes for a whole-of-government, whole-of-society and whole-of-nation policy response as the Philippines faces a disaster and climate emergency.
The resolution points out that despite having established national agencies such as the Climate Change Commission and the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council, the country continu…
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