BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 12. The Philippines continues to strive to reduce emissions despite serious climate threats, the country's representative Maria Luwalhati Dorotan Tiuseco said at a panel session "Connecting the Dots: Implementable and Investment-Ready NDCs" within COP29 in Baku today, Trend reports.
"The Philippines remains committed to achieving the emission reduction and prevention goals outlined in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and its implementation plan, which aligns with the targets to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees," she said.
According to her, this is of immense importance for the Philippines as it ranks among the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change.
"In less than a month, we experienced four typhoons. One of them, for the first time in history, completely flooded one of our provinces. We still do not know the extent of the damage caused by the typhoon, but people are still in evacuation centers. So, this discussion is very important for us, and personally for me as well," she noted.
"Despite the difficulties, the Philippines supports the efforts of the international community. We truly feel and believe that the problems will be resolved," added Dorotan Tiuseco.
To note, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) has started in Baku. The decision was made at the plenary session of COP28 held in Dubai on December 11 last year.
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is an agreement signed at the Rio Earth Summit in June 1992 to prevent dangerous human interference in the climate system. The acronym COP (Conference of Parties) stands for “Conference of Parties” and is the highest legislative body overseeing the implementation of the Framework Convention on Climate Change.
A total of 198 countries are parties to the Convention. Unless otherwise decided by the parties, COP is held annually. The first COP event was held in March 1995 in Berlin, and its secretariat is located in Bonn.
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