Marcos says climate change must be vital component in nat'l policy making

Manila Bulletin

Super typhoon Yolanda has shown the Philippines that climate change must be a vital part of its national policies, President Marcos said.  Speaking at the 10th year commemoration of the super typhoon Yolanda in Tacloban City on Wednesday, Nov. 8, Marcos stressed that climate change will continue to exacerbate the impact of natural disasters. (Video Courtesy of RTVM)  READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2023/11/8/yolanda-is-now-a-bellwether-of-what-countries-need-to-do-vs-climate-change-marcos-says-1  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manilabulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00 It is also crucial to be reminded that climate change will keep exacerbating the impact of

00:09 natural disasters.

00:11 As I have said, we must make climate change a vital component of our national policies.

00:17 We must make sure that we apply our knowledge on climate change to every plan, to every

00:24 decision and initiative so we can build stronger and more resilient communities.

00:31 Be assured that the government is always striving to ensure that such tragedies of this magnitude

00:37 will be avoided and will be adapted to.

00:42 We continue to build disaster-resilient evacuation centers and emergency operation centers.

00:49 We are also putting into place more centralized and efficient early warning systems, incident

00:55 command systems and disaster response strategies.

00:59 The development and deployment of new technologies such as GeoRiskPH and PlanSmart, along with

01:07 the continuous conduct of information and education campaigns, simulation drills are

01:13 also aimed to save lives.

01:17 I therefore call on our citizens to partner with us in bolstering our country's disaster

01:23 preparedness, recovery and resiliency so that we can overcome whatever storms we will face.

01:30 Thank you.

01:30 [END]

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