Philippines: Make govt accountable for climate change, commissioner tells youth

The youth can actively play a role to make officials in local government units more accountable in terms of providing adaptation measures for vulnerable towns to respond to climate change, and prevent another Yolanda from devastating the country, writes Anna Valmero for GMA.

“What you know—in terms of science and legal policies—can help you, especially in surviving in the era of climate change and stronger natural disasters,” says Climate Change Commission (CCC) Secretary and Vice Chair Lucille Sering told this to the youth present during the opening of the [Philippines] National Climate Change Consciousness Week's celebration of Greeneration.