A ddressing “Global Warming” with the “Philippine Climate Change Act of 2009” in Kalikasan, Kaunlaran! on Wed., Oct. 28, @ 1830H (Manila Time) on DZRH-AM radio (666 in Metro Manila, other kHz nationwide), TV (Ch. 9 in Metro Manila, other cable TV channels nationwide), and Internet (http://dzrh.tripod.com or http://dzrh.prepys.com.

Last Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed the Philippine Climate Change Act of 2009 (RA 9729). It aims to “tackle climate change in both the short-and-long terms, for the benefit of Filipinos today and for Filipinos yet unborn,” she said.

The new law creates the Climate Change Commission, an independent and autonomous policy-making body which shall coordinate, monitor and evaluate programs and action plans that will address climate change. The four-member Commission, chaired by no less than the President, will be organized within 60 days from the effectivity of the law. An Advisory Board will be composed of representatives of government agencies, business, academe, non-governmental organizations, and disaster-prone communities.

Could this new law enable the Philippines to help mitigate climate change and adapt to it? Hear more about this new law and the latest on climate change. Tune in or watch Kalikasan, Kaunlaran! (KK)! on Oct. 28, 2009, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. (Manila time). KK! will also discuss the  initiatives now being taken or planned in the near future in line with the mandate of the law. It will also present some measures that must be taken by all to face climate change or ang kakaibang pagbabago ng klima.

G uests are: Sen. Loren Legarda, the principal author of the law; Heherson Alvarez, Philippine negotiator on climate change and former DENR Secretary; and Roy Cabonegro, secretary, Partido Kalikasan Institute. Dr. Cora Claudio, president, EARTH Institute Asia, will moderate the discussion.

Tune in or watch KK! -- DZRH-AM radio (666 in Metro Manila, other kHz nationwide), TV (Ch. 9 in Metro Manila, other cable TV channels nationwide), and Internet (http://dzrh.tripod.com or http://dzrh.prepys.com. Join also the Quiz, contests, campaigns and projects of EARTH and KK! To join all, register at 2299: earth<space>your message. 

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