Aside from reaffirming their decades-old security alliance, the two countries also agreed to expand their collaboration on clean energy transition and environmental protection.
The Philippines warned that rising sea level threatens the stability of its boundaries, as a United Nations agency highlighted coastlines being “pushed” inward thus affecting baselines from which countries’ maritime zones are measured.
President Marcos has said climate action is particularly important to the Philippines, especially since the country is regarded as “one of the most, if not the most, vulnerable countries in the world to the effects of climate change.”
The Philippine government is being urged to encourage green lending and investments to make funds available to fight climate change, the Asian Development Bank said.
Climate change was the “overarching” concern among world leaders at the recently concluded Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Bangkok, Thailand, President Marcos said upon his return to the Philippines late Saturday night.
Against long odds and initially strong opposition, a pristine marine preserve in the Philippines has thrived for decades under the care of local fishermen. Warming waters threaten the achievement.
