President Duterte urged the Senate to study the impact of ratifying the historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change on the country’s economic growth and development. “We have not signed the treaty. There is no treaty to honor. We just committed to draft a treaty – a provision sa treaty para sa atin, so that we can be able to present our game plan and sign the treaty,” Duterte clarified in a speech during the inspection of the 6-megawatt biomass power plant project in Buluan, Maguindanao. The President said he wants the Senate “to give me a clear view of what will happen to the treaty if we decide or the Senate will agree with it. Magbigay sila ng concurrence nila, then bigyan ninyo ako (ng) clear view kung ano ang mangyayari (Give me a clear view of what will happen). Duterte said he plans to build industrial zones throughout the [...]
