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Carbon testing, reforestation keys to Lacson climate plans

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Due to fears that the world might die by year 2100, Partido Reporma chairman and standard-bearer Panfilo “Ping” Lacson vowed to thwart global warming. 

According to Lacson, he has been taking the issue of climate change seriously for the sake of future generations who will inherit the Philippines. 

If he wins the presidency, the veteran lawmaker, committed to implement better carbon emission testing and reforestation programs as part of his initial plans to curb global warming.

He said the government must pursue more tree planting activities to revitalize our forests nationwide, which may have been denuded by illegal logging operations. 

He also expressed concerns over the world’s continuing dependence on fossil fuels. 

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“This is the possible dire consequence. I read this somewhere. By year 2100, we might no longer have an Earth if the so-called fossil [fuel burning] continues),” Lacson said. 

Countless scientific studies showed that carbon dioxide produced during fossil fuel combustion for electricity, transportation, and other human activities is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, one of the leading causes of global warming.

He warned that the next generation is going to experience what they predict as the death of planet Earth because of human environmental abuse. 

“While we do not want to think about it, I believe our sea levels keep rising at two inches, two centimeters per year,” he said.

In view of these continuing developments, the Partido Reporma presidential bet said he appreciates the recently concluded 2021 United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, where global leaders met to discuss these environmental concerns. 

Lacson welcomed the $100-billion pledge of the United States in aid of poorer countries, which remain at higher risk to the adverse impact of climate change. He is hoping that other first-world nations would follow suit. 

The two-week conference in Scotland delivered a major win in resolving the rules around carbon markets, but it did little to assuage the vulnerable countries’ concerns about long-promised climate financing from rich nations, according to a Reuters report. 

Countries participating in the UN-backed annual meetings aim to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels, the limit scientists say would avert the worst effects of climate change, in accordance with the 2015 Paris Agreement.

The presidential aspirant noted that corruption also runs rampant at the Land Transportation Office (LTO) when it comes to its vehicle emission testing process, which needs to stop in deference to the Clean Air Act. 

“Whoever pays a bribe, even if the vehicle was not tested for carbon emission, receives a certification),” Lacson added.

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