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Pitmaster focuses on climate change mitigation initiatives

Published Oct 10, 2022 03:46 pm

Responding to President Marcos’ call for initiatives to combat climate change, the Pitmasters Foundation has begun embarking on environmental conservation efforts around the country.

Atty. Caroline Cruz

Lawyer Caroline Cruz, the foundation's executive director, said that as most countries try to transition to the use of green technology, Pitmaster supports these initiatives while it stressed that their relief operations will continue and will coincide with its environmental efforts.

The foundation has been engaged in relief operations in typhoon-hit areas and Covid-19 relief efforts, alongside providing dialysis assistance to individuals suffering from kidney-related diseases.

Pitmasters Foundation Executive Director Atty. Caroline Cruz handouts the Certificate of Appreciation and gift baskets to the private sector and bank representatives and panelists at the "2023-2028 Policy Roadmap: Charting the urgency of the PBBM Climate Agenda and the Philippine Contribution to Achieve the Global Goal of Net Zero 2030 and 2050 Targets," event on September 22, at the Discover Primea Hotel in Ayala, Makati.

In line with its climate change initiatives, the foundation sponsored a Disaster and Climate Emergency Policy Forum, dubbed “2023-2028 Policy Roadmap: Charting the Urgency of the PBBM Climate Agenda and the Philippine Contribution to Achieve the Global Goal of Net Zero 2030 and 2050 Targets,” wherein stakeholders from various sectors were invited to talk about climate emergency measures.

“We are here to support the government’s call on climate change issue,” Cruz said in a forum organized by the foundation to address climate-related issues on Sept. 29.

Cruz also said the foundation wants solutions that are focused on environmental conservation.

“We want solutions that will both create growth and solve our climate problems. We are proud to have engaged in environmental conservation since early in our founding as a non-profit organization,” she added.

Various stakeholders from different private companies ang agencies gather to conclude the first part of the "2023-2028 Policy Roadmap: Charting the urgency of the PBBM Climate Agenda and the Philippine Contribution to Achieve the Global Goal of Net Zero 2030 and 2050 Targets," event on September 22, at the Discover Primea Hotel in Ayala, Makati. Some of the individuals who were present are Albay 2nd District Representative Joey Salceda, Climate Change Commission Secretary Robert Borje, Department of Finance Assistant Secretary Niel Cabiles, National Economic and Development Authority Undersecretary Rosemari Edillon.

Some of the agencies that participated in the event were the Department of Finance, Climate Change Commission, Local Climate Change Adaptation for Development, National Economic and Development Authority, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Department of Energy, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and the Department of the Interior and Local Government, among others.

The foundation initially partnered with the DENR for tree-planting activities in Laguna where more than 6,000 seedlings will be planted across 250 hectares of land.

As of today, the foundation has helped the University of the Philippines Resilience Institute, 4K Foundation, and Komumidad in planting 7,225 trees.

Pitmaster is also working with UP Los Baños for planting of endangered species.

Pitmaster Foundation Executive Director Atty. Caroline Cruz with Albay 2nd District Representative Joey Salceda, Climate Change Commission Secretary Robert Borje, Department of Finance Assistant Secretary Niel Cabiles, National Economic and Development Authority Undersecretary Rosemari Edillon, and Department of Energy Undersecretary Feliz William Fuentebella at a side conference during the "2023-2028 Policy Roadmap: Charting the urgency of the PBBM Climate Agenda and the Philippine Contribution to Achieve the Global Goal of Net Zero 2030 and 2050 Targets," event on September 22, at the Discover Primea Hotel in Ayala, Makati. They talked about how government agencies can team up to offer solutions that can mitigate the effects of climate change through their respective agencies

It is also open to partnering with non-government entities, the academe, student organizations, and government agencies for reforestation projects to ensure ecological benefits for Filipinos now and in the future.

The foundation’s initiative is in support of President Marcos’ move to address climate change in the country, which suffers more than it should when it comes to carbon emissions.

The Philippines ranks among the most vulnerable countries to climate change even if it contributes a minimal percentage of the total global carbon emissions.

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