Dingdong Dantes recently called for more vigilance and action relating to climate change.
On Twitter, he shared Renee Karunungan Edwards’ posts discussing the impacts of climate change.
Dingdong said Renee shared many “important insights.”
“At this point, it should be clear to everyone that addressing climate change should also be a priority for the country. Dadaan at dadaan ang marami pang bagyo sa bansa. There should be no excuse for us not to be prepared anymore,” he said.
“While our government is strengthening its efforts and policies in making sure that the right systems are in place to help secure the safety of every Filipino family, we also need to streamline public participation & have a more sustainable mechanism already for volunteers,” he added. “Kaya’t saludo ako sa ating mga rescuers at volunteers…both in Gov’t and Civil Society. Mabuhay kayo!”
Dingdong then thanked Renee whom he worked together in 2015 for a campaign on climate change.
“Salamat, Renee, sa reminder na ito.”
Renee, on the other hand, thanked Dingdong for sharing the message.
“Worked with Dingdong on a climate campaign in 2015 for COP21 and when he was still a commissioner with the National Youth Commission. I really miss the times when people in government were genuine advocates.”
Anyway, in the thread, Renee noted how “stronger typhoons is a product of climate change.”
There, she advised the government to invest in “proper disaster risk management and climate change adaptation.”