Groups hit energy policies, call for just transition to clean energy
The groups said the country’s policies and systems in the power sector “promote destructive and costly energy” but fail to protect the interest of the consumers.
The groups said the country’s policies and systems in the power sector “promote destructive and costly energy” but fail to protect the interest of the consumers.
“Don’t be afraid to criticize! We need your criticism. Many of you, for example, are critical of environmental pollution. We need this! Be free in criticism,” said the pontiff.
The resolution, which is first of its kind in Southeast Asia and the Global South, recognized that there is an “urgency to craft and adopt a PGND for a just and green economic recovery and a historic break from systemic crises and injustices.”
The Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development (CEED) praised the filing of a resolution in the House of Representatives seeking for an elaborate public discussion on the country’s RE potentials.
Observers in COP26 claimed that this year’s conference was the “least inclusive climate summit in a decade.”