THE Philippines will hold another round of dialogue with the United Kingdom to further strengthen their cooperation on priority climate change and environmental concerns.

To be held tomorrow, the 3rd PH-UK Climate Change and Environment meeting will touch on matters such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions, water security, biodiversity conservation, marine pollution, and sustainable and green climate finance.

Environment Secretary Antonia Loyzaga and UK Ambassador to the Philippines Laure Beaufils will lead the dialogue expected to take the partnership of the two nations to new heights by building on the gains from two important agreements forged in 2020 and 2022.

The first PH-UK CCE partnership deal held in November 2022, served as a platform to facilitate discussion on shared priorities on climate change and environment between the two governments, with a joint focus on energy transition, nature-based solutions and green economic recovery.

In the second partnership agreement, signed at the culmination of the dialogue held on Feb. 10, 2022, the Philippines and UK agreed on a joint work plan that served as a guide in identifying priority areas of collaboration.

Specifically, these priority areas revolved around building resilience of the economy, ecosystems and communities in the context of climate change; establishing policies and regulatory frameworks towards clean energy and net zero pathways by 2050; sustainable finance and greening the financial system; and stronger collaboration and increase awareness of institutions and communities in tackling climate change.
The 3rd PH-UK Dialogue seeks to build on the gains made from the past agreement sand will work on the preparation of an updated PH-UK CCE Action Work Plan 2023-2024.

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