Despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s refusal to honor the historic Paris Agreement, Environment Secretary Regina “Gina” Lopez will attend the Climate Change Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, this month, a Palace executive said on Friday. “Secretary Gina Lopez will attend the climate change meet in Marrakech and will report back to the President in order for him to have a better informed view regarding the [Paris climate] agreement,” Communications Secretary Martin Andanar told reporters in a text message. The Philippines under the Aquino administration signed the landmark Paris Agreement on April 22. If Gina Lopez would tell me … it’s good. And if the legal advisers say that [I’ll sign the Paris climate agreement],” he said./rgaRELATED STORIES

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 04, 2016 09:44 UTC