Filipinos including Catholic nuns join the Climate Solidarity Prayer March, which urges decisive actions from world leaders attending the Paris Climate Change conference. (AP PHOTO)
President Benigno Aquino III flew to Paris, France Sunday morning to join other world leaders in forging a legally binding agreement that will aim to mitigate the effects of climate change, particularly the rising of global temperature.
Aquino left Manila past 10 a.m. and was expected to arrive in Paris for the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) at around midnight.
Before leaving Manila, the President said that he would represent the Philippines which had become one of the countries in the world highly-vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
Aquino is expected to deliver a three-minute speech during the Climate Vulnerable Forum where he is expected to underscore the Philippines’ experience of responding to climate change and recovering from natural disasters./inquirer