Kerry to discuss major initiatives to address the climate crisis.
In a statement issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs, it said Locsin and Kerry both recognized that climate change is one of the key areas where the Philippines and the United States can cooperate more closely to strengthen their bilateral relations and their alliance. Both leaders agreed to promote collaboration on the climate crisis the whole world is facing through various regional and multilateral fora, especially through the Association of Southeast Asian Nations .
Last month, the Philippines has submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change its Nationally Determined Contributions with a target of 75 percent greenhouse gas emissions reduction and avoidance by 2030.loss and damage from extreme weather events are increasing at an unacceptable rate, reaching 4percent of Gross Domestic Product in 2013 due to Super Typhoon Yolanda .