“We all have to work together to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and below, or it will be a point of no return for us all.” This was stressed by Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson during the Provincial Stakeholders’ Consultative Power Summit at the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City on Friday, May 3. Lacson said the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned that the next few years are critical.
We use the colors green and yellow to signify renewable energy for a brighter future ,” he added. The governor stressed that all these are initial strategies for raising energy consciousness among the people and for bringing the different power sectors together. “We believe in authentic and holistic development, which is a multidimensional and long-term process. We also believe that the best development plans must come out of those who are most affected by them.