EU exec for climate action in Manila

MANILA, Philippines - The head of the European Union Commission for Climate Action is in town for a two-day visit aimed to strengthen cooperation on climate action.

Commissioner Connie Hedegaard is the first European Union Commissioner to visit the country in several years to discuss one of the EU’s top agenda: climate action.

Hedegaard will discuss closer EU-Philippine cooperation on climate action with Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario and Secretary Lucille Sering, vice chair of the Philippine Climate Change Commission.