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Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III stressed the new composition of the experts’ pool is more than a change of personnel, as it reflects a "change of paradigm" in the country’s efforts to combat the effects of climate change.

Activists from those countries fear that without their presence, their voices will be ignored at the upcoming COP26 summit opening on October 31.  

The onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Maring demonstrates the urgent need to ramp up disaster risk reduction strategies in the country, Greenpeace Philippines said.

RISE South-East Asia Alliance for Health and Climate urged the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to transform their healthcare sector to become climate-resilient, sustainable and pandemic-prepared.

"The burning of fossil fuels is killing us," the World Health Organization said in an 82-page COP26 special report.