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Duterte: Philippines aims to cut greenhouse-gas emissions by 75 percent by 2030

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Students protest at University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, as they join youth-led worldwide climate strikes on September 20, 2019. Joining the students are indigenous people groups, coal-affected communities, coastal villagers and other activists from different parts of the country. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/file" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/09/22/protest.jpg"/><figcaption>Students protest at University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, as they join youth-led worldwide climate strikes on September 20, 2019. Joining the students are indigenous people groups, coal-affected communities, coastal villagers and other activists from different parts of the country. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA—The Philippines aims to reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions by 75 percent by 2030 as part of its responsibility to mitigate the global climate crisis, President Rodrigo Duterte said in a speech during the 76th United Nations General Assembly.</p><p>Duterte said a moratorium on the construction of new coal power plants has been issued, as well as a &quot;directive&quot; to explore nuclear-energy options.</p><p>&quot;The Philippines accepts its share of responsibility and will do its part to avert this collective disaster,&quot; the country&#x27;s chief executive said.</p><p>&quot;But this contribution will be rendered useless if the biggest polluters past and present choose to do business as usual.&quot;</p><p>Duterte also noted that vulnerable nations &quot;suffer&quot; the most from climate change. He urged developed countries to &quot;fulfill their long-standing commitment&quot; to financing, technology transfer and capacity building focused on the developing countries.</p><p>&quot;The risks and burden of a warming climate are simply not the same for everyone. The greatest injustice here is that those who suffer the most are those the least responsible for this existential crisis,&quot; Duterte said. </p><p>&quot;We, therefore, appeal for urgent climate actions, especially those who can truly tip the balance...This is a moral obligation that cannot be avoided,&quot; he added.</p><p>In its August 2021 climate change report, the UN said emissions due to human activities have &quot;unequivocally&quot; <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/08/10/21/un-climate-change-report-sounds-code-red-for-humanity">pushed</a> the global temperature up 1.1 degrees Celsius from its pre-industrial average. </p><p>Global leaders have earlier committed to cap temperature rises to 1.5 degrees Celsius under the 2015 Paris climate accord.</p><ul class="op-related-articles"><li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/03/30/21/climate-change-will-deepen-rich-poor-global-divide-top-economists-warn">Climate change will deepen rich-poor global divide, top economists warn</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/10/21/un-climate-report-comprehensive-but-regional-gaps-persist">UN climate report comprehensive, but regional gaps persist</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/12/03/20/pandemics-climate-change-intensify-global-health-threats">Pandemics, climate change &#x27;intensify&#x27; global health threats</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1779536" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><div><strong>— With reports from Reuters and Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

Duterte said a moratorium on the construction of new coal power plants has been issued, as well as a 'directive' to explore nuclear-energy options.