DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 14 January) — Environmental group “Panalipdan! Mindanao” urged the government to show “political will” to establish a community-based renewable energy program to …
DAVAO CITY — Environmental group “Panalipdan! Mindanao” urged the government to show “political will” to establish a community-based renewable energy program to have a more inclusive approach in equalizing the island’s current power structure of 70-30 in favor of fossil fuels.
Mindanao has a total of 4,000 MW installed capacity, of which between 2,700 and 2,800 MW is the available capacity.“Feeling nako kanang tokenism lang nang sulti nila nga moratorium. We want them to do more. political will to establish community-based RE program. . The solution should be inclusive,” Lindo said.
During “Wednesdays’ Habi at Kape” Mindanao Development Authority assistant secretary Romeo Montenegro said the government is now hoping to reverse the power mix of the island dominated by coal-fed powerplants in compliance with its obligations under the Paris Agreement.The multilateral agreement, which entered into force on November 4, 2016, targets to limit “global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.
The Philippines signed the Paris Agreement on April 23, 2016, and it was subsequently ratified by the Senate on March 23, 2017 under the administration of then President Rodrigo R. Duterte.
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