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SALCEDO town in Eastern Samar became the first local government unit in the Philippines that had passed a municipal resolution on climate accountability .The resolution, which is fully supported by Mayor Ma. Rochelle Mergal, was sponsored by Councilor Joselito Esquierdo, and co-sponsored by all members of the Committee on Environment .It was approved on Monday, November 6, 2023, two days before the 10th anniversary of Super Typhoon Yolanda , according to the climate advocacy group Greenpeace .
Our demand here is for polluters—the big oil and gas companies—to pay their destructive emissions, and for the loss and damage here in Salcedo,” she said.“What happened today in Salcedo is a historic moment—communities will no longer take the climate crisis sitting down, and will no longer bear the burden of climate destruction while fossil fuel polluters continue to evade justice,” added Jefferson Chua, Greenpeace campaigner.
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