WASHINGTON – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and United States President Joe Biden reaffirmed their dedication to undertake pressing motion to scale back greenhouse gasoline emissions as the 2 leaders decide to develop collaboration on renewable vitality manufacturing.
This as the 2 leaders acknowledged that the local weather disaster poses an existential risk to the world, noting that the Philippines is weak to the results of local weather change.
“They resolve to expand collaboration on renewable energy production to accelerate the clean energy transition while bringing down energy costs and expanding energy access for families,” the joint assertion of the 2 leaders learn.
“The leaders hail progress in negotiating a US-Philippines civil nuclear cooperation agreement (“123 agreement”). The United States and the Philippines will also pursue an ambitious program of cooperation on wind, solar, and geothermal energy, while enhancing cooperation on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the waste, road, and shipping sectors,” it added.
Marcos and Biden met on the White House and had a bilateral assembly aimed toward bettering ties between the 2 international locations.
They additional resolved “to expand cooperation on environmental protections, including enhanced domain awareness, marine conservation, and protecting coastal areas from environmental degradation.”
They additionally pledged to advertise elevated cooperation and data sharing between Manila and Washington by means of the Science and Technology Agreement (STA), and the leaders additionally welcomed US plans to determine an Open-RAN Interoperability Lab in Manila. — RSJ, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
