Philippine Dream Team: With the great leadership of Lucille Sering, the powerful and respected voice of Bernarditas Muller, the incredible guidance of Naderev Saño, the great mentorship of Tony la Vina, the unrelenting support of Segfredo Serrano, and the brilliance of each delegate in the Philippine team, it has been an honor to be part of the Philippine delegation at the UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico last December.
To those who took the time to mentor the youth delegates, thank you for recognizing our work and giving us the opportunity to negotiate our future. We are all here today fighting for our lives. I would not want to be in this battle with anyone else other than the team I was with.
It was both a privilege and a great honor to have joined my country’s delegation at the UN Cancun Climate Talks. As youths, the future is ours. We are grateful that our country understands the importance of youth participation in international climate negotiations. After this opportunity, we aspire to make the necessary and dire change in our homefront.
To those who took the time to mentor the youth delegates, thank you for recognizing our work and giving us the opportunity to negotiate our future. We are all here today fighting for our lives. I would not want to be in this battle with anyone else other than the team I was with.
It was both a privilege and a great honor to have joined my country’s delegation at the UN Cancun Climate Talks. As youths, the future is ours. We are grateful that our country understands the importance of youth participation in international climate negotiations. After this opportunity, we aspire to make the necessary and dire change in our homefront.
"I have been in many Philippine delegations to climate change negotiations and this group is one of the strongest of the delegations I have worked with." - Dr./Atty. Tony La Vina, COP15 chief negotiator on the UN initiative known as “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)” and member of the official Philippine delegation.
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| Desiree Llanos Dee, Vivienne Zerrudo, Christopher Yu, Anna Oposa, and Esperanza Garcia; The youth delegates of the official Philippine delegation at the UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun last December 10, 2010. |
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9 Dec, Cancun, Mexico --Representatives from countries vulnerable to sea level rise sit at a negotiating table submerged in the waves. Two representatives are Philippine delegates, Anna Oposa (far left) & Kester Yu (far right). |
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