Aquino: Try ‘bayanihan’ against climate change

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino 3rd has called on world leaders to adopt the “bayanihan” method in their collective effort in combating effects of climate change, saying no individual nation, regardless of its wealth, can adjust to this destructive global phenomenon on its own.

“The question is not about who among us should be doing what; the question is not about the contributions of individual countries. It is imperative that all countries do everything, and maximize what can be done to address climate change now. Either we all strive and sacrifice, or we only vary in how much we lose,” Aquino said at the Climate Vulnerable Forum high-level event in Paris, France, on Monday night (Tuesday in Manila).