PH urged to rethink climate, energy policies

AN industry lobby has called on the government to rethink its energy policies and adopt caution before implementing its climate pledges to ensure that such policies will not impede the country’s economic growth.

The Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) noted that the country’s commitment to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 70 percent by 2030, which it pledged at the Paris Summit in December last year, was “much higher” than those of big emitters like China, India, and even the United States which pledged a reduction of only 20 percent to 30 percent.