A RECENT development that combines sovereign debt relief with investment in climate resiliency may offer significant benefits to the Philippines and provide solutions to the twin concerns of managing the country's growing external debt and financing climate adaptation and mitigation objectives. At the moment, there seem to be few downsides to the concept, and the Philippines seems well-positioned to make a strong pitch to potential benefactors, so it should be carefully studied by the government.

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