In 2018, Legarda became a Commissioner of the newly formed international organization, Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA). Loren Legarda was born on January 28, 1960, in Malabon as Lorna Regina Bautista Legarda, the only daughter of Antonio Cabrera Legarda and Bessie Gella Bautista.
How many votes did Legarda get in 1998?
Legarda ran for the Senate in 1998 under the Lakas-NUCD-UMDP Party. She was elected with more than 15 million votes, allowing her to be the highest vote-getter in that year’s election and becoming the second woman to top a Philippine senatorial election.
What is the role of Legarda in the EDSA Revolution?
Legarda played a role in the 2000–01 impeachment trial of Joseph Estrada that sparked the 2001 EDSA Revolution. She was later chosen to be the Senate’s Majority Floor Leader from 2001 to 2004, becoming the first woman to hold the position.
What is the contribution of Senator Legarda in the Philippines?
As the Philippines’ foremost advocate of green development, Senator Legarda worked for the enactment of laws on environmental governance like the Clean Air Act, the Solid Waste Management Act, the Climate Change Act and the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act.
What is Senator Loren Legarda doing to protect the environment?
For her contribution in protecting the environment and pushing for climate change adaptation policies, the University of the Philippines (UP) chose Senator Loren Legarda as its 2013 Distinguished Alumna for Environmental Protection and Climate Change Adaptation.
Is Senator Loren Legarda a test of her parliamentary leadership?
A couple of months before her appointment as champion, in a seeming test of her parliamentary leadership, Senator Loren Legarda was asked by UNISDR to steer a meeting of parliamentarians in Manila on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.
