Dapitan studes vow support to climate change advocacy

By Mary May A. Abellon

DIPOLOG CITY, Oct. 15 (PIA) Some 210 students of D!"tn C"t# $t"on%
&"'( Sc(oo% (DC$&S) )(o ttended fo*um on c%"mte c(n'e d!tt"on
nd m"t"'t"on +*"d#, Oct. 10, too, t(e c(%%en'e of -ecom"n' effect".e
commun"cto*s nd mu%t"!%"e*s fo* c%"mte c(n'e d.occ# cm!"'n.
T(e fo*um, )("c( )s ttended not on%# -# t(e off"ce*s of t(e Su!*eme
Student Go.e*nment (SSG), c%ss o*'n"/t"ons, Yout( fo* 0n."*onment nd
Sc"ence O*'n"/t"on (Y0S1O), -o# scouts, '"*% scouts nd sc"ence c%u-s, -ut
%so sc"ence tec(e*s nd -*n'# off"c"%s, sou'(t to )e,en !u-%"c2s
!t(# to c%"mte c(n'e.
34e *e '%d t(t )e *e one of t(e *ec"!"ents "n t("s d.occ# fo*um on
c%"mte c(n'e,5 6e'"e 7"t1"t, sc"ence mste* tec(e*, s"d "n (e* )e%come
mess'e.
Info*mt"on Cente* 8n'e* A%fonso T. 6ud of t(e P("%"!!"ne Info*mt"on
A'enc#19m-on' de% $o*te P*o."nc"% Info*mt"on Cente* (PIA19$PIC) s"d
3!*omot"n' !u-%"c )*eness nd c%%"n' fo* !eo!%e2s ct"on on c%"mte
c(n'e *e t(e t)o m"n *esons )(# t(e s"d fo*um "s -e"n' (e%d.5
:4e )"%% (.e to !*e!*e fo* )(t )"%% (!!en to mn,"nd ;)"t( c%"mte
c(n'e<,: 6ud st*essed.
PIA1= Ass"stnt 6e'"on% D"*ecto* +*n,%"n P. Gum!on %so u*'ed e.e*#one
to !*t"c"!te "n com-t"n' t(e "%% effects of c%"mte c(n'e.
34e cn (.e econom"c '*o)t( )"t(out com!*om"s"n' ou* en."*onment -#
com!%#"n' )"t( %% t(e *e>u"*ements set -# t(e 'o.e*nment nd .o"d"n'
!*o("-"ted cts '"nst ou* en."*onment,5 Gum!on2s ns)e* to >uest"on
*"sed -# student conce*n"n' "ndust*"%"/t"on nd en."*onment%
!*otect"on.
As !*t of c%"mte c(n'e d!tt"on, Gum!on %so s,ed t(e students
%"."n' ne* t(e *".e*s to te%% t(e"* !*ents to *e%octe o* t*nsfe* to sfe*
!%ces, nd not )"t fo* somet("n' to (!!en.
At t(e end of t(e fo*um, t(e !*t"c"!nts e%ected t(e"* off"ce*s fo* t(e
sc(oo%2s C%"mte C(n'e 6es"%"ent Yout( Ad.octes )(o )ou%d %ed t(e
cm!"'n fo* t(e !*otect"on nd !*ese*.t"on of ecos#stem.
T(e off"ce*s %so %ed t(e"* fe%%o) !*t"c"!nts "n *ec"t"n' t(e 3?%",sn5
!%ed'e. (+PG@8AA@PIA19m-on' de% $o*te)