Bowing to the will of his Cabinet, President Duterte has changed his mind and is now ready to sign the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement. Duterte acceded to the near-unanimous position of his Cabinet after discussing the merits of the Paris agreement, its impact on the economy, how the Philippines could access the multibillion-dollar Green Fund and other related matters. “After so much debate, I will now sign the climate change (agreement), because (of the) unanimous vote except for one or two. And I am the other one,” Duterte said yesterday.

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