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Legarda at IPU Calls for Coal Phase Out to Achieve SDGs: Senator Loren Legarda, head of the Philippine delegation to the 138th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva, Switzerland, has called for a more aggressive effort to achieve the agreed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially on the aspect of renewable energy development. Legarda emphasized the need to phase out the use of fossil fuels, especially coal, and subsequently shift to renewable energy to mitigate environmental pollution during the presentation of the resolution, “Engaging the private sector in implementing the SDGs, especially on renewable energy.”