Muntinlupa City has been named as one of the country’s finalists in the World Wide Fund for Nature’s One Planet City Challenge this year.
The WWF-OPCC is a global competition that recognizes cities with effective climate change action plans. One to three cities per participating country are chosen as finalists.
Over 250 cities from 53 countries, including 13 from the Philippines, joined the 2020 WWF’s One Planet City Challenge through the Global Covenant of Mayor’s Unified Reporting System hosted by CDP and ICLEI.
WWF announced that Muntinlupa City, along with Batangas City and Santa Rosa in Laguna, has been selected as national finalists from the Philippines this year.
Muntinlupa, Batangas City and Santa Rosa bested other Philippine cities in their efforts to reduce carbon emissions contributing to the global target of keeping the global average temperature rise to below 1.5 degrees Celsius.