Philippine delegation to Germany head Climate Change Secretary Heherson Alvarez called on other Southeast Asian nations to work together to find a common ground on the pressing issue of climate change and generate a unified resounding voice before the scheduled United Nations-led climate meeting in Mexico in December.

Speaking at a climate change meeting in Bonn, Germany over the weekend, Alvarez echoed President Arroyo’s call for Southeast Asian leaders during the ASEAN Summit in Vietnam to “speak with one voice” on the significant problem of climate change.

The ASEAN leaders in Vietnam issued a statement calling for legally binding global agreement on climate change and asked developed countries to take more ambitious commitments, and set specific and binding targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, citing the vulnerability of the region to climate change.

“The ASEAN must be a dialogue body. Because our nations, all the ASEAN nations, are now trying to seek for a common denominator, for common prosperity, for common viewpoint and clarity on complex problems for the development of international relations,” Alvarez told the ASEAN delegates during the meeting.