DURING his second State of the Nation Address last month, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced that his administration had launched an investment 'green lane,' intended to speed up the process of approvals for strategic investments, primarily those in renewable energy and in the mining of minerals such as copper and nickel. Any idea that helps to ease the difficult process of getting new and critically needed investments off the ground is welcome, but the government should realize that implementation of the 'green lane' will require a great deal of follow-up work to make it effective.