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The World Bank warned in a report on Sunday that climate change could drive 100 million people into extreme poverty in just 15 years. The report, titled “Shock Waves: Managing the impacts of Climate Change on poverty,” says that increased natural disasters, disruptions in food supplies and the spread of diseases could send the global poverty rate into overdrive by just 2030. The report finds that poor people are already at high risk from climate-related […]
A research showed that the manufacturing industry across Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, would suffer productivity losses in the next 30 years due to rising temperatures caused by climate change. A recent report released by British firm Verisk Maplecroft said that Southeast Asia could lose an average of 16 percent of its current labor capacity due to the rising heat stress in the next three decades. Singapore and Malaysia are predicted to experience productivity loses […]
MANILA – The Embassy of France launched last October 5 a week-long event to raise awareness about climate change ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris later this year. A symbolic bike ride led by the French Embassy and other members of the diplomatic corps will bike from Rizal Park-Intramuros-Rizal Park as a show of solidarity in the fight against climate change. Hundreds of Filipinos are expected to join the ride. VIPs include French […]
Two months before countries all over the world gather in Paris to conclude a landmark agreement to curb global warming, France is taking an initiative to highlight the role of civil society in climate negotiations in the Philippines and abroad through a Climate Week in Manila. France, as the host of the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) this December, is responsible for […]
MANILA – Two months before countries all over the world gather in Paris to conclude a landmark agreement to curb global warming, France is taking an initiative to highlight the role of civil society in climate negotiations in the Philippines and abroad through a Climate Week in Manila. France, as the host of the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) this December, is […]
According to the Climate Change Commission, the Philippines is finalizing its action plan regarding climate change for submission to the United Nations, meeting the deadline set by said international organization. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Sep. 15 — The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) will be holding a policy discussion on the effects of climate change on the country’s agriculture sector and its relative impact on economic growth. NEDA together with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), will organize the high-level policy form and research symposium, which will be held on September 18-19, 2015 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong […]
MANILA, Philippines, August 20 (Eagle News) — Senator Loren Legarda, Senate Committee on Climate Change chairman, encouraged the public to conserve water in the face of the severe drought brought about by the El Niño phenomenon, which may last till the early part of 2016. Legarda added that the government can also try other measures like cloud-seeding if needed. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/8q_dBaoPR3c
AGOSTO 11 (Agila Probinsya) — Puspusan ngayon ang kampanya ng Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) sa kanilang mga kooperatiba para maihanda sila sa pagtulong na masugpo ang lumalalang pag-init ng mundo dahil sa pabago-bagong panahon. Ayon sa focal person ng Climate Change na si Emil Maure, naka-integrate ngayon ang usapin ng climate change sa isinasagawa nilang mandatory training para sa kanilang mga assisted cooperative sa iba’t-ibang dako ng Aurora. Katuwang ang Cooperative Development Authority, nagsimulang […]
AUGUST 3 (Reuters) — U.S. President Barack Obama will unveil on Monday (August 3) the final version of his plan to tackle greenhouse gases from coal-fired power plants, kicking off what is expected to be a tumultuous legal battle against federal environmental regulators by the coal industry and its political allies. The revised Clean Power Plan will seek to slash carbon emissions from the power sector by 32 percent by 2030 from 2005 […]
Nagbigay ng paala-ala ang punong guro ng Bontoc Central School sa lalawigan ng Mt. Province na si Ginoong Rodolfo Paspas, sa mga mag-aaral maging sa mga magulang ng nasabing eskwelahan, na laging magdala ng pananggalang sa ulan tulad ng payong at kapote. Bahagi ito ng kampanaya nila upang maingatan at huwag magkasakit ang mga bata lalo na ang nasa kindergaten. Kasama din sa ibinilin sa kanila katuwang ang mga guro na maging alerto sa lahat […]
According to the report made by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), 16 cities in the Philippines are not prepared for the effects of climate change.
