The Philippines being an archipelago with one of the longest coastlines in the world is highly vulnerable to the potential impacts of climate change. At present, it is already susceptible to extreme weather and climate events. Studies of historical records of the country show that signals of a ...
"Adaptation to the risks of climate change, including both extreme and slow-onset problems, is thus critical for the Philippines," the report said, warning that "policy inaction would impose substantial economic and human costs, especially for the poor." Meanwhile, the report warned climate change...
Inventor, The Philippines: A Climate Hotspot Climate Change Impacts and the Philippines, Lea Guerero, Ed. Quezon City, Philippines: Greenpeace Southest Asia, 2007.Greenpeace. (2007). The Philippines: A Climate Hotspot, Climate Change Impacts and the Philippines. Quezon City: Greenpeace Southeast ...
climate changethe Philippinesdeveloping countriesindividualist-collectivist theoryclimate reportingwire servicesDeveloping nations have tended to have been overlooked in studies of climate reporting. This study is based upon a content analysis of three daily newspapers in the Philippines to examine climate ...
jet-setting and shrink the administrative bureaucracy that supports that lifestyle. Amen. This change would be good for taxpayers and good for the environment. When I issued my Eighteenth Theorem of Government, I was mostly thinking about the preening nitwits in the British royal family and the...
Climate ChangeNatural DisastersTyphoonGovernment PolicyPhilippinesThe powerful typhoon Haiyan that swept across the Philippines is one of the strongest storms ever to make landfall, cut a path of destruction through several cedoi:10.2139/ssrn.2430689K. C. Ratha...
While climate change dominated debates of academics and policy makers in recent years, the concept seems hardly understood, or worse, heard in the discussions of lawmakers and executives at local government levels in the Philippines. The study used local government plans, programs, and annual ...
We calculate wind damage on biofuel feedstock production, and assess the effect that a future potential increase in tropical cyclone intensity would have on energy security, rural development and climate change mitigation in the Philippines. A Monte Carlo simulation is used to obtain the future ...
In this episode of "2022 Raw and Real", we bring you CGTN's top newsmakers and newsworthy moments of the year. In Pakistan, the deadly impact of climate change triggered heavier than usual rainfall leading to devastating floods that lasted from June
Climate change is an extremely urgent issue that must be addressed, especially in the agriculture sector. In 2014, the Philippines ranked ninth globally as most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change (Climate Change Commission 2014). Central to addressing the impacts of climate change in agric...