Climate Change

GENEVA (Reuters) – Last year tied for the hottest year on record, confirming a long-term warming trend which will continue unless greenhouse gas emissions are cut, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON—A global population explosion combined with the steady effects of climate change are forecast to create a worldwide food shortage in the next 10 years, but the news isn’t all bad for some countries.

MANILA, Philippines (PNA) — Citing reports from recent studies on climate change, Senator Loren Legarda reiterated on Sunday that the whole nation should waste no time and must work together to immediately establish the necessary mechanisms that would ward off the ill-effects of global warming.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture (DA) is laying the groundwork for the creation of a Philippine Rainfed Agriculture Institute (Philrai) that will institutionalize strategies of government agencies on climate change mitigation and adaptation.

MANILA, Philippines – Proponents of Charter change (Cha-cha) at the House of Representatives are unfazed by Malacañang’s pronouncements that amending the Constitution is not a priority of the administration.

The Philippines got a $4.97-million World Bank grant to help farmers cope with the effects of climate change, the multilateral lender said in a statement released on Friday.

LEGAZPI CITY: The quest of the Philippine government and other developing countries to obtain climate funds is in the crossroad as the wealthy countries disregarded the plea of poor nations, Gov. Joey Salceda of Albay lamented. Salceda, who attended the concluded 16th Conference of Parties (COP-16) climate talks in Cancun Mexico told before the participants…

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is developing eight municipalities into climate change resilient communities using a $4.97-million grant from the World Bank.  DENR was provided the grant under the Global Environment Fund of the World Bank to develop communities resilient to the effects of climate change in the agricultural…

CANCUN, MEXICO — A new deal among 190 nations to slow climate change throws a lifeline to UN-led talks, but they will still struggle to find a deal extending the Kyoto Protocol for cutting carbon emissions beyond 2012. Most delegates said the main achievement of the two-week conference in Cancun, Mexico was simply to have…

THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) recently launched a four-pronged project aimed at developing models of climate change-resilient communities in agricultural and forested areas using updated scientific data on climate risk management under the Philippines Climate Change Adaptation Project Phase 1 (PhilCCAP1).

CANCUN—UN-led climate negotiations in Mexico on Saturday approved a deal after two weeks of talks and a final two days of virtually non-stop diplomacy. Major powers including the United States, European Union, China, Japan and India all endorsed the deal. Bolivia was the only major holdout, but host Mexico overruled its objections.

MANILA, Philippines – So you want to keep doing your part to save the earth, but run out of places to plant trees in, and all your incandescent bulbs are now CFBs. Here are three easy steps that require little effort, but count a lot.

MANILA, Philippines—Metro Manila is the “7-11 of disasters.” The National Capital Region topped cities in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) “most at risk” of flooding and earthquake, according to the latest ASEAN risk assessment synthesis report.

MANILA, Philippines—As close to 200 countries began Monday a two-week meeting in Cancun, Mexico, to try to forge an agreement to curb climate change, several international agencies warned that the Philippines remained a disaster waiting to happen—with Metro Manila possibly going under water after just a heavy downpour.

COMPLACENCY will doom the planet, a ranking official of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned, as negotiators from over 190 nations gird for two weeks of talks in Cancun to come up with an agreement that will stop Earth from warming too much.

Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile expressed his support to President Aquino’s move to replace the Climate Change Commission’s (CCC) vice chairman and decisively resolve the governance crisis that has plagued the country’s lead government agency tasked to address the climate change crisis.

THE UNITED NATIONS says Asia needs to spend more in disaster risk reduction measures to meet Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of cutting poverty and improving access to health and education by 2015.

MANILA, Philippines — Community campaign Depensa! called on the government Thursday to prioritize the protection of Filipinos against climate change.

INCREASING the resilience of Asian countries to disasters and climate change thru “enabling policy environment for effective disaster risk reduction” is important for the nations to be able to achieve sustainable socio-economic development and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Sen. Loren Legarda said Thursday.

ADB leads fund-raising for climate change projects MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines, one of the few countries identified as facing the highest risk of natural disasters, will get $1 billion worth of loans over the medium term to fund programs aimed at improving the country’s ability to cope with climate change.

I had the pleasure of listening to the former US president Bill Clinton in his talk, “Embracing Our Common Humanity” last Wednesday at the Manila Hotel. It was inspiring to hear encouraging words coming from a powerful man — that Filipinos have done great all around the world. He said that we are smart enough…

MANILA, Philippines – The Climate Change Commission recently inked an agreement with the Provincial Government of Albay concerning the establishment of a Climate Change Academy in the province that will serve as a center for education and knowledge sharing on climate adaptation.

NAGOYA, Japan: Bitterly divided rich and poor nations can work together to save the world from global warming, jubilant negotiators said on Saturday after forging a historic United Nations pact on protecting ecosystems.

MANILA, Philippines—A coalition of major international environment groups has called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to take a stronger stand on climate change in the upcoming climate talks in Cancun, Mexico.

TACLOBAN CITY — The German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) is assisting the Philippine government in developing “green” growth strategies for enterprises to deepen the business sector’s involvement in efforts against climate change.

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THE Philippines is the world’s sixth most climate-vulnerable country with its fast-growing population exposed to flood, drought, storms and sea-level rise, according to an index of 170 nations released early this week.

MANILA, Philippines – The Climate Change Commission (CCC) said there is a need to rehabilitate and develop the country’s river systems to effectively address the devastation brought about by typhoons.

MANILA, Philippines – Officials lamented that the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) allocated only P38.8 million to the 2011 budget of the Climate Change Commission (CCC).

BRUSSELS, Belgium—Two months before a key United Nations climate conference, European and Asian leaders pledged Tuesday to seek an urgent, legally-binding deal on global warming that would include deep cuts in emissions.