Climate Change

BANGKOK – The two-week climate talks here reached a sour ending yesterday, with tension rising between developed and developing countries amid failure of government negotiators from around 190 nations to firmly agree on fundamentals for a treaty that would ensure continued restraint on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as well as support for mitigation and adaptation…

MANILA, Philippines – Adapting to the impact of global warming in developing countries is set to cost up to $100 billion a year over the next 40 years, according to a new World Bank study.

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Asia-Pacific countries face food and energy shortages, worsening poverty and declining crop yields if they ignore climate change, according to studies released on Wednesday.

$7B to ease temperature rise impact on poor MANILA, Philippines — Climate change will cause the malnourishment of 25 million more children in 2050, according to a Wednesday report by the Washington-based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and e-mailed to media outfits worldwide.

MANILA, Philippines – Climate change is happening faster than we believed only two years ago. Continuing with business as usual almost certainly means dangerous, perhaps catastrophic, climate change during the course of this century. This is the most important challenge for this generation of politicians.

MANILA, Philippines—The European Union and some international funding agencies have urged local governments to strengthen alliances to avert the damaging impact of climate change and the global financial crisis on local communities.

A NONGOVERNMENT aid agency warned that at least 4.5 million children could die unless world leaders deliver more funds to help developing countries, like the Philippines, fight the growing impact of climate change.

MANILA, Philippines – The World Bank has warned the Philippines and other developing countries that they stand to lose four to five percent of their annual gross domestic product if they fail to address the worsening problem of climate change.

MANILA, Philippines – Twenty-one countries from the Asia-Pacific region agreed yesterday to promote “ecologically sustainable pattern of development” through cleaner production technologies and practices in the face of the growing concern over global warming and climate change.

MANILA, Philippines – Two very important pieces of legislation – the Climate Change Act of 2009 and Anti-Torture Act of 2009 – have been approved in the bicameral conference committee and are just awaiting approval from President Arroyo.

MANILA, Philippines – Due to the Philippines’ high vulnerability to rising sea levels and destructive typhoons, President Arroyo has ordered concerned government agencies to rush the formulation of an adaptation plan for the country against the effects of climate change, officials said yesterday.

The Senate has approved the bicameral committee report of a consolidated version of the various bills on a proposed law that would focus on the formulation of policies and set a national agenda on all matters concerning and related to climate change. The proposed Climate Change Act of 2009 also seeks to create a Climate…

MANILA, Philippines – An official of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) yesterday said that based on the latest geophysics research, it appeared that the Philippine land mass is moving toward mainland Asia at an average of seven centimeters every year.

As the UN climate summit in Copenhagen approaches, exhortations that “we must get a deal” and warnings that climate change is “the greatest challenge we face as a species” are to be heard in virtually every political forum.

MANILA, Philippines – The Australian government donated yesterday P123 million to finance three new projects that aim to further strengthen the country’s capacity to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines raised the alarm yesterday over the slow pace of negotiations for the reduction of greenhouse gases that could lead to the failure of nations to forge a new climate change treaty replacing the Kyoto Protocol before the December deadline.

MANILA, Philippines – In yet another testament to the Filipinos’ world-class skills and ingenuity, nine Philippine projects successfully hurdled the rigorous selection process of the World Bank Group’s 2009 Global Development Marketplace Competition, an international contest aimed at identifying and funding innovative, early-stage projects with high potential for development impact.

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang warned households and farmers to brace for a possible water crisis as the country could be hit by drought before the end of the year or early next year.

The global climate treaty slated for completion by year’s end will be crippled without “strong commitments” from rich nations on slashing CO2 emissions by 2020, the UN’s top climate official said Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines – Global warming is slowly pushing the world to the brink of destruction but the Philippines is doing its share to lessen the impact, according to Presidential Adviser on Global Warming and Climate Change (PAGWCC) Heherson Alvarez.

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Global climate change is “very likely” to have a human cause, an influential group of scientists has concluded.

World leaders at the G8 summit in Italy are negotiating a deal to limit the effects of climate change. Click on the buttons and words above to find out more about the impact of global warming.

Leaders of the G8 leading industrial countries have agreed to try to limit global warming to just 2C (3.6F) above pre-industrial levels by 2050.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The US House of Representatives on Friday narrowly passed a bill aimed at capping and reducing US greenhouse gas emissions and lowering the country’s dependence on foreign oil, in what experts say a critical step toward tackling climate change.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is embarking on two major projects that would help address climate change, with funding support of some 4,430,000 euros from the Republic of Germany through Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ).

MANILA, Philippines–The rapidly changing weather pattern blamed on global warming is hurting the fishing industry, depriving fishermen and their families not only of income but also their own places to live.

THE energy needs of Asia and the Pacific implies a rising trajectory of carbon dioxide emissions.

OPPORTUNITIES abound for integrating climate change in economic policies.

ASIA and the Pacific are at a critical crossroad. In recent decades, rapid development has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty while bringing the region to higher living standards.