Changing climates: the heat is (still) on
The world is getting warmer and natural hazards are becoming more intense, likely bringing higher economic losses in the future. Today, four major weather perils result in expected economic losses of USD
Philippines
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8M living below poverty threshold
SOME eight million workers are living below the poverty threshold brought about by imbalance between current daily minimum wage and rising cost of living, according to the biggest confederation of labor
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Paje to sign Paris Agreement on climate change
DENR Secretary Ramon Paje is heading to New York to represent President Aquino in the formal signing of the Paris Agreement and to deliver the Philippine statement at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters
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El Nino, dry season pose April double whammy –PAGASA
Authorities are reminding the people to further exercise caution against extreme heat, expecting the Philippines to experience this April twin onslaught of the dry season’s peak and the prevailing drought-driving
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Philippine rice farmer killed as drought protest turns violent- demonstration leader
Philippine police opened fire as a protest by thousands of rice farmers who lost their crops turned violent on Friday, killing one and wounding about a dozen, a leader of a farming group said. About
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Asia most at risk for disasters, but Africa likely to suffer more, report says
LONDON – Asia has the largest number of people exposed to natural disasters, but African countries are the most vulnerable to them, largely because of political instability, corruption, poverty and inequality,
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ADB commits $123.3 million to improve Manila's water supply
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Monday it would lend $123.3 million to the Philippines to modernize water supply in the capital, Manila, to reduce the risk of shortages as demand for water rises
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El Niño damage to Western Visayas’ agri sector pegged at P1.27 billion
The El Niño dry climate phenomenon has, so far, caused some P1.27 billion in damages to Western Visayas’ agriculture sector. Based on data presented by the Department of Agriculture in Western Visayas
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Metro Manila pollution close to standard level – DENR
Building constructions, unpaved roads, and emissions from motor vehicles have made pollution worse in Metro Manila. According to Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Ramon
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PhilCCAP rolls out climate change products
The Philippines Climate Change Adaptation Project (PhilCCAP), a foreign-funded program jointly implemented by several national government agencies, including the environment and agriculture departments
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Asia watches as GMO legal challenge threatens Philippines food supply
A legal challenge to the Philippines' rules on genetically modified organisms is threatening to spark a food crisis in the country and could cloud the outlook for GM technology around Asia. Government