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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is responsible for creating, supporting, and enforcing policies on environmental protection by the Philippine government. The department is also tasked with ensuring sustainable management of the Philippines' natural resources. [ 73 ]
On March 11, 2024, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Toni Yulo-Loyzaga and the European Union launched the €60 million (P3.67 billion) "Green Economy Programme for the Philippines" in the form of a grant from 2023 to 2028 to mitigate environmental degradation and combat climate change to foster economic growth and social ...
Monsoons are large-scale sea breezes which occur when the temperature on land is significantly warmer or cooler than the temperature of the ocean. Most summer monsoons or southwest monsoons (Filipino: Habagat) have a dominant westerly component and a strong tendency to ascend and produce copious amounts of rain (because of the condensation of water vapor in the rising air).
The Philippines is considered the most exposed country in the world to tropical storms as approximately 20 cyclones enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the area of the ocean the ...
The Philippines has a 53% renewable, 66.8% green, and self-sufficient electricity generation mix. Environmental organisations like Greenpeace are dissatisfied with these numbers, however, because coal still accounts for 37% of power generation. The economic gains of renewable energy usage in the Philippines have not benefited the rural poor ...
The wettest recorded typhoon to hit the Philippines dropped 2,210 millimeters (87 in) in Baguio from July 14 to 18, 1911. [58] The Philippines is highly exposed to climate change and is among the world's ten countries that are most vulnerable to climate change risks. [59] Building construction is undertaken with natural disasters in mind.
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According to environmental group Alyansa Tigil Mina, the law "legitimizes the plunder of our national patrimony," and that the "situation will only worsen if ChaCha prospers and transnational corporations are allowed to act with impunity." [27] Illegal logging occurs in the Philippines [28] and intensifies flood damage in some areas. [29]