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Climate change has had and will continue to have drastic effects on the climate of the Philippines. From 1951 to 2010, the Philippines saw its average temperature rise by 0.65 °C, with fewer recorded cold nights and more hot days. [1] Since the 1970s, the number of typhoons during the El Niño season has increased. [1]
The Climate Change Commission (CCC) is the primary government policy-making body in the Philippines tasked with coordinating, monitoring and evaluating government initiatives to ensure that climate change is taken into account in all national, local, and sectoral development plans in order to create a climate-smart and resilient nation.
Congress passed the Clean Air Act of 1999, the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004, the Climate Change Act of 2009 to address environmental issues. The country is also a signatory to the Paris Agreement. However, research has found that outside of cities, the general public doesn't feel equally informed.
2023 was the hottest year on global record — and that’s not the only reason this year made climate history.. For instance, countries at the Cop28 climate summit struck a historic deal to fight ...
Climate change exacerbates the situation with typhoons in the Philippines. [7] Bagyo is the Filipino term for any tropical cyclone in the Philippine Islands. [ 4 ] From the statistics gathered by PAGASA from 1948 to 2004, around 28 storms and/or typhoons per year enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) – the designated area assigned ...
According to the Rules of the Senate, [2] the committee handles all matters relating to: Conservation and protection of the environment; Policies, programs, strategies, technologies and other innovations addressing global warming and climate change impacts, including, but not limited to, climate risk management to reduce vulnerability associated with climate-sensitive areas and sectors, the ...
Climate change in the Philippines (2 P) P. Pollution in the Philippines (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Environmental issues in the Philippines"
Agham was founded on July 24, 1999, by Dr. Aloysius Baes, an environmental chemist and Martial Law activist and Dr. Giovanni Tapang, a physicist. [7] Dr. Baes greatly influenced the formulation of the five concerns that the organization would focus on: environment, public utilities, food security and self-sufficiency, scientific and mass culture and national industrialization.