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 200 billion annually. With more severe weather coming, economic losses are set to rise. The study analysis finds …
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake hit the Ilocos region at 8:44 pm today, December 17, with the epicenter located at 8 km southeast of Lapog, San Juan, Ilocos Sur. It has a depth of focus at 47 kilometers, a report from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Just …
Wide areas of the central Philippines were plunged into darkness on Tuesday as powerful typhoon Melor barreled into the coconut-growing region, causing flooding, storm surges and forcing almost 800,000 people to evacuate their homes, officials said. Known locally as Nona, the storm packing winds of 140 kph (87 mph) was …
The Philippine government said it will challenge a ban on GMO imports ordered by the country's top court, after the ruling rattled global markets this week over the threat of disruption to millions of tonnes of soybean meal shipments. Last week, the Supreme Court struck down a 2002 government regulation …
Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated from the central Philippines on Monday as a typhoon with winds of up to 150 kph (95 mph) made landfall, dumping heavy rain that could cause flooding, landslides and storm surges, authorities warned. About 40 domestic flights were grounded, while 73 ferries and …
The global climate is warming and there is growing evidence that climate variability is increasing in many places; extremes are becoming more frequent and intense in some parts of the world. Three detailed case studies – on drought risk in Mali, heatwaves in India and typhoons in Philippines – illustrate …
Over the past four decades, bicycle ownership has been documented in various countries but not globally analyzed. This paper presents an effort to fill this gap by tracking household bicycle possession. First, we gather survey data from 150 countries and extract percentage household bicycle ownership values. Performing cluster analysis, we …
Experts highlight threat to lesser-known apes and monkeys from large-scale habitat destruction and illegal wildlife trade More than half the world’s primates, including apes, lemurs and monkeys, are facing extinction, international experts warned on Tuesday. The population crunch is the result of large-scale habitat destruction – particularly the burning and …
Ninety per cent of the disasters that occurred during the past decade have been caused by floods, storms, heat waves and other weather-related events, according to a UN report. In a report released on Nov 23, 2015, titled The Human Cost of Weather Related Disasters, the UN claimed that weather-related …
Investors around the world no longer see renewable energy as a risky or low-yield investment sector, a recent report by the United Nations on private sector climate finance has revealed. Trends in private sector climate finance, published by the Climate Change Support Team (CCST) of the United Nations Secretary General, …
This report presents a model that analyses fossil fuel subsidy reform across 20 countries showing an average reduction in national GHG emissions of 11% by 2020, and average annual government savings of USD 93 per tonne of CO2 abated. With a modest recycling of resources to renewables and energy efficiency, …
A typhoon swept across the northern Philippines killing at least nine people as trees, power lines and walls were toppled and flood waters spread far from riverbeds, but tens of thousands of people were evacuated in time. Officials fear the death toll may rise after Typhoon Koppu tore through the …
Iloilo City – More investments both coming from the public and private sector are needed in order to cut the economic losses that the Philippines would usually incur every time a natural disaster would hit the country. National Competitiveness Council (NCC) Private Sector Co-chairman Guillermo M. Luz said in an …
The governments of the Philippines and Republic of Georgia signed yesterday a friendship and cooperation agreement for the conservation of biodiversity and management of protected areas between the two countries. The agreement was the first of its kind between the two nations with representatives from the Philippines’ Biodiversity Management Bureau …
A government official, a Ramon Magsaysay awardee, academicians, bishops and environmental activists were among those who are calling on the public in various parts of the world to sign an online petition urging the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to stop construction of a 15 megawatt (MW) coal-fired …
The man promoting a controversial underground gold mine near Majors Creek was in charge of an Australian mine in the Philippines which discharged cyanide-laden waste into creeks, killing fish and other marine creatures. The Philippines Government imposed a record fine of $A267,000 against Lafayette after investigating two instances of cyanide …
ZAMBIA is among eight developing countries that will benefit from a US$12 million international climate change adaptation programme fund from Germany to help raise agricultural production and increase food security. Through the Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans programme, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the United Nations Development …
As many as half of the world’s 27 species of crocodilian face being wiped out due to human activity, although the most feared variety, the saltwater crocodile, faces a brighter future, according to a new book by a veteran crocodile researcher. Land use changes, pollution, culling and feral animal invasions …
On 8 November 2013, super typhoon Haiyan made landfall in Philippines. On 24 November, the Chinese hospital ship arrived in Philippines to help with disaster relief efforts. Drinking water was collected at a variety of locations, and the concentration levels of lead were determined with field test kit. The results …
Proxy records of temperature from the Atlantic clearly show that the Younger Dryas was an abrupt climate change event during the last deglaciation, but records of hydroclimate are underutilized in defining the event. Here we combine a new hydroclimate record from Palawan, Philippines, in the tropical Pacific, with previously published …
Butuan City – The perennial lack of water supply experienced by over half-a-million inhabitants in the region will soon end with the completion of a P565-million Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project for this city’s Water Treatment and Water Supply (WTWS) on Sabo Dam in Sitio Iyao, Barangay Anticala in this city. …
