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 …
Satellite images suggest tropical forests from the Amazon to the Philippines are disappearing at a far more rapid pace than previously thought, a University of Maryland team of forest researchers say. The annual rate of deforestation from 1990 to 2010 was 62 percent higher than in the previous decade, and …
The Philippine government said Wednesday it had received 87 million pesos ($1.97 million) from the United States to pay for damage caused by a U.S. Navy minesweeper to a protected reef two years ago. Manila received the compensation last month for the damage that resulted from the grounding of the …
Super Typhoon Haiyan entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) 7 November 2013, causing tremendous damage to infrastructure and loss of lives mainly due to the storm surge and strong winds. Storm surges up to a height of 7 m were reported in the hardest hit areas. The threat imposed …
Pope Francis has flown to the Philippines, an island nation frequently hit by natural disasters, declaring that man is primarily responsible for climate change. Wading into the climate change debate on board the papal plane, the Pope told journalists he hoped negotiators at the next round of climate change talks …
The overall aim of the Economics of Sanitation Initiative (ESI) is to promote evidence-based decision making to increase the volume, effectiveness, and sustainability of sanitation expenditure. The evidence produced is useful for a range of stakeholders, including governments at national and subnational levels, donors, nongovernmental organizations, program managers, and the …
The Philippines’ indigenous Ayta community has signed an agreement that paves the way for the construction of a pioneering renewable energy facility on their ancestral land in Subic Bay, north of Manila. Ayta Tribal Chieftain Conrado Frenilla and Ayta elder Bonifacio Florentino signed a memorandum of agreement on Dec. 12 …
Lava is again flowing out of Mayon, the Philippines’ most active volcano, raising fears an eruption could be imminent, authorities said Sunday. The government has already evacuated around 63,000 people living inside a 6-km danger zone around the volcano, after it began to spew out white smoke and some lava …
MANILA, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Despite the country's economic gains in recent years, the number of children living in poverty in the Philippines has continued to go up, according to a study released by state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) on Friday. The PIDS study titled "Child …
Adoption and Uptake Pathways of GM/Biotech Crops by Small-scale, Resource-poor Farmers in China, India, and the Philippines shows how modern biotechnology has transformed farming into a profession that harvests agronomic and socio-cultural benefits beyond promise. It embodies the stories of how biotech crops, particularly Bt cotton in China and India …
Philippine officials said Saturday they had set a new world record for the most trees planted in an hour, with 3.2 million seedlings sown as part of a national forestation programme. Official certification from Guinness World Records will still take weeks but government officers expressed confidence they had broken the …
Sixteen people were killed while 16 others were injured after tropical storm Fung-Wong (local name Mario) battered northern Philippines, local disaster relief agency said Wednesday. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said in a report that four other people are missing. NDRRMC said 13 of the fatalities …
A SERIES of earthquakes destroyed 17 houses and damaged 66 others yesterday in a southern Philippine town, slightly injuring three people. Residents of homes rocked by the tremors are being prevented from returning because of the danger of a collapse. Three people were treated for bruises after being hit by …
Rich nations should make the deepest emission cuts and provide most money if countries are to share fairly the responsibility of preventing catastrophic climate change, says a major new study. Calculations by Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) scientists and Friends of the Earth suggest the UK would need to make cuts …
MANILA - Storm Fung-Wong churned towards Taiwan on Saturday after killing at least seven people in the Philippines, and forcing some 200,000 people into temporary shelter, including in the capital Manila, to escape massive flooding. Most shools on the main island of Luzon remained closed for a second day as …
This report analyses impacts of four extreme weather events (a heat wave in Russia, flooding in Pakistan, drought in East Africa, and a typhoon in the Philippines) on food security. For each case, the nature of the extreme weather is characterized, and its impact on vulnerable people is assessed by …
The majority were in Asia, where 19 million were displaced by floods, storms and earthquakes, according to the report from the International Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) of the Norwegian Refugee Council. Typhoon Haiyan caused the largest displacement, with 4.1 million people leaving their homes in the Philippines, a million more …
The Philippines has evacuated more than 12,000 people from around the foot of its most active volcano as the crater glows red and authorities warn of a possible eruption. Mount Mayon, known for its near-perfect cone shape in the coconut-growing central Bicol region, has recorded a series of recent quakes …
A strong typhoon slammed into the rice-producing Philippine northern region on Sunday, cutting power and communications lines and forcing people to flee to higher ground, national disaster agency officials said. Packing central winds of 130 kph (81 mph) and gusts of up to 160 kph, Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall early …
‘Saba’, which had its origin in the Philippines, is well suited for marginal lands The National Research Centre for Banana (NRCB) will release a new ‘monthan’ variety of banana. The cooking banana ‘saba’, which had its origin in the Philippines, is well suited for marginal lands. It is a high-yielding …
