AUTHOR:  Sen. Loren Legarda, Sec. Emmanuel De Guzma, Mr. Richard B. Tantoco

DATE PUBLISHED: 22 September 2021

KEY INFORMATION: Lorna Regina "Loren" Bautista Legarda  is a Filipina politician, environmentalist, cultural worker, and former journalist who is currently serving as a Senator and the president pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines since 2022. She previously served three terms in the Senate from 1998 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2019. 

DATE PUBLISHED: JANUARY 3, 2017

AUTHOR: SUNSTAR 

KEY INFORMATION: According to the 2016 Climate Change Vulnerability Index, the Philippines is the 13th most vulnerable to climate change out of 186 countries, and what concerns them is that if Mindanao is hit by this weather-related phenomenon, its people and environment will suffer due to lower harvest yield due to severe drought.

AUTHORS: Loren Legarda, Brillante Mendoza 

DATE RELEASED: 17 Aug 2011 

KEY INFO: The director, Brillante Mendoza took advertising arts of the College of Architecture and fine arts at the University of Santo Tomas. He has directed sixteen films since 2005, also he credited some cinematographer and production designer under his alias. His first frequent collaboration with actor Coco Martin in seven films including Masahista, Summer Heat, Foster Child, Tirador, Serbis, Kinatay, and Captive.

AUTHOR: BBC NEWS


KEY INFORMATION:  
The president of the Philippines has told the BBC the new coal plants are needed to meet demands for energy.

This comes despite environmental groups and some leading Filipino politicians arguing that coal is one of the biggest contributors to global warming.

Coal emits more greenhouse gas than any other fossil fuel.

And climate scientists have long concluded that burning more coal will undermine efforts to limit the rise in temperatures.

But many developing countries, facing rapid increases in population and surging economic growth, see coal as a relatively cheap option, which is why the Philippines is planning a total of 23 new coal plants. these actions can cause disasters in Mindanao such as typhoons and flood.

  

AUTHOR: AL JAZEERA ENGLISH

KEY INFORMATION.
Rising ocean temperatures and sea levels have already had a significant impact on the Philippines' fishermen families' livelihoods and homes. As the sea level rises, many Filipino fishermen have difficulty catching fish.
This is because of the effects of climate change.

AUTHOR:  Apples Jalandoni 

DATE PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 20,2018 

KEY INFORMATION:  According Rodel D. Lasco, who is also the Scientific Director of the Oscar M. Lopez Center for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Foundation his report says that Philippines has a minimal share in global emission a mere 0.31 percent in 2010 and 0.39 percent in 2015 we felt this in rural places in Mindanao because the environment located in Mindanao are still clean and breathable.

AUTHOR: Lorna Regina Bautista Legarda 

DATE PUBLISHED: December 6, 2015

KEY INFORMATION: The 2015 Paris Climate Conference is a crucial event for the future of humanity and of the world. Clearly, we all know that we have to take action against climate change. But the issue now is how much action we need to take.

We have seen many times the impact of natural hazard extremes and the prevalence of disaster risk, exacerbated by climate change. They wipe out entire cities and communities.

This climate crisis affects food, water, settlement, jobs, livelihood, human welfare, safety and security, poverty reduction, economic growth, and, consequently, our overall pursuit of sustainable development.

Scientists agree that the main cause of climate change is attributed to human activity and its production of excessive greenhouse gas emissions that alter the composition of the global atmosphere. Unless drastic cuts in GHG emissions are introduced, global temperatures are projected to increase by 0.3 to 4.8 degrees Celsius by the end of this century.

AUTHOR: Biker Coolafu

DATE RELEASED: October 18, 2019

KEY INFORMATION: College students from Malayan Colleges Laguna made a promotional video project how air pollution affects us and it's being mentioned that based on 2016 statistics from the World Health Air pollution can be defined as the presence of harmful chemicals in the air we breathe — chemicals that can hamper one’s good health. Said chemicals are products of myriad anthropogenic activities, such as fuel combustion from vehicles, heat and power generation due to oil and coal power plants, smoke from manufacturing factories and mines, waste incineration, and even the simple act of cooking food at home.

Living in one of the most vulnerable nations, Filipinos have experienced the wrath of a disrupted climate due to human activities, through super typhoons, droughts, and other hazards, for decades. But for us to avoid experiencing even more loss and damage in the future, we need to see and understand just how devastating the climate crisis could really be.