Climate change intensified rapid succession of PH storms – study

Philippine Daily Inquirer 12/14/2024

Human-induced climate change fueled a rare string of back-to-back typhoons that battered the Philippines this year and boosted the chances of powerful storms making landfall, a new study said on Thursday. Five typhoons and a tropical storm…

Plane contrails: White fluffy contributors to global warming

Agence France Presse 09/26/2024

MONTREAL, Canada — The white, feathery lines behind airplanes that look like bits of harmless cloud are anything but, warn experts, who say they could have a greater environmental impact than the aviation sector’s CO2 emissions. The…

‘Green skills’ training program to combat climate change, unemployment launched in Cebu

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 05/30/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A new initiative that aims to address climate change and unemployment in the Philippines has been launched in Cebu. On Wednesday, May 29, the Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST),…

Experts say coral reef bleaching near record level globally because of ‘crazy’ ocean heat

05/19/2024

Ocean temperatures that have gone “crazy haywire” hot, especially in the Atlantic, are close to making the current global coral bleaching event the worst in history. It’s so bad that scientists are hoping for a few hurricanes…

Study says since 1979 climate change has made heat waves last longer, spike hotter, hurt more people

03/30/2024

Climate change is making giant heat waves crawl slower across the globe and they are baking more people for a longer time with higher temperatures over larger areas, a new study finds. Since 1979, global heat waves…

Scorching schools: How heat worsens conditions of poor students in PH

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/24/2024

[This is the second and last part of a special report on how extreme heat in 2023 impacted the education sector in the Philippines. Click here for the first part.] CEBU CITY, Philippines – The same analysis…

Extreme Heat as a ‘New Pandemic’: Thousands in PH Cancel Classes During ‘Hottest Year’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/23/2024

(Part 1 of 2) CEBU CITY, Philippines — The decades-old Gabaldon building of Leyte National High School in Tacloban City has narrow hallways, high and dark ceilings, and overcrowded classrooms. On hot and humid days, the rooms…

PH joins global climate fund board

Nestor Corrales 12/15/2023

The Philippines has secured a position on the board of the historic Loss and Damage Fund (LDF), a financial mechanism established under the auspices of the United Nations to aid vulnerable nations in managing the rising costs…

Five things to watch for at COP28 climate talks

AFP 11/30/2023

Deadly floods in the Horn of Africa. Summer wildfires that ravaged Canadian forests. Global temperature records unprecedented in the history of humanity. Environmental activists say there’s no doubt anymore that urgent collective action is needed to preserve…

Scientists say cutting pollution accelerates climate change

11/02/2023

Air pollution, a global scourge that kills millions of people a year, is shielding us from the full force of the sun. Getting rid of it will accelerate climate change. That’s the unpalatable conclusion reached by scientists…

Cebu City eyes increased RPT, international aid to fund P100B budget in 2024

Rashe Zoe Sophia Piquero 10/29/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City government needs a P100 billion budget to fund its operations in 2024.  The amount is double its budget for 2023. According to Atty. Jerone Castillo, half of the proposed budget…

Amazon drought stalls shipping as boats run aground in low rivers

10/12/2023

MANAUS—A barge carrying three trucks and 2,000 empty cooking gas cylinders lies stranded on the vast sand banks of a diminished Rio Negro river after running aground last month, highlighting the plight of river transport in the…

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