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Written by Imelda V. Abaño / Correspondent
SUNDAY, 08 MARCH 2009 22:05
THE picture of how global warming affects our country has become increasingly clear. In the new climate- change vulnerability map released on Friday by the International Development Research Centre’s Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA), the Philippines was pinpointed as one of the areas most vulnerable to climate change in Southeast Asia.

The study revealed that the Philippines, unlike other… Continue

Feb 15, 2009

By Julie Steenhuysen Julie Steenhuysen

Reuters - A general view shows chimneys from a cement plant in Baokang, Hubei province January 6, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The climate is heating up far faster than scientists had predicted, spurred by sharp increases in greenhouse gas emissions from developing countries like China and India, a top climate scientist said on Saturday.

"The consequence of that is we are basically looking now at a future climate that is bey… Continue

SAN FRANCISCO, California, February 7, 2009 (ENS) - Environmental groups and cities won a settlement Friday in a precedent-setting lawsuit that sought to force two U.S. government agencies to address the global warming effects of their overseas financing activities.

After more than six years of litigation, the first case of its kind established important legal precedents related to global warming.
Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and the city of Boulder, Colorado, filed the lawsuit in August 20… Continue

Cebu Daily News / Opinion
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/opinion/view_article.php?article_id=186990

Global legal action on climate change

By Gloria Ramos
Cebu Daily News

Posted date: February 02, 2009

Watch out! As envisioned, 2009 is an “Action Year” to turn around the growing tide of public indifference and bureaucratic inefficiency that have made this megadiversity country merit the shameful distinction as the “hottest of the hot spots” in species and habitat loss and dest… Continue

Manila, 4 April 2007--The Philippines is on its way to a major climate change catastrophe--that is, unless the government takes urgent and ambitious action to avert a disaster that will put millions of Filipinos at risk. Greenpeace issued the warning today during the release of never-before seen maps that illustrate the extent of climate change impacts on the archipelago. The group additionally called for strong measures to mitigate the worst effects of climate change to help the country avoid c… Continue