Climate is in the state of flux, but people are now in the state of dilemma.
Peoples undoubtedly suffer from the result of climate change all over the world. Both church and state become reactive about the alarming changes of the weather. This blazes the heart and mind of the congress enacting this effect to a law. Just this recent year, the congress finally passed the Philippine climate change act of 2009. This accordingly focuses on integrating action on adaptation and mitigation of calamities.
The Philippine Information Agency disclosed that Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate Standing and Oversight Committees on Climate Change and the United Nations' Regional Champion on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation said that the Climate Change Act of 2009, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, is only a few steps from passage. In accordance of the law, the Climate Change Act of 2009 covers policy formulation, development planning, and poverty reduction programs. The Climate Change Commission shall be headed by no less than the President of the Philippines. The Commission shall be composed of three Commissioners, one of whom shall be the Vice-Chairperson. The Commission shall be advised by an Advisory Board of ex officio members and representatives of various sectors. It shall likewise constitute a panel of technical advisers tasked to provide support to the Commission in climate science, technologies, and best practices for risk assessment and enhancement of adaptive capacity of vulnerable human settlements. The Commission is mandated to formulate Framework Strategy on Climate Change to serve as the basis for a program for climate change planning, research and development, extension, and monitoring of activities to protect vulnerable communities. The local government units shall be the frontline agencies in the formulation, planning and implementation of climate change action plans in their respective areas. It shall be the responsibility of the national government to extend technical and financial assistance to LGUs for the accomplishment of their Local Climate Change Action Plans.
The Bicol Consortium for Agriculture Resources Research and Development (BCARRD) unveils that climate change is one of the serious threats to sustainable development. It poses adverse impacts on human health, food security, the environment itself, economic activities, and physical infrastructure. Some of the possible consequences include lower agricultural yields, growing water stress, flooding of low-lying areas, and spread of infectious disease to new warmer areas.
Dr. Maria Victoria Espaldon, dean, School of Environmental Science at the University of the Philippines-Los Baños and the consultant of the Center on Initiative and Research on Climate Adaptation (CIRCA) during the 2nd National Livestock and Poultry Summit in Albay profoundly warned that the Planet Earth is warming and the increase in temperature could melt the Arctic ice and threaten archipelagic regions like the Philippines and the province of Albay is pilot-testing the mainstreaming of Climate Change in the Philippine educational system. This will be integrated in the curriculum both elementary grades and high school starting next school year.
Both church and state admit that climate change or global warming is indeed an act of change. Our reluctance simply denies our attitude of being reactive; waiting for and giving impression after something happened. On the other hand, our commitment simply speaks our dignified character of being proactive; doing something for today and for tomorrow’s generation. This is not just a law of change, but an attitude towards our responsibility as the greatest rational creation of man and God.
Climate will never change when people never allow themselves to change.
Peoples undoubtedly suffer from the result of climate change all over the world. Both church and state become reactive about the alarming changes of the weather. This blazes the heart and mind of the congress enacting this effect to a law. Just this recent year, the congress finally passed the Philippine climate change act of 2009. This accordingly focuses on integrating action on adaptation and mitigation of calamities.
The Philippine Information Agency disclosed that Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate Standing and Oversight Committees on Climate Change and the United Nations' Regional Champion on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation said that the Climate Change Act of 2009, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, is only a few steps from passage. In accordance of the law, the Climate Change Act of 2009 covers policy formulation, development planning, and poverty reduction programs. The Climate Change Commission shall be headed by no less than the President of the Philippines. The Commission shall be composed of three Commissioners, one of whom shall be the Vice-Chairperson. The Commission shall be advised by an Advisory Board of ex officio members and representatives of various sectors. It shall likewise constitute a panel of technical advisers tasked to provide support to the Commission in climate science, technologies, and best practices for risk assessment and enhancement of adaptive capacity of vulnerable human settlements. The Commission is mandated to formulate Framework Strategy on Climate Change to serve as the basis for a program for climate change planning, research and development, extension, and monitoring of activities to protect vulnerable communities. The local government units shall be the frontline agencies in the formulation, planning and implementation of climate change action plans in their respective areas. It shall be the responsibility of the national government to extend technical and financial assistance to LGUs for the accomplishment of their Local Climate Change Action Plans.
The Bicol Consortium for Agriculture Resources Research and Development (BCARRD) unveils that climate change is one of the serious threats to sustainable development. It poses adverse impacts on human health, food security, the environment itself, economic activities, and physical infrastructure. Some of the possible consequences include lower agricultural yields, growing water stress, flooding of low-lying areas, and spread of infectious disease to new warmer areas.
Dr. Maria Victoria Espaldon, dean, School of Environmental Science at the University of the Philippines-Los Baños and the consultant of the Center on Initiative and Research on Climate Adaptation (CIRCA) during the 2nd National Livestock and Poultry Summit in Albay profoundly warned that the Planet Earth is warming and the increase in temperature could melt the Arctic ice and threaten archipelagic regions like the Philippines and the province of Albay is pilot-testing the mainstreaming of Climate Change in the Philippine educational system. This will be integrated in the curriculum both elementary grades and high school starting next school year.
Both church and state admit that climate change or global warming is indeed an act of change. Our reluctance simply denies our attitude of being reactive; waiting for and giving impression after something happened. On the other hand, our commitment simply speaks our dignified character of being proactive; doing something for today and for tomorrow’s generation. This is not just a law of change, but an attitude towards our responsibility as the greatest rational creation of man and God.
Climate will never change when people never allow themselves to change.
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