A few days had passed since the arrival of Tropical Storm Sendong (International Name: Washi) which caused an unexpected deluge that cost the lives of already a 1000 residents of Cagayan De Oro and Iligan City in the Southern Island of Mindanao. Nothing paints a more graphic view of the devastation and aftermath than the pictures found in the Atlantic.
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According to my mother, the old people believed that the first 12 days of the new year could foretell how the weather outlook of the year would look like. For example, if it rained in January 1st, then expect the majority of January to be rainy.
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Philippine President, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, signed on Friday the “Climate Change Act of 2009″ or Republic Act 9729 (sourced from Senate Bill No. 2583 and House Bill No. 5982) which calls for a national strategy for dealing with the effects of climate change to the country. A few weeks before the signing the Philippines was rocked by two storms that resulted in massive flooding, lives lost and extensive property damage.
The law allows for an autonomous policy-making body, known as the Climate Change Commission (CCC), to be formed under the Office of the President. They are tasked coordinate the programs of the government and represent the country in international climate change conferences. The commission will be chaired by the President and shall have three commissioners.
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New records show that China has already beaten the US in the title of being the country emitting the most CO2 into our atmosphere. What’s remarkable about this also is that they did it in just a short span of time.
No doubt its because of the massive amounts of coal fired power plants and factories in China. During this year’s Beijing Olympics they had to shutdown majority of the factories around the city just so that the smog would clear up.
Definitely not one title a country should be looking forward to nor aspire for.
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Philippine Climate Change Adviser, Heherson Alvarez, announced that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered for the convening of a conference that seeks to tackle ways to cut carbon emissions and combat climate change.
The forum will be called “Carbon Cutting Congress versus Climate Change” and will be held on Nov. 20 in Malacañang Palace.
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Former Dept of Environment and Agrarian Reform Head, Heherson Alvarez, was appointed presidential adviser to the President on Climate Change. Aside from holding cabinet level positions, he was also a former senator of the Philippine Senate serving in 87 and 92.
I’m not sure how presidential advisers go, but I think they hold rank and privilege similar to cabinet level officials. I’m not sure either if they have to go through the Appointment Committee’s of the Legislative branch in order to be approved. Either way, his previous positions qualify him enough for his current job.
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