![]() ![]() This puts at risk 60% of LGUs covering 64 coastal provinces, 822 coastal municipalities, 25 major coastal cities, and an estimated 13.6 million Filipinos that would need relocation.Ĭlimate change, rapid urbanization, and population growth drives water scarcity worldwide. Observed sea level rise is remarkably highest at 60 centimeters in the Philippines, about three times that of the global average of 19 centimeters. The Department of Agriculture estimated that 413,456 farmers have been directly affected by El Niño-associated drought and dry spells during the last El Niño period. Global warming exacerbates the effects of El Niño the most recent of which was experienced in the country from 2015 to 2016. The IPCC projects that by years 2051 to 2060, the maximum fish catch potential of Philippine seas will decrease by as much as 50% compared to 2001-2010 levels.Īn analysis of temperature trends and irrigated field experiments at the International Rice Research Institute shows that grain yield decreased by at least 10% for each 1☌ increase in growing-season minimum temperature in the dry season. ![]() The 2016 Low Carbon Monitor Report foresees that 98 percent of coral reefs in Southeast Asia will die by 2050, practically an extinction by the end of the century if current global warming trends will continue. Most grasslands in the uplands are prone to fires particularly during extended periods of dryness and lack of rainfall during summer. Threats to natural ecosystemsĪpproximately 1 million hectares of grasslands in the Philippines are highly vulnerable to climate change in the future. As far as extreme rainfall is concerned, however, the number of days with heavy rainfall (e.g., greater than 200 mm) is expected to increase with global warming by the year 20. Major rainfall changes in patterns and distributionsĪ 2011 PAGASA report suggests a decrease in rainfall by 2020 in most parts of the country except Luzon. This same study found that if the Philippines invests 0.5% of its GDP by 2020 in climate change adaptation, it can avert losses of up to 4% of its GDP by 2100-clearly a short-term investment with a long-term eight-fold gain. Poverty breeds disaster vulnerability, and those who have least in life risk like most.īased on a study by the Asian Development Bank on the economics of climate change, the country stands to lose 6% of its GDP annually by 2100 if it disregards climate change risks. The latest IPCC Assessment Report concluded that climate change will create new poor between now and 2100. Philippines to lose 6% GDP anually by 2100 Impacts of climate change in the Philippines are immense, including: annual losses in GDP, changes in rainfall patterns and distribution, droughts, threats to biodiversity and food security, sea level rise, public health risks, and endangerment of vulnerable groups such as women and indigenous people. ![]() Philippines is the third most vulnerable country to climate change according to the 2017 world risk report. ![]()
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