CLIMATE CHANGE

AWARENESS
March 7, 2014
Don Bosco Institute of Arts and Sciences

City Environment and Natural Resources Office

City of Cabuyao
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 “EARTH IS AT THE
TIPPING POINT”
Headlines around the world
indicate a “sick” earth. Unusual
weather patterns are being
experienced and wreaking havoc
in all corners of the world.
“Things that normally happen in
geologic time are happening
during the span of a human
lifetime (National Geographic,
September 2004).”
Earth Globe
Global Warming

Global Warning!
 Global Warming!

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The Great Changes!
 Shrinking
sea ice

Source: National Geographic Magazine (2004) PAGASA/DOST

Source: National Geographic Magazine
(2004)

PAGASA/DOST
Source: National Geographic Magazine PAGASA/DOST
A temperature increase of 3-4oC since 1950 has resulted in the
melting of the Alaskan permafrost. The absence of summer sea-
ice resulted to coastal erosion and has created subsidence
causing roads and buildings to collapse making low-lying
communities unenviable.
 Global Warming accelerates the melting of the polar
ice caps and glaciers. Arctic temperature has already
increased almost twice the global rate.

Greenpeace Photo taken at Blomstrandbreen Glacier in a remote Arctic island

Signs Telling Us
Everything Is Not
Normal!
The failure of the monsoon rains in 1998
contributed to one of the worst fire outbreaks
ever recorded in Indonesia.
The 2005 Atlantic hurricane
season broke records for the
frequency of storms and for
the number of category 5
hurricanes which hit Brazil.
 Europe was experiencing a
historic heat wave that had
been responsible for at least
3,000 deaths in France
alone in the summer of
2003. Compared to July
2001, temperatures in July
2003 were sizzling. This
image shows the differences
in day time land surface
temperatures collected in
the two years by the
Moderate Resolution Imagin
g Spectroradiometer
(MODIS) on NASA’s Terra
satellite. A blanket of deep
red across southern and
eastern France (left of image
center) shows where
temperatures were 10
degrees Celsius (18 degrees
Fahrenheit) hotter in 2003
than in 2001.
In 1998 which was the warmest year, extreme heat caused
the coral reefs of the Australian Great Barrier Reef to
experiences the most severe bleaching ever recorded.
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Climate Change Vulnerability Index 2014

In September 28, 2006, super typhoon Milenyo the
strongest typhoon to hit Metro Manila in seven
years, cut across Luzon, leaving at least 18 people
dead and a Luzon-wide blackout.
In 2004, the death toll stood at 412, with 177 people missing, after typhoon
Winnie triggered landslides and flash floods in Quezon.

In February 2006, an estimated 1,500 to 2,500 people died after the village of
Guinsaugon, Leyte was buried by mudflow. This mudslide happened after heavy
rains dumped 459.2 millimeters of rain in only 3 days.
 2009

Floods
Drought

2010 El Niño
Pangasinan, Philippines
What is Climate Change?
A change of climate which is
attributed directly or indirectly to
human activity that alters the
composition of the global
atmosphere which is in addition to
natural climate variability observed
over a comparable period of time

(United Nations Framework Convention on Climate

Change (UNFCCC)
What is Global Warming?
Global warming refers to the increase in the earth’s
mean temperature as a result of enhanced
greenhouse effect.
 To be able to
understand climate
change is to
understand first the
concept of the
‘greenhouse effect’.
Knowing the
greenhouse gases (ghgs)?

 Carbon dioxide These are the naturally

 Methane occurring gases that keep the
Earth comfortably warm
 Nitrous oxide enough for plants and animals
 Water vapor to live in at an average
 Ozone temperature of 15oC.
 What produces
Greenhouse Gases?
Produced by natural processes:

 water cycle

 growth and death of plants and animals

 decaying of wood and other

biodegradable materials

 volcanic activities
Produced by human activities:

Burning of fossil fuels like oil, coal, gas

and others in transportation,
manufacturing processes and industry
including steel, cement and lime
production
Carbon dioxide
Land-use and land-use changes
contribute to the increase of Carbon
dioxide (CO2) emissions.
Produced by human activities:

Waste Management Methane

Decomposition in flooded rice fields
Livestock production
Produced by human activities:

Soil cultivation specially with the use

of Nitrogen based fertilizers and
chemicals Nitrous oxides
Combustion of fuels in the industry
Biomass burning
Produced by human activities:

Coolants
Hydrofluorocarbons
Sealants
Insulations
 Effects of
Climate Change
Effects of Climate Change
1. Increase in temperature
Global annual
surface
temperature
has increased
steadily since
1861

A temperature
increase of
0.74°C
occurred from
1906 to 2005
PAGASA/DOST
Effects of Climate Change
2. Sea Level Rise

Global average
sea level rose by
10-20 cm during
the 20th century
and an additional
increase of 18-59
cm is expected
by the year 2100.
Effects of Climate Change
3. Rainfall

 The IPCC points to very likely increases in the

amounts of precipitation in high latitudes and
likely decreases in most sub-tropical land
regions.
 Impacts of
Climate Change
Impacts of Climate Change
Coastal and Marine Ecosystem

 erosion

 flooding

 salt-water intrusion

 high tides

 storm surges

 tsunamis
Impacts of Climate Change
Coastal and Marine Ecosystem

 increased ocean acidity

 declining
zooplanktons

coral reef bleaching

Impacts of Climate Change
Water Resources

Increase saline intrusion of surface water and

groundwater resources will reduce quality and
quantity of freshwater supplies.
Impacts of Climate Change
Water Resources

Rising temperature
will lead to longer
drought periods and
water scarcity
Impacts of Climate Change
Agriculture and Food Security

Rice production will largely be affected because of changes in

temperature and rainfall. For every 1°C increase in temperature, rice
yields will decrease by 0.6 tons per hectare (IRRI).
Expanded range of weeds, insects and diseases will affect
livestock and crop production patterns.

reduced global higher food prices

food supplies
Impacts of Climate Change
Health
Death and injury due to flooding

Direct impacts through cold or heat stress

Communicable and non-communicable diseases (particularly

coronary and respiratory)

Weather related mortality

Occurrence of infectious diseases

WHO identified 14 climate-sensitive communicable diseases
(malaria, cholera, dengue)
How we can help?
How we can help?

Increase the resilience and coping

capacity of the sector with the current and
future changes (Adaptation)

Limit the cause of climate change through

measures that could slow down the build up of
atmospheric GHGs concentrations by reducing
current and future emissions and by increasing
GHG sinks (Mitigation)
How we can help?
Coastal and Marine Resources

Strengthening of the Disaster Management Program

Early warning system (typhoons, floods)
Flood prevention/shoreline stabilization
Hazard mapping
Mangrove reforestation
Retrofitting of infrastructure
Disaster relief/reconstruction/rehabilitation

Adaptation
How we can help?
Water Resources

Encourage adoption of new environment-friendly

technology for efficient water use and water conservation

Capacity building programs for all levels of governance

Adaptation
How we can help?
Agriculture and Food Security

Crop diversification
Change of crop or crop variety
Crop insurance
Health

Sanitary practices
Preventive medicines
Information and awareness treatment

Adaptation
How we can help?
Government

Mitigation
How we can help?
City Government of Cabuyao

Tree Planting Mitigation

How we can help?
City Government of Cabuyao

Lingap-Ilog Mitigation
How we can help?
City Government of Cabuyao

Barangay
Ecological Solid Waste Management
Summit Mitigation
How we can help?
City Government of Cabuyao

Graphics by:
Jordan Sullo
City Engineering Office

Reed bed Waste Water Treatment Technology

How we can help?
City Government of Cabuyao

Purple Heart
(Setcreasea pallida Rose)

This plant specie absorbs great amount

of GHG and effective in improving air
quality by filtering out volatile
compounds, pollutants and respiratory
irritants

Plants on Every Posts

How we can help?
City Government of Cabuyao

Purple Heart
(Setcreasea pallida Rose)

This plant specie absorbs great amount

of GHG and effective in improving air
quality by filtering out volatile
compounds, pollutants and respiratory
irritants

Plants on Railings
How we can help?
City Government of Cabuyao

Development and promotion of “Green Living” Plan

Enactment of ordinance enhancing academic
curriculum on “Green Living”

Gradual phase out of mercury bulbs for LED

lights

Year 2014 – 25% LED lights

Year 2015 – 50%
Year 2016 – 100% (full compliance)
How we can help?
Industry/Agriculture

Mitigation
How we can help?
Us/Tayo

Mitigation
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Pagbubukud-bukod sa
pinanggalingan
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we can…
LET’S MAKE A WORLD A
BETTER PLACE!

The time to act is…

NOW!
 Thank you.
CITY ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES OFFICE
CITY OF CABUYAO
2014

Sources:
DENR-Environmental Management Bureau (EMB)