The earth is definitely warming. Signals of a changing climate, including increasing trends in temperature, sea level rise and extreme climate events, are already evident in the Philippines. And as the warming continues, the effects will become more catastrophic.

With climate change will come water shortages and decreases in agricultural productivity and food security.  Our health will be threatened by heat stress and increased chances of exposure to infectious diseases.  Those living in low-lying coastal areas may become climate refugees as their homes are destroyed.  And tourism, an important source of income for many, will decline.

Climate change will also bring more extreme weather, from floods to droughts, forest fires to tropical cyclones.  As extreme climate events increase in strength and frequency, more and more people will risk losing their homes and lives.

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• Crisis or Opportunity: Climate change impacts and the Philippines

  November 03, 2005

  A Greenpeace report examining the effects of climate change on the Philippines.

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