THE Congressional committees on government reorganization and appropriation approved the creation of a “Climate Change Commission.”
The committees are consolidating several proposals related to the creation of this new commission, including House Bills 400, 1775, 3291, 4051 and 4853.
These proposals were from Representatives Roilo Golez (2nd District, Paranaque City), Orlando Fua (Siquijor), and Carmelo Lazatin (1st District, Pampanga), Rex Gatchalian (1st District, Valenzuela) and Ignacio Arroyo (5th District, Negros Occidental).
The consolidated measure will require local government units (LGU) to implement climate action plans based on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The consolidated measure will also create a Climate Change fund for financial assistance to “priority adaptation” and “mitigation projects” identified by the commission.
LGUs will also benefit from the Climate Change fund.
Congressman Fua said the creation of a Climate Change Commission intends to lessen the impact of this global phenomenon to Philippines.
“Sea level rise will exacerbate inundation, storm surges, erosion and other coastal hazards thus threatening vital infrastructure settlements and facilities that support livelihood of island communities,” Fua said.
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Brad Arnold
I doubt you understand what is about to happen:
“Few seem to realise that the present IPCC models predict almost unanimously that by 2040 the average summer in Europe will be as hot as the summer of 2003 when over 30,000 died from heat. By then we may cool ourselves with air conditioning and learn to live in a climate no worse than that of Baghdad now. But without extensive irrigation the plants will die and both farming and natural ecosystems will be replaced by scrub and desert. What will there be to eat? The same dire changes will affect the rest of the world and I can envisage Americans migrating into Canada and the Chinese into Siberia but there may be little food for any of them.” –Dr James Lovelock’s lecture to the Royal Society, 29 Oct. ‘07
We underestimated the damage associated with temperature increases, and we underestimated the probability of temperature increases’ –Nick Stern on his own 2006 report on the economics of global warming
“The alternative (to geoengineering) is the acceptance of a massive natural cull of humanity and a return to an Earth that freely regulates itself but in the hot state.” –Dr James Lovelock, August 2008
willy
filipino politician is more on words lack of action,why congressmen have required the lgu to implement the action regarding climate change,remember all congressman have their own district,so they must act first.just implement it in your own district.If the congress is true about what they want to implement,they will show their interest.Unfortunately,blue print,no building…wasting time in congress…Is there any congressman willing to give their pork barrel just to implement the so called commission for climate change?I hope so…………..
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