Rising Above the Storm: Climate Change and Resiliency of Filipinos

 Philipinos have been in consequence with the trapped water due to climate change now with quick and gradual change in environment, many in the population are suffering. Moreover, the country continues to face different climate-change issues including high temperature, climatic events such as drought and floods, and the threat level of rising sea levels. People are forced to move out of their locations theirs because of climate-related issues which then leads to displacements. Particularly, many farmers, fishermen, women, elderlies, and urban poor relocate because of disasters and environmental catastrophes brought by climate change. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports that in the Philippines alone an estimate of 54 million people live in a region that has high climate impacts.

Philippines is facing increasing occurrence and severity of typhoons, floods, drought as a factor that intensifies poverty and food dependence. Rising levels of the sea are also a threat to a large number of the coastal communities due to inundations over the next thirty years. Climate change effects worsen the item in the ‘intensification’ category in terms of poverty, deprivation of ability to work, and lack of education.

Despite the various challenges, the people of Philippines continue to exhibit fortitude and flexibility. The government and local communities along with NGOs are all efforts to combat climate change by cultivating climate-resilient practices, promoting disaster risk management and enhancing their self-sufficiency.

Reference:

International Organization for Migration. (2022). Climate Change and Migration in the Philippines.

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