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CLIMATE CHANGE
GLOBAL WARMING
(Increase in Global Temperature)
GLOBAL WARMING
(Increase in Green House Gasses)
Carbon dioxide
Methane
Nitrous Oxide
NITROUS OXIDE
- Bacterial Breakdown of Nitrogen
in Soils and Ocean
CARBON DIOXIDE - Burning of Fossil Fuels
(Oil,Coal) by Power plants, Industries and
Vehicles
Methane - Decomposition of Garbage and Agricultural
Waste Materials, Leaks in Coal Mining and Natural Gas
Production
Accounts for 20% of additional greenhouse effects
Open Dumpsites
GHG Emissions from the Waste Sector
Perfluorocarbons
(PFCs)
Sulfur hexafluoride
(SF6)
Reduce ability of Ecosystem to Absorb
Greenhouse Gasses
RAPID INCREASE IN EMISSION OF GREENHOUSE GASSES
Inundation/ Flooding of
Low-Lying Areas and Small
Islands
VARIABILITY IN TEMPERATURE
DISRUPT CYCLE OF
PLANTING AND
HARVESTING
LOW PRODUCTIVITY AND
DISRUPTS FEEDING HABITS,
MIGRATION AND FOOD SHORTAGE
REPRODUCTIVE PATTERN
OF ANIMALS LOSS OF INCOME OF POOR
FARMERS AND FISHERMEN
DEVASTATIONS FROM EL
NINO AND LA NINA
VARIABILITY IN TEMPERATURE > EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
--- HIGH RISK FOR THE OLD, THE SICK, CHILDREN AND THE
POOR
--- ECOSYSTEMS TO BE DESTROYED
Typhoons and Floods
Source: PAGASA
LANDSLIDES MUD FLOWS
32,400 Kilometers, Longest Coastline
Climate
Change in the
Philippines
Dry seasons
becoming drier.
Wet seasons
becoming
wetter.
El Niño - La Niña
Vulnerability Map
KLIMA
WASTE MANAGEMENT: 1,165 Open/Controlled dumpsites nationwide:
--Assist LGUs in
proper waste
management
Executive Order 774 and 785