Browsing by Subject "developing countries"
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ADB joins global effort on climate change
(The Philippine Star,June 12, 2015 , on page B-4)The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has joined a global Public-Private Partnership (PPP) to provide the highest-quality scientific data and tools to help developing countries improve their climate change planning. ADB vice ... -
Australia, PH renew stronger AANR ties
(Panay News,August 29, 2020 , on page 8)The governments of Australia and the Philippines have partnered anew for a stronger agricultural research and development (R&D) efforts. This development came after Dr. Reynaldo V. Ebora, Executive Director of the Philippine ... -
Biz groups urge APEC economies to invest in cold-chain systems
(Panay News,October 6, 2015 , on page B1)Developing countries of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) should invest in cold-chain systems for food products to reduce waste and improve food security, the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) said. ... -
China seeks peaceful resolution of disputes
(Manila Bulletin,June 2, 2015 , on page 1-14)China seeks a peaceful resolution of disputes in the South China Sea but will not subjugate its national interest, Admiral San Jiaguo told a regional defense forum in Singapore. There is no change to China's interest in ... -
Climate adaptation activities insufficient in developing cities
(Panay News,March 2, 2016 , on page B3)London - A large amount of money spent on measures to adapt to the impacts of climate change is more strongly linked with protecting big cities than helping the world's most vulnerable people to avert the worst impacts of ... -
Climate-oriented dev't to save millions from poverty
(The Manila Times,December 2, 2016 , on page A2)More than 100 million people from Asia Pacific countries including the Philippines may fall into extreme poverty by 2030 without climate-oriented development in the region, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission ... -
End war on nature
(Daily Tribune,June 30, 2021 , on page B43)Ending the “war on nature” must be part of global recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for World Oceans Day. The annual commemoration is a reminder of the major ... -
Fisheries experts meet in Geneva on marine SDG
(BusinessWorld,October 1, 2015 , on page S1/8)Leading experts in sustainable fisheries met in Geneva on Sept. 29, the first meeting at this level since the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) last Friday, the UN Conference on Trade and ... -
Fishery program proposed
(BulletinToday,August 26, 1985 , on page 1)Today the developing country that has insufficient fishery resources, or having such resources, but fails to develop them, is at a great disadvantage. For if it cannot make good at producing enough animal protein, or at ... -
For global water crisis, climate may be the last straw
(Manila Standard,February 15, 2018 , on page A5)Before man-made climate change kicked in—and well before "Day Zero" in Cape Town, where taps may run dry in early May—the global water crisis was upon us. Freshwater resources were already badly stressed before heat-trapping ... -
From Marrakech, hope for climate change
(Manila Standard,November 22, 2016 , on page A4-A5)Last Friday, November 18, the 22nd session of the Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change closed in Marrakech, Morocco. Two weeks of intense negotiations produced credible outcomes ... -
Global cooperation critical as criminal activity in plastic waste trade increases: WWF
(DailyGuardian,August 29, 2020 , on page 8)“Waste crime is a rising threat with roots in a more fundamental problem: the inability to manage our plastic use and production. We are witnessing the impacts of plastic pollution on marine ecosystems and now, the criminal ... -
Going beyod the hour: celebrating successful ecological initiatives in the Philippines
(The Philippine Star,March 25, 2017 , on page 19)Climate change is drastically changing the condition of the world’s oceans. With rising temperatures brought about by the greenhouse effect, the world’s oceans are becoming more acidic, thus making them more inhospitable ... -
Ignoring climate change will be disastrous: DA
(Malaya,August 10, 2015 , on page B3)An official of the Department of Agriculture recently warned that the Philippines will continue to lose billions of pesos worth of public infrastructure and human lives if "we continue to ignore" climate change. "From the ... -
India says WTO fishing plan favors rich nations
(Manila Standard,November 15, 2021 , on page B3)The latest World Trade Organization proposals on ending fishing subsidies are unfair, weak and favor rich nations, an Indian official told AFP on Friday. Governments spend billions of dollars every year subsidizing fishing ... -
Radical goals for sustainable development
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 5, 2015 , on page A11)Let us imagine for a moment that we could change the world according to our wishes. Dramatic economic inequality gives way to social and political inclusion. Universal human rights become a reality. We end deforestation ... -
RP is vulnerable to climate change
(Manila Standard,March 9, 2018 , on page A5)Today I adapt the article of my daughter Ivy on climate change at risk: In the last 20 years, the Philippines suffered the most catastrophic events (289). It’s the fifth most vulnerable to climate change with its recurrent ... -
Six months to save Boracay
(Manila Bulletin,April 28, 2018 , on page 11)Sustainable Tourism Development has been the subject of both international and domestic discourse, and is particularly important when the life cycle of many tourist destinations, including Boracay, is at risk of irreversible ... -
Tuna exports to EU in peril
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 23, 2020 , on page A10-A9)The country’s biggest tuna canneries are worried about losing their biggest market because of international politics after majority of lawmakers in the European Union (EU) voted to use trade to express their dissent over ... -
UN climate conference supports Salceda board
(Manila Standard,January 2, 2015 , on page B3)The United Nations Convention on Climate Change commended the Green Climate Fund leadership, under Albay Gov. Joey Salceda, for fulfilling the complex requirements for its operation and for raising an initial $10.2 billion ...