Browsing The Philippine Star by Subject "global warming"

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    • 170 states to sign landmark climate deal 

      (The Philippine Star, April 23, 2016, on page 15)
      World leaders will gather at the United Nations today to sign the Paris climate deal and get the ball rolling on a quick entry into force to start beating back global warming. French President Francois Hollande and Canada's ...

    • Barriers to disaster 

      (The Philippine Star, August 3, 2014, on page 16)
      Filipinos were mostly unfamiliar with storm surges, until one struck the bay area of Manila in September 2011. The force of the surge, with waves as high as 20 feet, destroyed hotel fronts and Manila’s Baywalk, and submerged ...

    • DENR task force to monitor, document coral bleaching 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, September 11, 2010, on page A-19)
      Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon Paje has directed his agency’s Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau to create a task force that will monitor and document coral bleaching in the country. Paje also ordered ...

    • In Phl, it's ozone kits and fiberglass boats 

      Valenzuela, Rhodina; Ronda, Rainier Allan (The Philippine Star, October 2, 2014, on page B-7)
      For a country that has felt the brunt of extreme weather, local agencies have stepped up to institute climate mitigation measures. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources recently distributed ozone awareness ...

    • Mangrove protection key to survival for Senegalese community 

      (The Philippine Star, November 10, 2016, on page B-11)
      Pelicans, flamingos, monkeys and even hyenas are under threat in Senegal along with the livelihoods of the local people as thick clusters of mangroves are disappearing. And it seems that not even an ancestral spirit can ...

    • Pangasinan town eyes bangus production moratorium 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, June 3, 2018, on page 13)
      Fish pen owners in this town have agreed on a two-year moratorium in the production of milkfish after P27 million worth of stocks were affected by fish kill in the past week. he moratorium, which was agreed upon during a ...

    • Phl gets climate change aid from Germany 

      Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, June 2, 2018, on page 5)
      The German government has committed an additional €35 million to fund the Philippines’ climate change adaptation projects, citing the country’s vulnerability to the effects of global warming. German Ambassador Gordon Kricke ...

    • Pope calls for action on climate change in draft encyclical 

      (The Philippine Star, June 17, 2015, on page A-21)
      The Vatican said the document, leaked by the magazine l'Espresso, was not the final version. That is due for release on Thursday. "The rules of the embargo remain in place. We ask journalists to respect professional ...

    • Protecting the oceans: Chile’s approach 

      (The Philippine Star, November 8, 2018, on page 8)
      Chile is an ocean country with one of the Planet's largest Exclusive Economic Zones and a coastline measuring over 6,400 kilometers. As a fundamental part of Chile's development, the ocean thus offers many opportunities ...

    • Red Planet, 4Ocean clean up Manila Bay 

      (The Philippine Star, January 4, 2019, on page D3)
      Red Planet Hotels and 4Ocean joined forces recently to clear Manila Bay of 300 kilos of trash in the first of their joint clean-up efforts since forming a partnership last month. Red Planet is the first hotel chain to ...

    • Rising sea levels threaten 13.6 M Pinoys - Gore 

      Flores, Helen; Romero, Alexis (Philippine Star, March 15, 2016, on page 1-4)
      At least 13.6 million Filipinos living in coastal areas may have to relocate to higher ground due to the accelerating rise in sea levels brought by climate change. This was the warning of environmental advocate and former ...

    • Rising seas putting far more people at risk - study 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, October 31, 2019, on page B6)
      Climate change will put three times more people at risk of coastal flooding by 2050 than previously thought, according to a study published on Tuesday, with swathes of Asia and cities in North America and Europe all ...

    • Rody to ink Paris climate pact 

      Brago, Pia; Mendez, Christina (The Philippine Star, November 8, 2016, on page 1-9)
      Bowing to the will of his Cabinet, President Duterte has changed his mind and is now ready to sign the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement. Duterte acceded to the near-unanimous position of his Cabinet after discussing ...

    • Zamboanga stakes claim as RP’s top seaweed producer 

      (The Philippine Star, March 23, 2008, on page C-6-C-7)
      In the face of declining seaweed harvests in the country’s traditional major seaweed production centers, the regional office of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region IX has taken bold steps to ...