Efforts to combat Climate Change

Climate change is the most alarming issue of the modern time. Carbon dioxide warm the planet naturally by trapping solar heat in the atmosphere.

This is the good thing that keeps out planet very habitable.However, we have dramatically altered the gases in the atmosphere.

Thereby increasing the temperature of the earths surface. we are now seeing changes, glaciers are melting, the number of severe storms and droughts are increasing. we have to take our action NOW...

These are our photos to Mt. Blit. when we were having our tree planting..
It was one of the most exciting ride I ever had.
We traverse a very rough road.

This is where I planted my first seedling along the steep slope of Mt. Blit to help mitigate climate change.

How about you when will you do your part?

Climate change and agriculture

by Sen. Edgardo J. Angara

Agriculture is intricately intertwined with climate change. Depending on how it is managed, agriculture can either aggravate or mitigate the climate-change problem.

According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, 70 percent of freshwater use in the world goes to agriculture, compared with industry use (20 percent), and municipal and domestic use (10 percent). In Asia, agriculture accounts for 80 percent of freshwater withdrawals.

An International Food Policy Research Institute (Ifpri) recent study estimates that agriculture contributes about 15 percent of the annual greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions warming up the globe. The World Trade Organization projects an even larger contribution—it estimates that all agriculture—related sectors combined is possibly emitting up to 25 percent to 30 percent of the annual GHG emissions to the atmosphere.

At the same time, agriculture, through biodiesels, increases the options for renewable energy.

Practices such as increasing crop production, introducing carbon sequestration and providing for effective land-use management can mitigate agriculture’s impact on climate change.

On the other hand, climate change has been affecting harvests because the frequent and extreme changes in the weather have ravaged farms and crops.

Thus, our country, which is still largely agricultural (over a third of our work force is engaged in agriculture and agriculture-related activities), is particularly vulnerable to the dynamics between agriculture and climate change.

Such huge decline in harvest will ultimately lead to food-price increases like what we experienced last year.

"Filipino farmers will definitely the ones will be hit by these changes, hence the government must empower our farmers."

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