Anti-Climate Change Initiative for 2012

The Aquino administration has allocated large sum of money for its anti-climate change initiatives. 12.3 billion is for flood control and mitigation since lately there has been many provinces consistently experiencing floods. and another 7.5 billion for disaster-stricken provinces,

Party list Rep. Arnel Ty said that it is vital for the Aquino administration to pour resources to boost the Philippines capacity to mitigate climate change. Here are the list of 19 provinces most susceptible to floods;
                     1. Pampanga
                     2. Nueva Ecija
                     3. Pangasinan
                     4. Tarlac
                     5. Maguindanao
                     6. Bulacan
                     7. North Cotabato
                     8. Mindoro Oriental
                     9. Ilocos Norte
                     10. Iloilo
                     11. Cagayan
                     12. Sultan Kudarat
                     13. Ilocos Sur
                     14. Bataan
                     15. Leyte
                     16. Davao del Norte
                     17. Compostella valley
                     18. Camarines Sur
                     19. La Union

Apart from this provinces other agencies will share the large budget are the following;
1. Metropolitan Manila Development Authorities Solid Waste and Disposal Management Project
2. Philippine Atmospheric, geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)
3. Laguna de Bay Institutional Strengthening and Community Participation Project
4. Pasig River Rehabilitation project.

These initiatives would hopefully make the Philippine a climate resilient country, prepared from any forms of disasters and extreme weather changes.

Via Reuter

Mindanao - Renewable Energy sources for Climate Change

The World Wild Fund for Nature - International Energy Policy Coordinator Rafael Senga says that the government should focus on investing indigenous renewable sources of energy.

Renewable energy is important in obtaining energy security and economic stability and at the same time mitigates effects of climate change.

Mindanao should increase its use of renewable energy to ease the power supply shortage, which is the main cause of the rotating brownouts on the island.

WWF pointed out that the diverse types of power source from renewable sources will serve as a buffer from the adverse effects of climate change and the volatility of international fossil fuel prices. It further says that among the Asian counties the Philippines is one who has the highest rates of power source.

Clean energy is very important for the Philippines and on the island of Mindanao. Renewable sources will decrease the countries emission of  harmful gases in the atmosphere, aside from its clean its also cheap. cheap sources is equally important as we face the unpredictable changes of climate.