Greenpeace warns of RP disaster

January 14, 2008  --  Got something to say?
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Greenpeace volunteers recently scaled the historic Manila city hall to hang a gigantic banner that read Time to Save the Climate. Pass the Renewable Energy Bill Now! Greenpeace also warned that failure to act on the issue of climate change could spell doom for some parts of Manila which would be submerged by rising sea levels.

The Philippines is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including extreme weather events and the rising of sea levels. A recent study by development organization Germanwatch actually showed the Philippines as the country most affected by climate change in 2006, due to extreme weather disasters.

In an earlier study called The Philippines: A Climate Hotspot, Greenpeace stated that a partial and conservative projection of a one-meter rise in sea level can possibly inundate the countrys coastlines, covering an area of almost 700 million square meters.


Posted by News Team | Filed Under Philippine News 

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