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Philippines: Climate Change a Top Priority in 2013
AlertNet reports that the Filipino government intends to implement a series of climate change policies in 2013, building off the creation of the People’s Survival Fund last year, a $24.5 million program designed to “implement local climate change action plans to make communities more resilient to climate-induced disasters.” While the allocation of funds is yet to occur, indications are that President Benigno Aquino III is placing climate change at the very top of the country’s agenda. (more…)
Philippines: Climate Change, Vulnerability and National Security
Carolyn Lamere wrote an interesting piece on the New Security Beat yesterday looking at super Typhoon Bopha, climate change, vulnerability and national security. The storm hit the Philippines in December of last year. The article investigates the factors that worsened the impact of the storm, such as agriculture, logging and mining practices, and difficulties in disseminating information about local hazards, and reflects on both the unexpected nature of the storm, and the possibility of more such storms in a climate-changing future. Lamere also notes that the typhoon had immediate national security implications: (more…)
After the Elections: The Pacific Pivot and Climate Change Resilience
No matter how the U.S. Presidential election turned out, the decision by the U.S. national security establishment to refocus its attention on the Asia-Pacific region was likely to proceed apace.
Last week, Stars and Stripes reported on U.S. Army operation “Orient Shield,” and framed it in context of this strategic pivot: (more…)
A Week of Storms, Floods, Loss of Life, and Tested Resilience
The unprecedented Hurricane Sandy, which hit heavily-inhabited low lying areas along the East Coast of the United States, has claimed over 110 lives, according to the most recent reports. While it is too soon for anyone to definitively claim that the storm resulted from climate change, its unusual path has raised that very question, and a number of experts are also reinforcing the simple fact that projected climatic changes, and projected rises in sea levels, will likely make these kinds of extreme events more common in the coming decades (and that places like New York City may need to permanently expand their flood zones). The hurricane has led both New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, to make strong public declarations about the need to prepare for expected climatic changes. (more…)