CLIMATE CHANGE

- refers to the change in the state of the climate that can be identified (using statistical tests) by
changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties, and that persists for an extended
period, typically decades or longer

GLOBAL WARING

- the overall increase in earth temperature due to heat – trapping gases

 Climate change encompasses global warming.

VITAL SIGNS OF CLIMATE CHANGE:

1. increasing trend in the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide from 2005
2. global temperature

CAUSES:
human activities - burning fuels, deforestation resulted to increased atmospheric
concentrations of carbon dioxide and some other greenhouse gases like methane, nitrous
oxide and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

IMPACTS:
Increase global temperature
droughts, melting of glaciers and snow caps, rise in sea level, increased number and
intensity of extreme weather events, decreased in biodiversity, decline in agricultural
productivity, and increased number of deaths and illnesses
 ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE: MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION

MITIGATION
- anthropogenic intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases
- slowing down the rate at which greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere and
reducing the magnitude of climate change
1. reducing fossil fuel use
2. promoting the use of renewable energy resources, like geothermal/wind/solar energy
3. reducing deforestation
4. using more sustainable agriculture and forestry
5. putting a price on greenhouse gas emissions
6. slowing population growth
7. focusing research and development on innovations that lower the cost of clean energy
alternatives

ADAPTATION
- refers to an adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected
climatic stimuli or their effects
- anticipating the harmful effects of climate change that cannot be avoided and adjusting to its
effects

1. using scarce water resources more efficiently

2. developing drought- tolerant crops

3. choosing tree species and forestry practices that are less vulnerable to storms and fires

4. community – based disaster risk reduction

5. seasonal climate forecasting

6. rainwater harvesting

7. capacity-building for shoreline- defense system design