FINAL ASSIGNMENT 1

ZGE 4301 - ARCH4C - 10:30-12:00- TYK 302

Villanueva, Andrei Kenn D. May 16, 2023

20131116999 Prof. Robelyn C. Longares

Group 3

93% of Pinoys experienced impact of Climate Change - SWS

Janvic Mateo - Philstar

Nine in every 10 Filipinos have personally experienced the impact of climate

change in the past three years, a survey conducted by SWS. According to the
results of a study conducted from December 10 to 14, which were announced on
Thursday, 93 percent of respondents believed climate change has little to no impact
on their lives.

Some 76 percent of respondents said that if everyone worked together,

humanity could do something to stop or slow down climate change, while 23
percent said it is beyond humanity's control. A huge majority of 88 percent felt that
individuals like themselves can help to lessen climate danger.

The majority of recent survey respondents are aware of various solutions that
can be taken to reduce the impact of climate change, but we can reduce the impact
by saving energy, planting trees in the right places and protecting forests , walking,
cycling, or taking public transportation, reducing, reusing, repairing, and recycling,
and throwing away less food.

Poor Filipinos more vulnerable to effects of climate change —study

GMA News

Extreme weather occurrences caused by climate change may inflict economic damage
to Filipinos living below the poverty line, according to an Asian Development Bank (ADB) study.

"We would anticipate that we will see, you know, a significant portion of the population
vulnerable to going into poverty," said ADB Country Manager Kelly Bird. "It may be short-term,
but we can expect poverty reduction to be tougher under the adverse effects of climate change."
"The negative effects will manifest themselves in frequent food shortages due to crop
reductions, which will, of course, lead to price inflation, affecting primarily poor families," Bird
added.

The poor are already the most vulnerable to climate change, both those living in poverty
and those barely over the poverty line. They have the fewest means to adapt to or recover fast
from shocks, and they frequently live on the most susceptible terrain because it is the most
affordable, such as dwellings along flood-prone creeks, hillsides prone to landslides, or cropland
with restricted water access.

Governments may assist poor families in surviving climatic shocks with more of their
assets intact, as well as create resilience to longer-term climate changes, while also working to
lessen climate change drivers. The research on climate change and poverty has one clear
message: mitigating the impact of climate change on poverty demands upgrading the social
protection system in order to make programs scalable and tailored to those in need. Aside from
emergency assistance, good social protection systems aid in increasing access to essential
services for the poor, health care, and financial services such as loans to help restore or expand
enterprises.