Environmental Problems

GLOBAL
WARMING
 WHAT IS GLOBAL WARMING?

• Global Warming is the increase of Earth's average surface

temperature due to effect of greenhouse gases, such as carbon
dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels or from deforestation,
which trap heat that would otherwise escape from Earth. This is a
type of greenhouse effect.
 HOW IS GLOBAL WARMING AFFECTING THE
PHILIPPINES?
GEOGRAPHY

The Global Climate Risk Index 2015 listed the Philippines as the
number one most affected country by climate change.

The Philippines is located in the western Pacific Ocean, surrounded

by naturally warm waters that will likely get even warmer as average
sea-surface temperatures continue to rise.
SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE (1850-2000)
 EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING

• Increase in average temperatures and temperature extremes

• Extreme weather events
• Threatening Philippines’s food security
FLOODS
 Why The Philippines Is A Typhoon-Stricken Country

• Warm Waters
• Illegal Logging
• Coastal Homes
• Ring of Fire
• Poverty
 Worst Typhoons that Went Down in Philippine History

• Haiphong - 1881
Even in the modern days, Typhoon Haiphong which happened in October 8,
1881 still ranks as the deadliest typhoon that crossed the Philippines, killing
over 20,000 people in the northern part of the country. It has three times the
death toll of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda). Haiphong also ravaged tDai Nam (now
known as Vietnam), leaving more than a whopping 300,000 people dead. With
its alarming number of deaths, Haiphong is regarded as the third deadliest
tropical cyclone ever in the world.
• Bopha (Pablo) - 2012
An estimate of $1.04 billion (42.2 billion pesos) was lost during the
destruction of Typhoon Bopha in the Philippines. In Mindanao where
the typhoon made its landfall, thousands of families were left
homeless and more than 170,000 moved to evacuation centers.
Flooding, power blackout, disrupted communication, and
widespread damage made up the chaotic scenario for
Mindanaoans.
• Rammasun (Glenda) - 2014
Typhoon Rammasun took $871 million (38.6 billion pesos) from the country with
its devastating visit in 2014. Though there were enough advisories by the
authorities, people caught off guard by the effects of typhoon Rammasun. In
some parts of Luzon and Visayas, more than 1,300 villages were warned about
the disastrous impact of the typhoon and about 6,000 residents fled to
evacuation centers. Landslides, flash floods, strong rains and winds have put
the Philippines in Red Alert status. The typhoon has caused a major power
blackout within Metro Manila as it ruined the poles and lines--at least 90% were
affected
• Haiyan (Yolanda) - 2013
With its catastrophic storm surges, torrential rain, and bustling wind, Typhoon
Haiyan is said to be the most destructive typhoon that ever afflicted the country,
costing $2.86 billion (89.6 billion pesos) through the damages it had done to
cities affected. Tacloban City was almost apocalyptic at the time--people were
violently looting for survival and everything was ruined. There were also
widespread power outage and disrupted communication in the city, making it
harder for rescuers to save the victims. A resident from there even quoted,
“Tacloban is a dead city.”
POLLUTION
 TYPES OF POLLUTION

• Land pollution
- Deforestation and soil erosion, Agricultural activities, Mining activities,
Overcrowded landfills, Industrialization

Water pollution
- Industrial wastes, Sewage and waste water, Marine dumping, Chemical
fertilizers and pesticides

• Air pollution
- Burning of Fossil Fuels, Indoor air pollution, Exhaust from factories and
industries
According to Pure Earth, toxic pollution affects more than 200
million people worldwide. In some of the world’s worst polluted
places, babies are born with birth defects, children have lost 30 to
40 IQ points, and life expectancy may be as low as 45 years
because of cancers and other diseases.