What is

Global
Warming?
GLOBAL WARMING
“Global warming is a gradual
increase in the earth’s temperature
generally due to the greenhouse
effect caused by increased levels of
carbon dioxide, CFCs, and other
pollutants.“

There are several causes of global

warming, which have a negative
effect on humans, plants and
animals. These causes may be
natural or might be the outcome of
human activities.
“The attacks on global
warming are no different than
the attacks the cigarettes
companies used to use to say
that cigarettes don’t cause
cancer.”
- Leonard Mlodinow
 Natural Causes of Global Warming
VOLCANOES
Volcanoes are one of the
largest natural contributors to
global warming. The ash and
smoke emitted during volcanic
eruptions goes out into the
atmosphere and affects the
climate.
WATER VAPOR
Water vapor is a kind of
greenhouse gas. Due to the
increase in the earth’s
temperature, more water gets
evaporated from the water
bodies and stays in the
atmosphere adding to global
warming.
FOREST BLAZES
Forest blazes or forest fires
emit a large amount of
carbon-containing smoke.
These gases are released
into the atmosphere and
increase the earth’s
temperature resulting in
global warming.
 Man-made Causes of Global Warming
DEFORESTATION
Plants are the main source of
oxygen. They take in carbon
dioxide and release oxygen
thereby maintaining
environmental balance. Forests
are being depleted for many
domestic and commercial
purposes. This has led to an
environmental imbalance, thereby
giving rise to global warming.
USE OF
VEHICLES
The use of vehicles, even for a
very short distance results in
various gaseous emissions.
Vehicles burn fossil fuels which
emit a large amount of carbon
dioxide and other toxins into the
atmosphere resulting in a
temperature increase.
OVERPOPULATION
An increase in population
means more people breathing.
This leads to an increase in
the level of carbon dioxide, the
primary gas causing global
warming, in the atmosphere.
 EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING
HIGH MORTALITY
RATES
Due to an increase in floods, tsunamis
and other natural calamities, the
average death toll usually increases.
Also, such events can bring about the
spread of diseases that can hamper
human life.
LOSS OF NATURAL
HABITAT
A global shift in the climate leads to the
loss of habitats of several plants and
animals. In this case, the animals need to
migrate from their natural habitat and
many of them even become extinct. This
is yet another major impact of global
warming on biodiversity.
THREATS TO THE
ECOSYSTEM
Global warming has affected the
coral reefs that can lead to the
loss of plant and animal lives.
Increase in global temperatures
has made the fragility of coral
reefs even worse.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Global warming has led to a
change in climatic conditions.
There are droughts at some
places and floods at some. This
climatic imbalance is the result of
global warming.
 Ways to Prevent Global Warming
Plant a tree
A single tree will
absorb one ton of
carbon dioxide over
its lifetime.
Turn off electronic
devices
Simply turning off your
television, DVD player,
stereo, and computer, when
you're not using them, will
save you thousands of
pounds of carbon dioxide a
year.
Drive less
Walk, bike, carpool or
take mass transit more
often. You'll save one
pound of carbon
dioxide for every mile
you don't drive!
Recycle More
You can save 2,400
pounds of carbon
dioxide per year by
recycling just half of
your household waste.
Disaster Risk
Reduction (DRR)
RISK
What is Disaster ?
DISASTER
A serious disruption of the functioning of a
community or a society at any scale due to
hazardous events interacting with conditions of
exposure, vulnerability and capacity, leading to one
or more of the following: human, material,
economic and environmental losses and impacts.
What is Disaster
Risk?
COMPONENTS OF
DISASTER RISK
DISASTER
RISK
Disaster risk is
expressed as the
likelihood of loss of life,
injury or destruction
and damage from a
disaster in a given
period of time.
= HAZARD
A hazard is a process,
phenomenon or human
activity that may cause
loss of life, injury or other
health impacts, property
damage, social and
economic disruption or
environmental
degradation.
X EXPOSURE X VULNERABILITY
The situation of The characteristics
people, infrastructure, determined by physical,
housing, production social, economic and
capacities and other environmental factors or
tangible human processes which increase
assets located in the susceptibility of an
individual, a community,
hazard-prone areas.
assets or systems to the
impacts of hazards.
What is Disaster
Risk Reduction ?
DISASTER RISK
REDUCTION
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) aims to reduce the
damage caused by natural hazards like earthquakes,
floods, droughts and cyclones, through an ethic of
prevention.
 What are the
Components of DRR?
 COMPONENTS OF DRR
Knowledge and capacities
Lessening or limitation of developed to effectively
adverse impacts of MITIGATION PREPAREDNESS anticipate, respond to,
hazards recover from, the impacts
hazard events
DISASTER
RISK
Encompasses the REDUCTION A post disaster action that
decisions and actions includes reconstruction of
taken to deal with the damages.
immediate effects of an RESPONSE RECOVERY
emergency.
 What are the
challenges to address
and how to strengthen
DRR ?
DRR CHALLENGES STRATEGIES TO
TO ADDRESS STRENGTHEN DRR

Resources constraints Internation DRR Efforts

Integration of DRR into national

Lack of Political commitment
policy

Increased Risk Capacity building

DISASTER RISK
MANAGEMENT
 DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
Disaster risk management strives towards reducing the vulnerability of
individuals, households and the society as a whole by strengthening the
capabilities of a community to respond to hazards so that even if or when
such an extreme event occurs, it will not become a disaster.

Natural events can generally not be

prevented – but their impact can be mitigated.
DISASTER AWARENESS
AND PREPAREDNESS
FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS
1. HOW TO PREPARE
FOR A FLOOD?
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Preparation for Calamities particularly Flooding

1 2 3 4 5
Regularly monitor Prepare for If you reside in an Store enough Prepare a list of
your radio and enough candles, area near the food, water, and emergency
television for rechargeable river, waterways, first-aid kit. hotlines.
calamity news lamps and or mountainsides,
updates. flashlights for immediately
possible evacuate to
brownouts. prevent
flashfloods and
landslides.
 2. HOW TO PREPARE
FOR AN EARTHQUAKE?
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What to do BEFORE an
Earthquake:

1 2
The key to effective
Disaster prevention is
planning.
Determine whether the
site is along an active
fault and/or prone to
liquefaction or landslide
which may cause
damage to your house.
Be sure that proper
structural design and
engineering practice is
followed when
constructing a house or
building.
What to do BEFORE an Earthquake:
3 4
Familiarize you self
with your place of
work and residence.
Identify relatively strong
parts of the building like
door jambs, near elevator
shafts, sturdy, tables
where you can take
refuge during an
earthquake.
Learn to use
fire extinguishers, first aid
kits, alarms and
emergency exit.
Prepare your place of
work and residence
for the event.
Breakable items,
harmful chemicals
and flammable
materials should be
stored in the
lowermost shelves
and secured firmly.
Make it habit to turn of
gas tanks when not in
use.
Most causes of
injuries during
earthquake are from
falling objects.
Check the stability of
hanging objects which
may break loose and fall
during earthquakes.
Prepare and maintain an
earthquake survival kit
consisting of battery
powered radio,
flashlight, first aid kit,
potable water, candies,
ready-to-eat food,
whistle and dust mask.
What to do DURING an
Earthquake:
 What to do DURING an Earthquake:
1 2
If you are inside a
structurally sound
building, stay there.
Protect your bodies from falling
debris by bracing yourself in
doorway or by getting under a
sturdy desk or table.
3
If you are outside, When driving a
move to an open vehicle, pull to the side
area. of the road and stop.
Get away from power lines, Do not attempt to cross
posts, walls and other structures bridges or overpass which may
that may fall or collapse. Stay have been damaged.
away from buildings with glass
panes. Make it habit to turn of gas
If you are tanks when not in use.
on a mountain or near steep hill
slope, move away from steep
escarpments which may be
affected by landslide.
What to do AFTER an
Earthquake:
 What to do AFTER an Earthquake:
1 2 3 4 5
If you are inside Help reduce the Check your Unless you need If you must
an old, weak number of Surroundings. emergency help. evacuate your
structure, take the casualties from residence, leave a
fastest and safest the earthquake. message stating
away out! where you are
going.

Do not rush to the Don't enter Check your water Do not use your Take with you
exit; get out partially damage and electrical car and drive your earthquake
calmly in an buildings; strong lines for defects, around areas of survival kit, which
orderly manner. aftershocks may if any damage is damage, rescue should contain all
Check cause these suspected, turn and relief necessary items
yourself and collapse the system off in operations need for your
others for injuries. Obey the main valve or the roads for protection and
public safety switch. mobility. comforts.
precaution.
 Cure

Prevention
Leader: Estrella, Reymilyn
Members:
Batayola, Joanna Mae
Brusola, Joshua
De Guzman, Jolina

Hofileña, Daniella
Lorenzo, Christian
Malbas, March Felix
Mendoza, Jane Irish
Novio, Ronalyn Mae
Pasandalan, Rosanmae
Ruiz, Zildjian

Sison, Kaye Vennize

Tan, Arvie Yanyan
Zuniga, Almairah