Climate change refers to changes in global weather patterns caused by human activities like burning fossil fuels and deforestation. This releases greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide that trap heat in the atmosphere. The Philippines has implemented several programs and passed laws to respond to climate change impacts like rising seas and more extreme weather. Programs educate people on environmental protection, promote reforestation and clean energy to reduce emissions. Laws regulate pollution, mining practices, and solid waste management to mitigate climate change impacts on health, agriculture and ecosystems in the Philippines.

1. Climate
Change
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2. What is Weather?
• specific event or condition that is
happening outdoor at any time of the
day.
What is Climate?
• describes the total of all weather
occurring over a period of years in a
given place. It is the average weather
condition of that place.
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3. What is Climate Change?
• refers to general changes in climate
patterns including temperature,
precipitation, winds, and other factors.
What is Global Warming?
• refers specifically to any change in the
global average surface temperature.
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4. Some Natural Factors
That Have Changed the
Earth's Climate in the Past
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5. Natural Causes:
•Milankovitch cycles
•Change in the sun`s
energy
•Volcanic Eruptions 5

6. Climate Change at
Present
(Human Induced Climate Change)
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7. Causes:
• Burning of fossil fuels
 by industries and manufacturing
activities
 by transport vehicles
 by power plants
• Deforestation
• Agriculture and cattle-raising
• Decomposition of wastes in landfills 7

8. Greenhouse Gases
• are certain gases in the atmosphere
(water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous
oxide, and methane, for example)
that trap energy from the sun.
Without these gases, heat would
escape back into space and Earth’s
average temperature would be about
60º F colder.
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10. Greenhouse Effect
• the rise in temperature that the
Earth experiences because greenhouse
gases trap energy from the sun.
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12. Effects of Climate
Change
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13. • On Health
-generate temperature-related illnesses
-spread of diseases such as leptospirosis,
malaria, dengue
• On agriculture
-crop losses
-food shortage
-malnutrition
• On Water Supplies
-water shortage
• On Energy
-power shortages and blackouts 13

14. • On Coastal areas
-coastal erosion
-displacement of coastal communities
• On Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems
-disappearing habitats
-coral bleaching
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15. The Philippines`s
Response to Climate
Change
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16. • Bantay Kalikasan
-has implemented several projects addressing
specific, environmental issues at hand.
-The goal is to implant in the minds and hearts of
Filipinos that taking care of the environment is the
path to quality of life, that livelihood does not have to
come from environmentally destructive practices.
Projects:
"Butil Para Sa Buhay“(Grain for Life)
"Save the La Mesa Watershed “
Bantay Basura - promoted awareness and lobbied
for an effective solution to the solid waste problem
Bantay Usok- aimed to reduce Metro Manila's
vehicular smoke emissions to acceptable standards.
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17. Bantay Baterya - aims to create a sustained
public awareness on the health and
environmental hazards posed by the
indiscriminate handling of junk batteries, and
to recover and reprocess junk batteries in an
environmentally safe manner.
Bantay Langis - project for used oil recovery
and treatment and raising public awareness
H2Hope - aimed to reforest 1,500 hectares of
La Mesa in Quezon City
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18. • Green Initiative
-is a collaboration between the government, media and
academe with the goal of protecting Philippine biodiversity
and eradicating poverty.
-promotes ecotourism which aims to minimize impact,
build environmental and cultural awareness and respect,
provide positive experiences for both visitors and hosts,
provide direct financial benefits for conservation, provide
financial benefits and empowerment for local people, and
raise sensitivity to host countries' political, environmental,
and social climate.
-responds to protect and nourish the country’s natural
biodiversity, while alleviating poverty and enriching the
lives of people through various livelihood projects. 18

19. • Green Brigade
-is tasked to formulate and implement plans
addressing the specific environmental concerns
in the villages.
-tasked to establish educational projects such as
environmental awareness campaign, clean-up
drives and tree planting activities to promote
youth partnership in environmental protection
and preservation.
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20. • National Greening Program
-program undertaken by the DENR to reduce
carbon emissions through its reforestation and
other tree planting projects, and anti-air
pollution programs.
• The Climate Change and Clean Energy
Project (Cenergy)
-project adopts a multi-pronged approach that
is designed to mitigate climate change through
the improved utilization of clean and renewable
energy in power and transport.
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21. Laws
and
Legislations
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22. • Pollution Control Law (P.D. 984)
-providing for the revision of Republic Act No.
3931, commonly known as the Pollution Control
Law, and for other purposes.
• P.D. 1181 (supplements the provision
of P.D. 984)
- providing for the prevention, control and
abatement of air pollution from motor
vehicles and for other purposes.
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23. • P.D. 1251
-imposing a fee on operating mining
companies to be known as "mine wastes and
tailings fee" to compensate for damages to
private landowners and for other purposes.
• Mineral Resources Decree of 1974
(PD No. 463)
-amending Commonwealth Act No. 137 to
provide among others for a modernized system
of administration and disposition of mineral
lands and to promote and encourage the
development and exploration of the mining
industry.
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24. • P.D. 330
-penalizing timber smuggling or illegal cutting
of logs from public forests and forest reserves
as qualified theft
• P.D. 953
-requiring the planting of trees in certain places
and penalizing unauthorized cutting,
destruction, damaging and injuring of certain
trees, plants and vegetation.
• P.D. 1153
-requiring the planting of one tree every month
for five consecutive years by every citizen of
the Philippines.
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25. • Solid Waste Management Act of
2000 (R.A. 9003 )
-an act providing for an ecological solid waste
management program, creating the necessary
institutional mechanisms and incentives,
declaring certain acts prohibiting and
providing penalties appropriating funds
therefor and for other purposes.
• Clean Air Act of 1999 (R.A. 8749)
-an act providing for a comprehensive air
pollution control policy and for other purposes.
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26. • Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004
(R.A. 9275)
-an act providing for a comprehensive water
quality management and for other purposes.
• Climate Change Act of 2009
(R.A. 9729)
-an act mainstreaming climate change into
government policy formulations, establishing
the framework strategy and program on
climate change, creating for this purpose the
Climate Change Commission, and for other
purposes.
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27. • Disaster Risk Reduction Act
(R.A. 10121 )
-an act strengthening the Philippine disaster
risk reduction and management system,
providing for the national disaster risk reduction
and management framework and
institutionalizing the national risk reduction and
management plan.
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