60% of Philippine firms ready for climate change impact – survey

hahahaha you all make me laugh pinoy dont care still burning anything in the open air ,car with a lot black smoke rubbish all over the place burning plastic all day irresponsible?

Planting trees would do little to stop the climate change we are experiencing, that was the solution that nature took to make this planet livable for all living things that thrive now...but it took nature billion of years to accomplish this ...unless we totally stop using fossil fuel in year 2050 we shall start seeing the consequences of our doings......it would be a long term GLOBAL monumental effort to stop the increase in our planet's temperature...and for those who don't believe in this its about time to see everything that's happening around you....look around you...read the news papers, watch the news on tv...haven't you observed..?...

An all electric vehicle society would reduce carbon emissions from automobiles to zero, but I can wait when Saudi Arabia tells the United States they can no longer supply the daily consumption of the American economy.

@Robert H - so true! Just when people are beginning to realize that this age of crazed production and reproduction is played out like a script to maintain domination, we encounter this so-called problem of ecological destruction and scarcity (which is still part of the script).

Don't you see the glaring irony in the news article above? Companies heavily involved in the survey are some of the world's biggest consumers of "nature's gifts" to mankind - shell (one of the global oil cartels) and honda (a representative of big car manufacturers) - industries that cannot do without the other.

Hence, instead of discovering for ourselves if their is another (fairer, and may i add, cleaner) way of running the world, we hold on to their so-called corporate benevolence, in effect, domination is maintained.

ready for climate change impact my @ss!!!!
mga ulol !!!!

mga ulol.............waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa........... Climate Change??????????

Everything is possible with the help of god .....

sana lahat ng mamamayang pilipino ay maging aware, alagaan ang kalikasan

It's so funny. There is no climate change - I am surprised people are still talking about this. This climate change hysteria has done one thing - made Al Gore a rich man!

Climate Change is real, architects have solutions

How can we begin to understand the impacts of climate change in our daily lives?
And once our awareness is awakened, how do we engage ourselves in an improved relationship with the earth?

These are big questions that people around the globe are asking. Architects are confronting the fact the buildings are the largest single contributor to production of greenhouse gases 50% almost half of the total annual production. They are renewing their commitment to the importance of good design, that is, DESIGN THAT EFFECTIVELY RESPONDS TO THE NEEDS OF BOTH NATURAL AND HUMAN SYSTEMS. Individual structures, clusters of buildings, small towns, and large cities are all involved in MAKING A MORE SUSTAINABLE BUILT-ENVIRONMENT.

How do we get to carbon neutrality from buildings?

It is certainly possible to PRODUCE SELF-SUSTAINING BUILDINGS. While there are already some good pathways that demonstrate how, there is also significant unmapped territory.

1). Raising public awareness,
2). understanding the science in the solutions, and
3). empowering people to try new technologies requires leadership and innovation.

Design,
Incorporates a variety of tools for architects, design professionals and for anyone who wants specific ideas about constructing buildings that are more environmentally responsive. One exciting tool in this is called

"50 to 50 Organized around Frank Lloyd Wrightâ™s Tree of Life image, it suggests "50 green principles that can lead to 50% reduction of carbon emission"

Community
The third focuses on Community. With ener---- conservation and human health and wellbeing at its core, this offers ideas about high-quality, diverse, mixed-use communities that use "GREEN" PRINCIPLES" to foster a sense of place. Included are suggestions about

a). compact development,
b). wise use of infrastructure and
c). community resources, walkable environments, and
d). open space preservation.

There are links to projects and programs that individuals and communities have developed to engage their communities in the CARBON REDUCTION CHALLENGE.

There are demonstrations of HOW TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE BUILDING IN SUSTAINABLE WAY, and there are suggestions on HOW CONSUMERS CAN MAKE GREEN CHOICES IN PLANNING MEETING and CONFERENCES.

Good design is inquisitive and considers many potential solutions.

in reality, the above said survey was done on the large industry companies of the country or which 60% have resulted positive on th cc action. philippine business should catch up because the total of these large industry companies comprise less than 50% of the total businesses here. actually, most of our working population also are employed by the smes (small & medium scale enterprise).

its encouraging for big business to do this, though still more than a third of them are unsure or maybe towards the planning stage of implementing cc action on their jobs & eventually their overall operations. since big business also can easily afford applying cc measures, since they also are the ones registering & upgrading for isos (surely theyve had a part in sponsoring this pwc survey) almost regularly when operationally able, this cc compliance is strategically expected of them like second nature - unless they dont want their operations to survive the effects of cc & gw.

something that the large industry companies could do aside from keeping the savings, sum up tax benefits, or seeking cdm / carbon credits for their cc eforts is pool up funding so that smes can (at least selectively) comply or at least pursue cc measures for them to survive - seeing that if they do go down in the long run, most of the workforce will go down with the sme sector.

although a new "enercon-type" bill is in the works also, it is now very essential to maximize our resources, reduce & reuse our wastes, and change our thinking towards what our next generations will have left in the world.

hopefully we could transition to a resource based economy soon.... waiting for the Venus Project...

weeeh di nga,,,, anyway thats good to hear from them isinama na nila ang climate change sa daily operation nila ^_^

There is no Man made climate change.

I am not a forecaster to announce these stern warning, but realities do need to be feared that extreme events which can be traced to climate change will have increasingly grave consequences in the future. This means that we must reckon with new types of weather risks and greater loss potentials. . . . In accordance with the precautionary principle, we would be well-advised to prepare ourselves for dramatic changes.
In regard to weather-related disasters, many scientists believe that human-induced changes in the atmosphere are altering the world’s climate and contributing to more extreme weather. If true, this assessment does not bode well for the future. Adding to the risk, more and more people now live in disaster-prone areas, by choice—or because they have no alternative.
Statistics indicate that 95 percent of all disaster-related deaths occur in developing lands. Wealthy nations, on the other hand, have a lower mortality rate but experience 75 percent of the economic losses. Some insurers even wonder whether their industry can remain solvent under this onslaught of mounting losses.
In the opinion of a number of scientists, human-induced changes in earth’s atmosphere and oceans have made our planet a dangerous place by contributing to more frequent and more severe natural disasters. And the future looks uncertain, as we’re in the middle of a large uncontrolled experiment on the only planet we have.
Well, I advised our avid readers to consider that our earth’s climate system has been likened to a machine that converts and distributes solar ener----. Because the Tropics get most of the sun’s heat, the resulting temperature imbalance sets the atmosphere in motion. Earth’s daily rotation causes this mass of moving, moist air to form eddies, some becoming depressions, or areas of low atmospheric pressure. Depressions, in turn, may develop into storms.
If you observe the general path of tropical storms, you will notice that they tend to move away from the equator—either north or south—toward cooler regions. In doing so, storms also serve as massive heat exchangers, helping to moderate the climate. But when the temperature in the upper level of the ocean—the “boiler room” of the climate machine—exceeds about 80 degrees Fahrenheit [27°C], tropical storms may acquire enough ener---- to become cyclones, hurricanes, or typhoons.
Many nations to include our country continue to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, adding the unabated population growth means more urban sprawl, more shantytowns, and more environmental degradation. These developments may tend to magnify the severity of natural disasters.
Global warming, dams, deforestation and slash-and-burn farming are exacerbating factors in the natural disasters that have plagued our country with powerful storms, floods, landslide that killed thousands of lives.
The El Niño weather pattern—triggered by a warming of the waters of the eastern Pacific—periodically causes flooding and other weather disruptions in the countryside. This phenomenon has returned with regularity (about every four years) since it was first identified in the 19th century. But some experts believe that "El Niño has stepped up its schedule" and that it will "appear more often" in the future.
Dangerous weather patterns including more powerful typhoons and heavy rains will continue to wreak havoc across the planet. More severe droughts and floods will literally change the face of the Earth, leading to the loss of coastal lands and the destruction of forests.

dont see u see manifestations of climate change? okay i will tell u.. ice starting to melt at north and south pole, contries with winter season snow shows abnormal fall recently in US it falls above the normal snow per year, last year Finland the land of santa where small amount of snow falls, it is located near north pole.. U see? and even in the Phils., yesterday i watched Kuya Kim tacled the effect of climate change at Hagonoy Bulacan a certain barangay there was 17 hectares recorded in the 70's but now 0nly 7 hectares left because the land was now covered with sea water that continue to rise... maybe u are not aware of what happenning today i suggest u to watch news regarding climate change and be observant on ur environment.. Gudluck fella's..

Does this mean we finally get to have snow at Christmas?

Because people do not want to change for the good of the environment, the climate starts the change for its own good...When shall we learn..??..

Climate Change, We can control but all we need is to discipline ourselves and continue planting trees to all vacant space or tree planting after cutting trees, government should control plant site and make sure they have waste solution, control vehicle s each family, stop importing 2nd hand vehicle and all house hold and businesses minimize using of mechanical and electrical equipment if unnecessary, stop digging for fish ponds for agriculture conversion to unnecessary amusement parks of subdivision and etc..

Climate change will always have its followers, its a feel good movement with do gooders as natural preys. Notice how the real creationist are almost never among their victims.