Climate Change
Climate Change
Climate Change
CHANGE
At the end of this lesson, you are expected to:
✓Identify the causes of climate change;
Burning forests or
Grasslands
WHAT IS
GREENHOUSE GASES?
◦ GREENHOUSE GASES include water vapor, carbon dioxide,
methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases(archive0.epa.gov).We
call the event of rapid in the planet as global climates negatively.
Throughout Earths history, climate has continually change. Sadly
human induced climate change is occurring at an unprecedented
rapid rate(nationalgeographic.org.2019).
THE GREENHOUSE
EFFECT
A greenhouse or (CAR) is generally warmer than the air outside it
because sunlight and heat pass through the glass into the car, but heat
is then trapped in the car, making it warmer in earth terms. Sunlight
enters our atmosphere(some rays don’t penetrate and are already lost to
space)Some of the heat from the sun is absorbed by our planet, but
much of it is reflected back most of that heat should pass through the
atmosphere back into space
Significant events in history related to the emergence of climate change.
• 1896-Svante Arrhenius develop the first climate model of the influence of
atmospheric carbon dioxide(C02).
• 1930s-Milutin Milankovitch Published "Mathematical Climatology and
the Astronomical Theory of Climatic Changes'' that explained the
earths Ice ages.
• 1960-Curvedeveloped by American Scientist Charies David Keeling began
TIMELINE OF to track atmosphere C02 concentrations.C02 concentration in 1960 was
approximately 315 ppm parts per million(PPM)
Sources Of derived from burning fossil fuels, usually are natural gas.
2. TRANSPORTATION
Greenhouse Gas Burning fossil fuels for cars, trucks, ships, trains, and airplanes
States And Even emissions from certain chemical reactions required to produced
goods from raw materials
WATER RESOURCES Water quality and quality problems are experienced in areas where rainfall reduction is
projected. These will cascade into more adverse effects that definitely impact agricultural lands forestry, health,
settlement, and livelihood. Substantial reduction in rainfall affects water supply in dams and irrigations that can
limit agricultural production. Energy production is also directly affected by reduced water supply in dams. On the
contrary ,floods, mudslides, and soil erosion may occur in areas where rainfall could be intense during wet periods.
Extreme floods can severely affect infrastructures, bridges, roads, classrooms, evacuation centers and hospitals.
FORESTRY Forests may be adversely affected as the global temperature continues to increase indigenous communities
in forest areas need to be rescued. Climate –resilient alternative livelihoods should be provided for them.
AGRICULTURE Decrease in crop yield is usually observed whenever temperatures exceed threshold values. In rice,
they often suffer spikelet sterility. Proper management strategies need to be employed to prevent continued reduction in
crop yield amidst changing weather patterns.
Increase in occurrence and strength of tropical cyclones will also continue to exert unmatched
pressure on agricultural production. Unpredictable weather conditions can cause disease incidence or outbreaks
affecting both plants and animals. It is necessary that research works will be done to address this concern and identify
the relationship between weather events and occurrence of damaging diseases that affect plants and animals.
Decreased yields and inadequate job opportunities in the agricultural sector could lead to higher
poverty levels and social unrest. Food security will largely be affected due to decreased yield in agriculture. Insufficient
food supply could further lead to more malnutrition and other concerns in the society.
COSTAL RESOURCES . The coastal regions in the country are greatly affected by the joined influence of
continuous rising of temperature, changing rainfall level, rising sea level, and increasing incidence of tropical
cyclones . These ultimately expose coastal regions to unprecedented threats and damage. The livelihood of
residents of coastal areas are also immensely affected because of such natural calamities
HEALTH . The further increase in global temperature and emergence of devastating natural calamities due to
climate expose the people to water-based and vector-bone diseases. Moreover, people are also prone to
pulmonary illnesses and cardiovascular diseases. Malnutrition is expected to become severe in areas with
frequent occurrences of extreme events that disturb adequate food supply and support for health services.
Measures To Mitigate Negative Impact Of Climate
Change in The Philippines
◦ Currently, there is a good number of promising climate change adaptation programs and projects that are being
implemented in the Philippines. Those programs include (bagong.pagasadost.gov.ph 2021);
◦ MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT goals fund 1656 that aims to strengthen the Philippines institutional capacity to
adapt to climate change and is funded by the government of Spain;
◦ PHILIPPINES climate change adaptation project whose primary goal is to develop the resiliency of farms and natural
resource management to the effects of climate change funded by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) through
the world bank;
◦ Adaptation to CLIMATE CHANGE and conversation of biodiversity project sponsored by GTZ Germany; and
◦ National FRAMEWORK STRATEGY on climate change envisioned to develop the adaptation capacity of
communities funded by the GTZG Germany.
◦ With these set of programs and everyone 's engagement , we can all combat the destructive impact of climate change.
Nothing is too hard for a resilient and adaptable country.