Alexa, what’s the weather like today?

Every year, our country encounters several typhoons, and in recent years, we have observed and experienced extreme tropical storms and floods. Aside from this, we have seen in the news the loss of human lives and properties brought about by these weather disturbances. I wonder why we don’t learn from this, and develop solutions to prevent such losses.

How does climate change affect our country? The Philippines is highly at risk of the impacts of climate change, such as sea level rise, intensification and frequency of extreme weather events, rising temperatures and extreme rainfall. Knowing these things, are we still in denial of climate change, or do we need to take action to prevent its effects on the environment? What should be our attitude towards it?

We have reached a tipping point where what we do now will affect our planet and reverse the tremendous…