We have 7 years to limit Climate Change

 by Aprille Paula O. Salvino 


    In 2022 the Philippines ranked No. 1 in The World Risk Index, which means that the Philippines is first among the 193 countries that are exposed to disaster risk caused by climate change, according to the global risk index.

    The issue of Climate change has been around for a long time. In 2017 President Rodrigo Rao Duterte approved and signed the Instrument of Accession to join the Paris Agreement to limit global warming and climate change. According to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Paris Agreement aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Additionally, the agreement aims to increase the ability of countries to deal with the impacts of climate change.

    According to experts and climate scientists, we have until 2030 to stop the continuous increase of global temperature on our planet. If this will not be achieved, we will not be able to stop the “irreversible effects” of Climate Change. So, what are the effects on our country if the global temperature rises? If the global temperature continues to rise this can be the cause of extreme weather events in our country such as flood, drought, and super typhoons. The continuous rise of global temperature will cause the melting of glaciers in the poles. When the ice in those areas of the earth melts it would increase the sea level and would also warm the oceans, warmer oceans result in climate change and will affect biodiversity, and there will also be acidification in the ocean. As global temperatures continue to warm, sea levels will keep rising. Rising sea levels create not only stress on the physical coastline but also on coastal ecosystems. Saltwater intrusions can contaminate freshwater aquifers, many of which sustain municipal and agricultural water supplies and natural ecosystems. According to the map made by the science organization Climate Central based on the study of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it showed that by 2050 the Philippines could find many of its coastal areas, including some parts of NCR, Bulacan, Bicol, Samar, Surigao, Davao and other parts of the Philippines are at risk of being underwater due to effects of climate change.             

    Most of us may think that a warning is more than usual. We may not be the biggest contributor to Climate change but we are among the most vulnerable to its adverse impact. An example of this is the super typhoon Yolanda that happened in 2013. It is considered the strongest typhoon that hit the country that killed thousands of lives due to an unpredicted storm surge.

    So, what can we do to help ease or prevent these things from happening? The government of the Philippines commits to reducing our country’s carbon emissions by 70% by the year 2030 or seven years from now. And we as citizens should start supporting the usage of renewable source energy and also use energy wisely, be active and involved in saying no to deforestation and coal power plants and other traditional sources of energy that are harmful to our planet, and also change our lifestyles to help reduce the effects of climate change. Most importantly our government needs to create and implement policies that will address the problems of climate change. We, people, are the cause and we should also be the ones that will put an end to it, we have the power to choose and do things that are not detrimental to our planet.

    We must all remember that the biggest change that our planet needs is in our hands. Because if we don't do anything, imagine the kind of world we will pass on to the next generation. 

Source from (n.d.). The Paris Agreement Related news Related Documents Related links What is the Paris Agreement? United Nations Climate Change. Retrieved March 20, 2023, from https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement 

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