Tag: climate emergency
Death toll from Philippines landslides, floods hits 148
Scores of people are still missing and feared dead after the strongest storm to strike the archipelago nation this year dumped heavy rain
Death toll from Philippines landslides, floods hits 115
The Philippines -- ranked among the most vulnerable nations to the impacts of climate change -- is hit by an average of 20 storms every year
Caritas Philippines extends aid to dioceses battered by tropical storm
Caritas Philippines appeals for donations from people "in whatever way they can" in the spirit of "sacrifice and selflessness"
Search for survivors in wake of Philippine storm continues as death...
Tens of thousands fled their homes as the storm pummelled the disaster-prone region in recent days, dumping heavy rain that flooded houses
Rescuers search for survivors in villages hit by landslides in central...
The death toll from tropical storm Megi rose to 28 while more than 17,000 people fled their homes
Landslides, flooding kill at least 24 in wake of Philippine storm
More than 13,000 people fled to emergency shelters as the storm pounded the region, flooding houses, inundating fields, cutting off roads
Oxfam calls for renewable energy shift in Philippines following new climate...
From 1970 to 2019, 75% of deaths caused by weather, climate and water hazards in the Southwest Pacific region were from the Philippines
‘Now or never’ to avoid climate catastrophe, warns UN
That daunting task is still — only just — possible, but current policies are leading the planet towards catastrophic temperature rises
Tropical forests turn down the planet’s heat by 1C, scientists find
Forests should be valued for the direct benefits they offer to local communities
Philippines as ‘super typhoon’ hotspot needs to be center of policy...
Strong weather disturbances are no longer aberrations, but are the “new normal” as the country faces the climate crisis