Resiliency through adversity

 Resiliency through adversity 

The Philippines is already vulnerable to extreme weather, but climate change is making storms more intense and frequent. We know that Filipinos is resilient when it comes to the problems in every day life. But if we talk about climate change, people cannot solve or prevent the effects with this issue. The least thing that we can do is to reduce the impact to our lives.

The predominant reasons for sudden or progressive change in the environment that adversely affect many Filipinos' lives or living conditions. Due to the intense and frequent cause by the climate change, because storms can cause; floods, Loss of life and livelihoods, and Landslides and erosion. Because of these, the things that can be affected are; Agricultural losses that are connected to our foods for us to live, Ocean acidification and warming oceans and these can damage coral reefs, which are important for fish that support the livelihoods of fisher people, Economic damage and the World Bank estimates that climate change could cause annual economic damages of up to 13.6% of the country's GDP. Most especially is our Public health risks climate change can threaten the health of vulnerable groups like women and indigenous people.

The Philippines is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to its location and geography. The country is ranked highest in the world for vulnerability to tropical cyclones and third for the number of people exposed to them. But the Filipinos will strategies to be able to continue their work or any thing that is connected to their way of living because that's how Filipino being resilient. They still manage to smile even if the problem already causes them a headache.

References:

https://climate.emb.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/NCCAP-1.pdf

https://www.afd.fr/en/actualites/climate-finance-helping-philippines-cope-climate-change

https://www.amnesty.org.uk/philippines-country-most-risk-climate-crisis

https://21phiriawisdom.wordpress.com/2017/08/02/5-reasons-why-filipinos-rock/