Devastation due to Lack of Discipline

     No doubt, Typhoon Haiyan  is another effect of climate change. How aware are Filipinos and what are the contingency plans of our government about this?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/08/typhoon-haiyan-philippines-your-photos-and-videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KEEo-roL8XQ

            Here is an article from http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/198893/news/nation/ccc-batting-for-100-pinoy-awareness-on-climate-change informing us about a survey on the awareness of Filipino about climate change.

          A Pulse Asia survey released on August 16 said even after the Philippines was hit by devastating tropical cyclones caused by climate change, only 52 percent of Filipinos know what the term “climate change" actually means.The Pulse Asia survey was conducted from July 1 to 11 on a multistage probability sample of  1,200 representative adults 18 years old and above.The other important findings of the study, published on Monday at the Pulse Asia website are:

• Most Filipinos (66%) experienced a big change in climate in the past three years

• The predominant sentiment among Filipinos is that climate change is dangerous not only for the       

   environment (71%) but also for their families and themselves (70%)

• For a sizeable majority of Filipinos (63%), the recent calamities experienced by the Philippines and 

  other countries may be attributed to human-induced environmental destruction

• Filipinos are relatively active in environmental protection with most of them engaged in recycling     

  (62%), tree planting (60%), and waste segregation (60%); sizeable percentages of Filipinos (20% to 

  30%) are prepared to do still more for the environment.

“Filipinos should contribute and actively participate in the collective effort of mankind to tackle this destruction, to fight for the survival of mankind against global warming and climate change especially since the impacts of climate change is seen to continuously intensify with a business as usual attitude," Alvarez said.“Globally we have to negotiate for deep and early cut. Developed countries must substantially reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. Meanwhile, here in our country, we have to build adaptation system and take on mitigation measures to minimize the destruction of climate change in our economy and lives," he also said.Alvarez said that science has indicated that there are around 200 Gigatonnes (Gt) of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere today and that the Earth’s temperature is currently at 1.5 degree Celsius, nearing the so-called 2 degree Celsius “tipping point" where climate change impacts may no longer be reversible. –VVP, GMANews.TV

           Half of the Filipinos may be aware of the devastating effects of climate change but what are they doing about it? how disciplined are we whenever we throw,use and do things that could always affect our environment? Do we always consider our carbon footprint every time we eat?are we strictly following the city ordinances about the usage of plastics and other non-biodegradable materials? and how about the other half of Filipinos that don't  even know the term CLIMATE CHANGE?

         Implementation of environmental rules and regulation set by our government is also a big question for us. I am hoping that we'll not just learn on how to survive in typhoons but also, on how to prevent it.

           

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