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This paper evaluates the impacts of compounded tropical cyclones hazards on household income and expenditure in the Philippines, with adjustments in vulnerability representation drawn from local information.
As soaring temperatures drive thousands of Filipino schools to send pupils home, what is the cost to children's education?
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Rice fields on the Philippean islands
Agricultural insurance can be an essential tool for Filipino farmers to manage climate shocks effectively. It can safeguard their livelihoods, protect them from falling into poverty traps, and enhance their productivity and innovation.
World Bank, the
Regina “Nanette” Salvador-Antequisa has had a very active and diverse career in DRR in the Philippines, mainly as Executive Director of the civil society organization ECOWEB (for ‘Ecosystems Work For Essential Benefits’).
Child studying at school in the Philippines
Over 26 million enrolled students in the Philippines are confronted with the multifaceted impacts of climate change, including the possibility of El Nino bringing intolerable heat, more powerful typhoons, and limited access to water for basic needs.
Save the Children - Philippines
OpenGov Forum 2024 participants on the scene
Five women local government unit (LGU) officials convened for the first series of this year’s Open Government and Participatory Governance Forum, held on March 20, 2024, at Skydome, SM North EDSA, Quezon City, Philippines.
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) – National Capital Region
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This study is the first in the Philippines to quantify the contemporaneous and long-term effects of temperature shocks on output growth and other channels of economic activity as well as on inflation, which are the primary considerations of the BSP.
Landslide on the way from Hapao village in Banaue province in the Philippines, affecting the road taken by a bus
Researchers from several countries collaborated to assess to what extent human-induced climate change altered the likelihood and intensity of the weather conditions at the time of the most impactful floods in Mindanao Island.
World Weather Attribution

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