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  • Effects of Crops on Climate Change

    The effects of crops on climate change - part of our Research Showcase series. We spend a lot of time thinking how climate can affect crops but crops affect climate themselves. A substantial amount of the lands surface is used for crop and agricul
  • I-Witness: 'Plastic Republic,' dokumentaryo ni Howie Severino (full episode)

    According to a study conducted at the University of Georgia, the Philippines was the third highest producer of plastic waste. Some Filipinos practice ways on how they can lessen their plastic consumption. Learn more about them in Howie Severino's
  • Keeping Indonesia's Capital Safer from Floods

    Jakarta is very vulnerable to flooding. As the rainy season continues, the Jakarta government hopes its efforts to dredge the city's rivers and rehabilitate its floodways will make Indonesia's capital safer from flooding. Source:
  • The Life Cycle of a Plastic Bottle

    Stay informed this #EarthDay by understanding what really hap
  • We Know Enough about Climate Change

    The film focuses on the process of adaptation to climate change from a development perspective. We developed it for training programs and conferences in the target countries including Indonesia, Tunisia and Mexico. It premiered in 2011 at the UN-C
  • ADSS: Measurement of Carbon Dioxide in Corn Cob Biochar-amended Acid Soil Added with Different Types of Fertilizers

    Mr. Arsenio D. Bulfa, Jr., Lecturer, College of Agriculture, Silliman University, an MS Soil Science SEARCA Scholar, presents the first part of his thesis titled "Measurement of Carbon Dioxide in Corn Cob Biochar-amended Acid Soil Added w
  • ADSS: The Udalo Watershed Pilot Project: An Experiment on Climate Change Hyper-Adaptation

    Mr. Philippe Couture, Project Coordinator of Hyper Adaptive & Territorial Coherent Habitat (HATCHabitat), Lantau Island, Hongkong, presents the Udalo Watershed Pilot Project in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. 9 May 2017Los Baños,
  • Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change

    The biggest problem for the climate change fight isn’t technology – it’s human psychology. In psychology, fear/guilt is not conducive to engagement, it makes people passive. When people felt fear or guilt, it makes them withdraw from th
  • Climate Change Explained

    A straightforward explanation of Climate Change: the heat from human emissions is roughly equal to exploding 400,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs every day. Historically, every time carbon dioxide levels increase in Earth's atmosphere, the average surfa
  • Home, The Movie

    In the past 200,000 years, humans have upset the balance of planet Earth, a balance established by nearly four billion years of evolution. We must act now. It's too late to be a pessimist. The price is too high. Humanity has little time to reverse
  • Can wildlife adapt to climate change? - Erin Eastwood

    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-wildlif... With rising temperatures and seas, massive droughts, and changing landscapes, successfully ada
  • Climate change: Earth's giant game of Tetris - Joss Fong

    There's a game of Tetris happening on a global scale: The playing space is planet Earth, and all those pesky, stacking blocks represent carbon dioxide -- a greenhouse gas that is piling up ever more rapidly as we burn the fossil fuels that run our
  • What the Earth would look like if all the ice melted

    As National Geographic showed us in 2013, sea levels would rise by 216 feet if all the land ice on the planet were to melt. This would dramatically reshape the continents and drown many of the world's major cities. Source:
  • ADSS and BOOK LAUNCH: Climate-Resilient Agriculture Technologies and Approaches in the Philippines

    Dr. Romeo V. Labios, Lead Author and former Scientist-Agronomist at the International Rice Research Institute, delivers a seminar about the Book titled "Compendium of Climate-Resilient Agriculture Technologies and Approaches in the Philippines."
  • Albay, Philippines - CCA

    Governor Joey Salceda talks about "Climate Change Adaptation and Areas of Investment". Local initiative on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Source: Climate Change Academy of Albay