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
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
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 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
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
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,
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
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
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
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-wildlif... With rising temperatures and seas, massive droughts, and changing landscapes, successfully ada
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
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:
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."
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