The findings said the warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented in decades to millennia; the concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased; each of the last three decades has been successively warmer at the Earth's surface than any preceding decade since 1850; and 1983–2012 was likely the warmest 30-year period of the last 1400 years, the press release said.
Lasco said that, as a result of these changes, it is projected that typhoons will become stronger in intensity, especially in the Philippines, which is the most vulnerable country, as it lies in the northwest Pacific Ocean where typhoons are born.
He said adaptation should be the main thrust of the climate change program in the Philippines, because, although its carbon emissions are not much compared to the global average, the country is most affected by severe weather patterns. Preparation for extreme weather impacts through improved governance and development is needed for building resilience, the press release also said.
Lasco said a group of Filipino IPCC scientists are now at work preparing the first Philippine Climate Change assessment report, since the Philippines has not assessed its own literature on climate change.
The Philippine report will cover the physical science basis of climate change; impacts, vulnerability and adaptation; and mitigation of climate change, and is expected to be published this year.
Source: The Visayan Daily Star | 10 April 2015
