Climate Change

Oxfam provides 96-core computer to support Manila Observatory’s weather forecasting

Deadlier heatwaves, more devastating droughts, more intense typhoons and massive flooding. Those are just some of the expected impacts of a warming world. With the effects of climate change already being experienced by climate-vulnerable countries like the Philippines, there is an increasing need...

Climate change cripples Palawan seaweed farms

Many seaweed facilities were destroyed when Typhoon Rai (locally known as Odette) wreaked havoc in central and northern Palawan in mid-December last year, crippling the income of Filipino coastal farmers who relied on this as their primary source of livelihood.

Oxfam lauds house resolution urging gov’t submission of highest possible climate ambition

Oxfam lauds House Resolution 1494, introduced by Representative Loren Legarda, to urge the Climate Change Commission to submit the Philippine Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), conveying the highest possible climate ambition in reflection of the government’s strong commitment to contribute...

‘Wealthiest use up 4x more carbon than half the population, causing climate crisis’ – study

The huge disparity between the rich and the poor is not only apparent in social status, but also in the way they affect climate. A study reveals that the wealthiest 10 percent of South East Asians, in countries like the Philippines, are responsible for a third of the national carbon consumptions,...

DRRM groups, advocates call for safer homes, safer communities; Int’l Day for Disaster Reduction celebration held

Over 150 disaster risk reduction and management advocates from various government agencies, academe, communities and civil society organizations gathered together and celebrated the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) and the ASEAN Day for Disaster Management (ADDM) on Friday at Brgy...

Josephine Alad-ad is a woman farmer from Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao

A Climate of Difficult Choices

The international community has failed to deliver climate finance at the scale required for vulnerable countries such as the Philippines to adapt to climate change. Adaptation is a national priority for the Philippines, and as such domestic budget has been allocated; climate finance tagging has...

Time to implement DRR and adaptation plan on agriculture

How are farmers recovering four months after Typhoon Lawin?

Oxfam welcomes approval of P120-M adaptation funding for Mindanao by People’s Survival Fund Board

Through the collective action of all stakeholders, the BINDS Project helped improve the ability of communities and local institutions to build livelihoods that could withstand climate change, develop their own climate-sensitive strategies, and enhance their skills and knowledge on responding to...

Typhoon Haima: Oxfam's response

Typhoon Haima, locally known as Lawin, destroyed US$50.6 million worth of infrastructure and crops when it hit northern Philippines in mid-October. It is the strongest typhoon to so far strike the country this year. The government pre-evacuated thousands of residents in danger areas, preventing the...

Oxfam joins Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

Typhoon Haima damaged over 1 billion php worth of vegetables and crops in northern Philippines. Photo by Genevive Estacaan/Oxfam

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