Philippine low-carbon strategies in energy, water & food production

Paper delivered on February 6, 2014 by Philippine Climate Change Commission head Heherson Alvarez at the 14th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS), Ministerial Session 1, in New Delhi, India on February 6, 2014.

In November 8, 2013, my country encountered the most ferocious destruction of climate change. Super Typhoon HAIYAN wiped out the entire City of Tacloban and the adjoining region of Central Philippines. Haiyan killed more than 8,000 people, devastated 71,000 hectares of agricultural lands and an almost incalculable destruction of houses, public edifices and natural heritage sites. The agricultural damage alone is estimated at 3.7 billion pesos or $85 million, not including thousands of small fishing boats and the livelihood instruments of small fishermen.