Global Warming Tackled in the First RAFC Summit

The causes and effects of global warming was the central topic tackled during the first Regional Agricultural and Fishery Council (RAFC) Summit held recently in a Mandaue City hotel.

PAGASA Regional Head, Oscar Tabada who was the resource person on global warming, said that, Venus has become the hottest planet on the solar system due to its 95% carbon dioxide. What happen to Venus might also happen to our planet, if we keep on doing human activities -- such as burning of plastics that might cause the breakdown of the stratosphere, he said. Tabada added that when the stratosphere is broken, we are no longer shielded from the ultraviolet rays of the sun that might cause skin cancer.

Tabada explained that the future impacts of climate change are the increased average of summer temperature, decreased dry season precipitation and the increased wet season precipitation. The damaging impact of the climate change might be damaging more on agriculture. As early of 2014, an increased in oceanic acidity, extinction of species, decline of forest cover and decline of 29% to 60% in Philippine agriculture production has been felt.
He also added that the proper responses to climate change are mitigation in the form of reducing emissions that cause the greenhouse effect, and adaptation.
Efren de la Cruz, chairman of the RAFC presented an intent to pass a resolution to PCAF as a measure of the current effect on global warming. --- Evangelyn Graven, CTU-DevCom Intern, DA RAFIS