Scientists see early warning to damaging El Niño
2010-02-23 - PARIS—Weather experts say they have a tip that could give up to 14 months' warning before the onset of an El Niño, the weather anomaly that whacks countries around the Pacific and affects southern Africa and even Europe.

Gas-fueled buses threaten to bolt government program
2010-02-23 - MANILA, Philippines - Operators of compressed natural gas-run buses are threatening to pull out of the Department of Energy Natural’s Gas Vehicle Program for Public Transport (NGVPPT) due to continuing negligence of the government to address the issues confronting the program.

Tropical storms to be more intense but less frequent—climate study
2010-02-22 - PARIS—Tropical cyclones may become less frequent this century but pack a stronger punch as a result of global warming, a paper published on Sunday said.

Crop damage from El Niño to exceed P10B
2010-02-21 - MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Agriculture estimates that farm production losses this year due to the El Niño dry spell may fall in the middle of its earlier forecast of between P8 billion and P20 billion.

Topsy turvy climate: Warm Baguio, cold Zamboanga
2010-02-08 - MANILA, Philippines--The way the mercury rises and falls makes climate scientists scratch their heads these days.

SW Australia drought linked to Antarctica snowfall
2010-02-08 - PARIS, France—A drought that has gripped the southwestern corner of Australia since the 1970s is linked with higher snowfall in East Antarctica, a phenomenon that may be rooted in global warming, scientists reported on Sunday.

Warm weather curses Winter Olympics
2010-02-07 - VANCOUVER, Canada—Winter Olympics chiefs will not sanction a desperate last-minute venue switch despite unseasonably warm temperatures continuing to curse Cypress Mountain, the host of the freestyle events at the Games which begin on Friday.

UPLB Inks Reso to Promote Agroforestry vs Climate Change
2010-02-04 - UP Los Baños delegates to the recently-concluded 4th National Agroforestry Congress sponsored by the Philippine Agroforestry Education and Research Network (PAFERN) signed a resolution to promote agroforestry as a strategy for climate change adaptation and to work towards institutionalizing agroforestry as a development strategy in the Philippines.

UN Says Nations' Greenhouse Gas Pledges Too Little
2010-02-02 - UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Goals on reducing greenhouse gases announced by major industrialized nations are a step forward but not enough to forestall the disastrous effects of climate change by midcentury, UN officials said Monday.

US Recommits to Climate Goals
2010-01-29 - WASHINGTON – The United States on Thursday officially told the United Nations it will cut carbon emissions, predicting that Congress will move forward on climate change despite a tough political environment.

Chances of Drought Higher, Says Pagasa
2010-01-29 - WATER levels in four major dams in Luzon have continued to fall, prompting the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) to reiterate its call for the public to conserve water.

Ethanol Production Imperiled by El Niño
2010-01-26 - MANILA, Philippines - The development of ethanol as an energy source may be hampered this year by the looming El Niño phenomenon which is expected to linger throughout the year, an industry official said.

Senate Inquiry Sought on Government Tack to Combat El Niño
2010-01-26 - MANILA, Philippines - To avert food production crisis resulting from the El Niño weather phenomenon, Sen. Loren Legarda has filed a Senate resolution for an urgent inquiry into the policies of the government to counter El Niño and ensure food security.

PBSP, SMART Project Wins World Bank Competition
2010-01-22 - AN innovative project that will apply mobile phone SMS technology for disaster management has won at the 2009 Development Marketplace Competition organized by the World Bank.

US Government Reports 2000s Warmest Decade
2010-01-20 - WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2000-2009 decade was the warmest on record, easily surpassing the previous hottest decade — the 1990s — US researchers said Tuesday in a report providing fresh evidence that the planet may be warming at a potentially disastrous rate.

More Rapid Response to Global Warming Urged
2010-01-14 - MANILA, Philippines - Changes in the atmosphere, the oceans and glaciers and ice caps now show unequivocally that the world is warming due to human activities, according to a report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Pagasa: It’s Getting Warmer and Warmer Every Day
2010-01-13 - MANILA, Philippines – Feeling warm already? It’s going to get even hotter.

Water Firm Asks Agency to Form Task Force on El Niño
2010-01-13 - MANILA, Philippines – Ayala-owned Manila Water Co. Inc. is seeking the creation of an inter-agency task force on El Niño to prepare Metro Manila for a possible long dry spell over the next few months, according to a company official.

RP as Electric Vehicle Hub
2010-01-12 - The Philippines could just be the electric vehicle hub of Asia starting this year, according to Ferdi Raquelsantos, vice president of the Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturers Association of the Philippines (MVPMAP) which is the proponent of the e-Jeepney.

Enjoy Cool Weather While it Lasts–Pagasa
2010-01-08 - MANILA, Philippines—Enjoy the cool weather while it lasts.