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Disturbing Climate Price : Php400.00 Jose T. Villarin SJ (editor) Manila Observatory (2001) ISBN: 971-92357-0-5 Most of the current scientific and political debates that rage on the climate front are focused on how we, as a global community, are to exercise that responsibility for a changing climate in the 21st century. The Philippines is by all means actively engaged in this global endeavor. This book documents that engagement in a collection of essays that can very well mark the beginning of a Philippine response to the complex issue of climate change. The essays themselves are a blend of science and policy since an issue as complex and pervasive as climate change cannot but draw from these two streams. The climate change problem was raised initially by the scientific community. And even as a scientific problem, it already proved itself intractable since the manifold questions it posed demanded answers that had to be drawn from the knowledge pools of the natural (e.g. physics, chemistry, biology), mathematical, and social sciences. Even at the outset, it was already evident that solutions could not be found solely in the arcane confines of the laboratory or the computer model. The only effective response would have to be a concerted effort which bridges both science and policy, one that straddles the multidisciplinary worlds of economics, political science, ethics, and ecology, among others. Such a response would also have to be multisectoral in character, engaging institutions on environment, energy, forestry, economic planning, industry, public works, transportation, academe, NGOs, and civil society. Indeed the composition of national climate change committees in the community of nations reflects this pluralism. The essays in this volume have been written in view of that pluralism and the need to interface the sometimes disparate worlds of science and policy. Sound policy needs to be continually informed and grounded by good science insofar as science can provide the basis and validation for the climate effectiveness of the measures and programs that will issue forth from policy. On the other hand, science, particularly in resource-strapped developing countries, stands to gain much when its investigations are focused and guided by what the policy community considers as urgent, practicable, sustainable, and just.
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