Eleven years after Typhoon Yolanda and in the wake of six consecutive tropical storms, Filipinos want more climate accountability from corporates and the government. The intensifying cyclones highlight growing vulnerabilities, they say.
While rainfall is important, how it is collected, stored and distributed is crucial to dealing with the region’s increasingly drier spells.
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Dr Richard Friend, Dr Jutamas Kaewsuk dan Dr Pakamas Thinphanga
Disasters are never entirely natural. They can be far worse if they hit unprepared cities, as Manila has just found out.
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Emily Nabong and Aaron Opdyke
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas assistant governor tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the regulator’s maiden sustainability report that features an empirical study of climate impacts on banks as well as the nation’s first taxonomy.