Yes, the clock is ticking, but who is listening?

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According to the Long-Term Climate Risk Index of think tank Germanwatch, the Philippines ranks as the fifth most affected country of extreme weather events from 1994 to 2013, with about 1.13 deaths per 100,000 people, 0.74% in losses per unit GDP. In that same period, the country experienced the most number of extreme weather events, at a total of 328.

Likewise, it was also reported that the Philippines was the worst affected country in 2013 — the very year Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) struck the country. Extreme weather brought about 6.65 deaths per 100,000 inhabits and about 3.82% in losses per unit GDP.

Read the CNN Philippines story here .....

Mounting costs will convince even the greatest doubters

Ever-mounting costs will eventually convince even the most ardent denialist that climate change is real.

To underline that the Huffington Post has reported that weather- and climate-related disasters have caused $2.4 trillion in economic losses and nearly two million deaths globally since 1971.

The story, headed: “Weather And Climate-Related Disasters Have Cost The Planet $2.4 Trillion, WMO Report Finds” discusses detail of newstudy from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)".