SDG #13 Climate Action
SDG #13 Climate Action
SDG #13 Climate Action
#13
Climat
e
Action
List of 1
2
Economic Background
Statement of the Problem
Contents 3
4
Alternative courses of Action
Recommendation
5 Implementation Programs
ECONOMIC
BACKGROUND
• Climate change is having serious impacts in the Philippines such
as increased frequency and severity of natural disasters, sea level
rise, extreme rainfall, resource shortages, and environmental
degradation. All of these impacts together have greatly affected
the Philippines’ agriculture, water, infrastructure, human health,
and coastal ecosystems and they are projected to continue having
devastating damages to the economy and society of the
Philippines.
ECONOMIC
BACKGROUND
• In 2022, the World Risk Index ranked the Philippines as the
country with the highest disaster risk.
• According to the UN Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the Philippines is one of the most
disaster-prone countries- 20 Typhoons each year
STATEMENT OF THE
PROBLEM