Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
LAST month Pagasa declared the start of the dry season. Within the next few days, the fight for political power through an electoral process is expected to intensify. Both refer to a phenomenon that is associated with generation of heat — one scorches the earth's surface, the other burns the inner desire to be associated with a winner. One is largely a global issue that needs global action. The other basically offers a menu of choices that impact on domestic governance, but the decision on those choices can either add to or ignore the global effort to address climate change.
Science suggests that "as the world heats up, the risk increases that the planet will reach 'tipping points', where Earth's systems cross a threshold that triggers irreversible or cascading impacts." This explains why political decisions, and the corresponding government actions, need to be made now. A big part of these decisions, at least insofar as the Philippines is concerned, will be dependent on the results of the May 9, 2022 general elections.
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