You plan to move to the Philippines? Wollen Sie auf den Philippinen leben?

There are REALLY TONS of websites telling us how, why, maybe why not and when you'll be able to move to the Philippines. I only love to tell and explain some things "between the lines". Enjoy reading, be informed, have fun and be entertained too!

Ja, es gibt tonnenweise Webseiten, die Ihnen sagen wie, warum, vielleicht warum nicht und wann Sie am besten auf die Philippinen auswandern könnten. Ich möchte Ihnen in Zukunft "zwischen den Zeilen" einige zusätzlichen Dinge berichten und erzählen. Viel Spass beim Lesen und Gute Unterhaltung!


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Saturday, December 24, 2022

What is the geography and climate like in the Philippines?

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Proud Bisaya Ko
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The Philippines is an archipelago of more than 7,100 islands situated between the South China Sea and the Philippine Sea in Southeast AsiaThe country is roughly divided into three central geographical regions: Luzon, Visayas, and MindanaoLuzon is the largest island and home to the capital city of Manila, as well as other major cities such as Quezon City, Caloocan, and San JuanThe Visayas region comprises around 7,107 islands and is known for its beautiful beaches and coral reefsMindanao is the southernmost region and home to most of the country's MuslimsThe Philippines has a tropical climate characterised by hot weather and high humidity levelsThe rainy season typically runs from June to October, while the dry season lasts from November to MayTyphoons are also a common occurrence during the rainy season. Despite these challenges, the Philippines is a beautiful country with a rich history and culture. It is also home to some of the most welcoming and hospitable people in the world. Thanks to its natural beauty, diverse landscape, and friendly locals

 , the Philippines is a popular tourist destination for travellers from all over the globe.

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Sunday, December 4, 2022

What is the geography and climate like in the Philippines?

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The Philippines is an archipelago of more than 7,100 islands situated between the South China Sea and the Philippine Sea in Southeast AsiaThe country is roughly divided into three central geographical regions: Luzon, Visayas, and MindanaoLuzon is the largest island and home to the capital city of Manila, as well as other major cities such as Quezon City, Caloocan, and San JuanThe Visayas region comprises around 7,107 islands and is known for its beautiful beaches and coral reefsMindanao is the southernmost region and home to most of the country's MuslimsThe Philippines has a tropical climate characterised by hot weather and high humidity levelsThe rainy season typically runs from June to October, while the dry season lasts from November to MayTyphoons are also a common occurrence during the rainy season. Despite these challenges, the Philippines is a beautiful country with a rich history and culture. It is also home to some of the most welcoming and hospitable people in the world. Thanks to its natural beauty, diverse landscape, and friendly locals

 , the Philippines is a popular tourist destination for travellers from all over the globe.

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Tuesday, November 9, 2021

PhilStar Story - you should not miss

 

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CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT

COP26 and the Philippines

Coverage by Gaea Katreena Cabico

The two weeks in Glasgow, Scotland can set the direction for the world—and Earth—in the decades to come. Our reporter, Gaea, is there for the climate summit that gathers political and industry leaders, scientists and experts as well as activists from all over. (Follow her LIVE coverage here.)

Why it matters: The Philippines is no foreigner to powerful cyclones and destructive floods, but climate change can worsen possibilities. It is fourth on the list of countries most impacted by climate change. Filipinos are thus likely to bear the brunt of unsustainable practices and environmental abuse of wealthier nations. This makes concessions made at the highest levels of leadership a "matter of life and death," especially for poorer Filipinos.

You may also read: Stories of victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda that ravaged the country exactly eight years ago.

Monday, July 26, 2021

Which place has such a nice climate that you would like to spend your whole life there?

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Bisaya

The tropics have such an excellent climate that you would like to spend your whole life there. There are millions of people who have migrated to tropical regions to be near the ocean and enjoy the friendly southern airflow, as well as bask in that beautiful tropical sun. The orange sky, green foliage, the sound of palm leaves, and waves always rushing ashore make the tropics an inviting oasis.

Many people migrate for their health or employment opportunities; unfortunately, they often find themselves with too many worries and not enough time off work to enjoy all the things they sought out when they started this new journey. However, after a few weeks or months in paradise, one begins to feel much less stressed than before and truly understand what life was meant to be.

In this post, I will highlight one of the most popular places in the tropics: the Philippines. The combination of lush tropical forest, white-sand beaches, and crystal-clear water make the Philippines a great place for vacations at any time of year. It has also been ranked among the happiest[1] countries on Earth with an enviable level of environmental protection that makes it easy for visitors to feel good about not only themselves but their contribution towards preserving such beauty as well. In addition, Filipinos are very welcoming people who love having guests come from all over so that they can show off their country's natural wonders! Whether you're looking for a vacation spot or wanting to build your own home, there is no better place to be than in the Philippines.

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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Our children's Mother Earth

Our children’s mother earth

By KLAUS DÖRING
Yes, it’s again the topic, we should really think about. Also here in the Philippines. Ok, here’s anew string of examples, my dear readers. But, don’t expect good news.
Greenland, the great island is being called already the Land of Ice being on fire. Why? A recent report says the Arctic may be ice-free by 2040. The Antarctic is also melting, albeit far slower, and in a less regular pattern.
The Arctic is melting much faster than expected, and could even be ice-free in summer by the late 2030’s, a report from the Arctic Council’s Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program suggests. Previous studies had forecast an ice-free North Pole in summer by mid-century. Wow.
While the outlook is bleak for the Arctic, there is a silver lining for the Antarctic: As I said before, the ice is melting at a slower rate than previously thought. Although glacier flow has increased since the 1990’s, scientists from University of Leeds have found the melting rate to be only around a third of what was previously projected. A section of a glacier in Greenland is seen from NASA’s Operation IceBridge research aircraft along the Upper Baffin Bay coast on March 27, 2017.
Operation IceBridge studies the processes that link the polar regions with the Earth’s climate system. Rapidly changing polar ice means researchers need to use highly sophisticated airborne technology to measure annual changes in thickness and movement – onboard a retrofitted 1966 Lock-heed P-3 aircraft.
But the Antarctic is still melting. And a rapidly advancing crack in its fourth-largest ice shelf could soon see one of the largest icebergs ever recorded in human history break off into the sea. Scientists agree that global warming causes both the ice in the North and the South Pole to melt. Air temperatures are climbing, and so are water temperatures. This makes the ice melt faster. The period of winter where the water is actually cold enough to freeze is getting shorter, which means ice floes are getting smaller.
Greenland, home to the world’s largest permanent ice sheet outside Antarctica, is being swept by wildfires. Yes, the land of ice is on fire. A really breath away taking situation. Scientists say global warming and increased plant cover are likely factors. Since late July, wild-fires have raged across an ever-larger area of the landmass – and with greater intensity – than ever before observed.
Honestly folks, it really scares me although experts say it is too early to draw firm conclusions linking the fire to climate change be-cause no long-term data is available to put the blaze in context. However, unusually warm and dry conditions this year could have been a factor.
Let’s face this: “It’s unprecedented in the short 18-year observational record,” Jason Box, a climate scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, said in an interview with German TV yesterday. “We also know that temperatures in Greenland are probably higher [than they have been over] the last 800 years.” Wow again!
Although the origin of the blaze is unclear – with lightening and a stray cigarette as possible suspects – what is clear is how it has been spreading across remote areas of grassland and low shrub. Greenland’s is indeed getting greener and greener. It conjures images of white, frozen expanses. But Box says global warming means it’s getting greener all the time. “There’s a shorter snow-cover season, and that allows the plant life to expand,” he explained.
The Arctic is heating up around twice as fast as the global average. At the same time, rainfall around the world is also increasing – and that trend as well is more present in the Artic. “More rain is a widespread symptom of climate change,” Box said. “You get more precipitation – and where you get the biggest increase is in the Arctic.”
For Greenland, warmer, wetter conditions mean more vegetation – which, seemingly paradoxically, could be a factor for the fire. And my next question is: what will be the impact of these fires on the ice sheet and surrounding areas?
Fact is: Greenland’s ice sheets melt, that contri-butes to sea level rise. And if we add North- and South Pole and their vanishing ice and snow? Yes, also the Philippines are in danger. Not this year or next year. But … !
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Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Wake up to the climate crisis!

Wake up to the climate crisis!

IN MY OPINIONKlaus Doring
This is how protesters gathered outside the White House Thursday, June 1. Indeed, the world is crying and not laughing.
What was agreed in Paris? Climate change, or global warming, refers to the damaging effect of gases, or emissions, released from industry and agriculture on the atmosphere.
The Paris accord is meant to limit the global rise in temperature attributed to emissions. Countries agreed to:
Keep global temperatures “well below” the level of 2 C (3.6 F) above pre-industrial times and “endeavor to limit” them even more, to 1.5 C.
Limit the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by human activity to the same levels that trees, soil and oceans can absorb naturally, beginning at some point between 2050 and 2100.
Review each country’s contribution to cutting emissions every five years so they scale up to the challenge.
Enable rich countries to help poorer nations by providing “climate finance” to adapt to climate change and switch to renewable energy. But – without the U.S.!
There has been widespread international condemnation of President Trump’s announce-ment that the US is withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
UN chief Antonio Guterres’s spokesman called it “a major disappointment” while the European Union said it was “a sad day for the world”. However, senior Republicans and the US coal industry backed the move. Mr. Trump said the accord “punished” the US and would cost millions of American jobs. In an address at the White House, he said he was prepared to negotiate a new agreement or re-enter the accord on improved terms.
“I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris,” he said.
Only Syria and Nicaragua did not sign up to the deal.
Let’s face it, there will be some effects of the US pullout from Paris climate deal. First of all, believe me, the US withdrawal will hurt the deal and the world. There’s no doubt that President Trump’s withdrawal will make it more difficult for the world to reach the goals that it set for itself in the Paris agreement – keeping global temperature rises well under 2 C. The US contributes about 15% of global emissions of carbon, but it is also a significant source of finance and technology for developing countries in their efforts to fight rising temperatures.
Several commentators worldwide voiced out, that there’s also a question of moral leader-ship, which the US will be giving up, which may have consequences for other diplomatic efforts. Michael Brune, from US environmentalists, the Sierra Club, said the expected withdrawal was a “historic mistake which our grandchildren will look back on with stunned dismay at how a world leader could be so divorced from reality and morality”.
The key relationship that brokered the Paris agreement was between the US and China. President Obama and President Xi Jinping were able to find enough common ground to build a so-called “coalition of high ambition” with small island states and the EU. China has rapidly re-affirmed its commitment to the Paris accord and will issue a statement with the EU tomorrow pledging more greater co-operation to cut carbon.
“No one should be left behind, but the EU and China have decided to move forward,” said EU climate commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete. I strongly agree!
Mother Earth and your environment – quo vadis?

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

The breakthrough?

OPINION In My OpinioNIN MY OPINIONKlaus Doring

It’s not the first time, that representatives of most countries have signed a document for a better world climate. Last Friday, the Paris climate deal has been signed in New York. By signing the four-month-old agreement, the nations pledged to join the fight against global warming.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon opened the ceremony on Friday, describing the accord as “history in the making” in his address to the UN General Assembly. Envoys from more than 170 countries signed the climate deal over the course of the day, setting a new record. “Today you are signing a new covenant with the future,” Ban told the gathering on Friday. “The era of consumption without consequences is over.”
For Germany, Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks was on hand to sign the commitment, which will then require ratification in parliament. Famous Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio also addressed the international officials, telling them they were the “last best hope” for saving the planet. “We can congratulate each other today, but it will mean absolutely nothing” if the envoys fail to implement the deal, DiCaprio said. And this also my opinion. And not only mine. Indeed, if the envoys fail to implement the deal, this signing a new covenant with the future will remain as a piece of scratch paper. Nothing else. Nothing more.
Despite Friday’s signing ceremony, most individual countries are still obliged to ratify the agreement in their own parliaments. Will this happened? And when? In New York, French President Francois Hollande said he would urge his parliament to ratify the accord “by the summer” of 2016. Hollande also called on the EU to “lead by example” and complete the procedure before the year is up. “There is no turning back now,” he said in a brief address to the assembly. Of course not Monsieur Presidente.
The agreement is set to come into force after 55 countries representing at least 55 percent of global polluters formally join it. International leaders have set 2020 as the target date, but many climate experts believe it could happen much sooner. In my opinion: it should happened sooner! On Friday, Beijing’s representatives announced China would ratify the deal by September. The US also intends to finalize the procedure during this presidential election year. They seem not yet to be in a hurry … !
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (how long?) also spoke before the assembly in New York, pledging that her country would restore and reforest 12 million hectares (30 million acres) of forests and 15 million hectares of degraded pastures, but offering no timetable. Indeed, the country is in a “grave, serious moment.
International leaders agreed on a global effort to curb climate change in December last year. The deal aims to keep the global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) compared to pre-industrial times. Currently, average temperatures are almost 1 degree Celsius higher than before the industrial revolution. Countries are obliged to report on their progress and update their targets every five years. However, there is no penalty if the states miss their emission goals. A nation can also withdraw from the treaty, but not during the first three years after the deal goes into effect. After deciding to pull out, the national government would need to wait for a one-year notice period.
The document also encourages rich countries to help poorer states cut pollution and adapt to climate change. Although no exact amounts were specified, wealthy nations had previously pledged to provide $100 billion (89 billion Euro) annually by 2020.
Is it really the breakthrough? For the sake of our following generations, it should be!
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Philippines gets 2 Billion Pesos Climate Projects from Germany

 (The Philippine Star) 



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MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines is getting 41 million euros or around P2 billion from the International Climate Initiative (ICI) of Germany that will fund 10 bilateral projects to address the impact of climate change.
Climate Change Commission (CCC) vice chairman Lucille Sering yesterday met with Norbert Gorissen – head of the International Climate Finance of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety – to discuss the projects, some of which will be implemented until 2017.
“These projects are designed to build resilience of local communities, attain sustainable development, increase awareness, skills and capacity development for climate protection and adaptation, enhance employment opportunities and investments in renewable energies,” said Sering.
“All projects are aligned with our priorities and are consistent with the Philippine Climate Change Act, the National Framework Strategy on Climate Change and the National Climate Change Action Plan,” she added.
Among the projects funded by the ICI is support for the implementation of the framework and action plan on climate change adaptation and mitigation, amounting to over 3 million euros.
Sering said the grant has enabled the CCC to push forward with various programs, including studies on renewable energy and the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in land use plan.
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The other bilateral projects on climate change in the country are biodiversity, ecosystem-based land use systems and protection of climate-relevant biodiversity with focus on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.
Gorissen, who visited areas affected by Super Typhoon Yolanda on Saturday, cited the importance of the partnership between Germany and the Philippines.
Aside from the bilateral projects, he said 28 other regional and global projects funded by his government have a component in the Philippines.
The German official said they are looking into funding more projects in the country.
“Prevention of disasters and resilience and adaptation activities will be part of that. It will also include activities on the area of emission reduction,” he said during a press conference in Pasig City yesterday.