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FIGURE 1: PRECIPITATION PATTERN OF THE PHILIPPINES ....................................................................................................... 6
FIGURE 2: MULTI-HAZARD VULNERABILITY MAP OF SOUTHEAST ASIA .................................................................................... 6
FIGURE 3: FRACTION OF WEATHER STATIONS WITH A SIGNIFICANT TREND OVER SEA AND THE STATIONS IN SEA AND THEIR TYPE OF
TREND FOR NUMBER OF WET DAYS .......................................................................................................................... 9
FIGURE 4: VULNERABILITY MAPS OF RICE AND CORN PRODUCING AREAS IN THE PHILIPPINES. .................................................... 20
TABLE 1: VULNERABILITY MATRIX - OVERVIEW OF RELEVANT LITERATURE FOR THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE PHILIPPINES. 27
TABLE 2: OVERVIEW OF CASE STUDIES RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OR ADAPTATION IN THE PHILIPPINES. ...................... 28
Abbreviations
ADB
CMIP5
EPI
EN
ENSO
EWEs
GCM
GDP
IPCC
JAS
JFM
Asian Development Bank
Coupled Model Intercomparison
Project Phase 5
Extreme precipitation index
El Niño event
El Niño Southern Oscillation
Extreme weather events
General Circulation Modell
Gross domestic product
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change
July, August, September
January, February, March
LDS
LN
NOD
PDO
RCPs
SEA
SLR
SRES
SST
TC
UHI
Length of dryspell
La Niña event
November, October, December
Pacific decadal oscillation
Representative Concentration
Pathways
Southeast Asia
Sea level rise
Special Report on Emissions
Scenarios
Sea surface temperature
Tropical Cyclone
Urban heat island
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