AT A GLANCE
Professor Clarita Carlos says climate change is the enemy that Filipinos should worry about.
Clarita Carlos (MANILA BULLETIN)Professor Clarita Carlos' recent Facebook post reads like a message for Filipinos to set their petty differences aside as she reminded everyone what the real "enemy" is.
According to the former national security adviser, the enemy is climate change and its the bane of Mother Earth.
"Who is the ENEMY? The enemy is climate change...," Carlos wrote.
(Clarita Carlos' Facebook)"The goal? The survival of our planet!" she added, as if trying to instill urgency to those who read the message.
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions--mostly resulting from human activity--warns the planet, causing climate change. This has triggered alterations in global weather patterns.
For a climate change-vulnerable country like the Philippines--which sits in the middle of the pacific--the effects could he devastating.
Carlos currently serves as House Speaker Martin Romualdez's chief policy adviser on security and defense concerns.
