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Beverly Natividad
Beverly Natividad is a TV reporter for News5. Prior to this, she has worked as a print reporter for the broadsheet Philippine Daily Inquirer and for the business daily, BusinessWorld. She began reporting on environment issues in 2005 and has since written many articles and features on climate change, mining, water pollution, solid waste management, the Clean Development Mechanism, and marine biodiversity. In 2010, she was part of the Inquirer team that bagged the best news coverage award for print at the 32nd CMMA Awards. In 2006, she was awarded third place at the Binhi Agri-Journalism Awards, a yearly competition sponsored by the Philippine Agricultural Journalists, Inc. for articles in the field of agriculture, environment and agrarian reform.
Posts by Beverly Natividad
Cancun’s ‘rushed’ forest deal
No commentsCancun did produce an agreement on protecting forests as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but doubts persist about the strength of the deal the negotiators finally reached.
»Adaptation funding ‘mainly helps donors’
No commentsMillions of euros to fund climate adaptation projects have been discussed during the UN climate change conference in Cancun but vulnerable nations, such as the Philippines, are not confident that the Adaptation Fund will be effective.
»Copenhagen a Danish Overture to Mexican Coda?
No commentsAccording to American think tank Pew Center on Global Climate Change, a binding deal will definitely be coming out of the two-week climate talks, albeit something that may have yet to ripen in the next gathering of the UNFCCC Conference of Parties in Mexico in 2010.
»WMO: “Long-term projections must provide for ‘climate-proofing’ cities”
No commentsUN World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Michael Jarraud said Monday that as weather patterns are already changing vastly due to the Earth’s warming temperature, past weather models used to project future weather impacts -while still useful – may no longer be accurate indicators for urban planning.
»Mass action in Copenhagen calls for a legally-binding climate deal
No commentsAbout 100,000 protesters – Danes and international participants alike – took to the streets of Copenhagen on Saturday to send world leaders a clarion call for clinching a legally-binding climate deal. A similar action was also held by counterpart activists more than 6,000 miles away in Manila, Philippines, seven hours earlier. It was one of [...]
»Philippines eighth most vulnerable to climate change
No commentsWith almost 800 deaths per year caused by vicious typhoons from 1990 to 2008, international advocacy organization Germanwatch ranked the Philippines 8th among 10 countries most exposed to disastrous climate change impacts in its latest Long-Term Global Climate Risk Index (CRI) for 2010.
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