Global study lists PH provinces at most risk of climate damage

MANILA, Philippines — Several Philippine provinces, most of them in Northern Luzon, are the most at risk of damage from extreme weather to their buildings and other property developments in

According to the 2023 Gross Domestic Climate Risk ranking by the Sydney-based climate-change research firm, Pangasinan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Cagayan and Tarlac are the five most at-risk provinces based on their aggregated damage ratio —or the total amount of damage to their built environment because of climate-induced disasters such as flooding and rising sea levels.

Together they join the 600 most vulnerable provinces out of the 2,639 jurisdictions worldwide covered by the report.The study said that 80 percent of the top 50 most at-risk states and provinces are in China, the United States and India. Just last year, the Philippines topped 193 countries around the world in terms of disaster risk from extreme weather and other climate-induced events.

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