Environmental groups in COP29 or the United Nations climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, call for climate justice in the form of financing, in light of the six storms that hit the Philippines in just four weeks.
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00:00Environmental groups in COP29, or the United Nations Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan,
00:06call for climate justice in the form of financing in light of the six storms that hit the Philippines
00:11in just four weeks.
00:13Storms and typhoons this time of year are not unusual for the Philippines.
00:17On average, the country experiences 20 tropical cyclones every year.
00:21But Joel Pagulayan of non-government organization Oxfam Pilipinas says it becomes uncommon when
00:26six consecutive storms with, quote, equally catastrophic impacts happen within a short
00:31period of time.
00:33Groups count from severe tropical storm Christine, which caused massive flooding in the Bicol
00:37region, up to super typhoon Pepito, which battered Catanduanes and Aurora in eastern
00:42Luzon.
00:43In between Christine and Pepito were four other tropical cyclones, Leon, Marseille,
00:48Nica and Ofel.
00:49The government recorded at least 150 dead due to Christine and Leon.
00:53More than a million were affected due to the combined effects of tropical cyclones
00:57Nica, Ofel and Pepito.