National Security Concern Prevention
Action Plan
Role of the youth
Engaging the youth from all communities would empower and encourage them to play a larger role in national security.
Aim
To prevent the national security concerns of the Philippines both internal and external threat that might damage the
country’s economic state, socio-political stability, public safety, peace, and the well-being of the Filipino people.
Internal threat
 economic and social threats
 terrorism
external threat
 global issues
CONCERN
CLIMATE CHANGE
Scientific studies show that the
Philippines is highly vulnerable to the
effects of climate change. In its most
recent assessment, the intergovernmental
panel for climate change stressed that the
ring global temperature has already
impacted on the climate threshold of the
earth. For the Philippines, the findings
predicted that we will experience extreme
maximum and minimum temperatures,
more frequent intense rains, and more
disastrous tropical cyclones. With an
average of 22 typhoons per year the
possibility of more El Nino weather
episodes will also increase. According to
a 2015 funded by US agency for
international development, every single
major city in the Philippines is expected
to face water shortage by 2025. (Change
and well-being of Filipino people 2017-
2022) national security policy
DESCRIPTION SOLUTION
According to the national security policy  Reforestation and
of the Philippines (2017-2022). The afforestation
scholars of climate change believe that
the change in climate variability increases  Solving inequality on
the risk of armed conflict in certain employment
circumstances, even if the strength of the  Allocate resources equally
effects is uncertain. Evidence suggest that
climatic events over large range of time  Water conservation
and spatial scales contribute to the likely  Reducing carbon footprints
hood of violence through multiple ang led emitting lights
pathways. The effects of climate change
on conflict and insecurity have the  Promote financial and family
potential to become key risk because planning
factors such as poverty and economic  Create job opportunities
shocks that are associated with risk of
 Proper implementation of
violent conflict are themselves sensitive
to climate change. Given the enormous rules and regulations
impact of climate change especially on  Proper education
the poor and vulnerable population, the
 Restrict capturing endangered
United Nations viewed climate change as
the threat multiplier or as an indirect species
pathway that could exacerbate existing  Reuse and recycle
source of conflict and insecurity.