Climate change debate rages on in Haiyan's Wake

Climate Change Debate Rages on in Haiyan's Wake

By Jillian MacMath, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer

November 15, 2013; 11:29 AM

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In the wake of Super Typhoon Haiyan, the issue of climate change and stronger storms has once again reared its head in the scientific and political community. (Photo/EU Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection)

Just days after Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines, the 2013 UN Climate Change Conference kicked off in Warsaw, prompting a big message from Philippines delegate Yeb Sano.

At the opening of the two-week conference, Sano vowed to fast voluntarily until a "meaningful outcome" was in sight, in solidarity with those who do not have food in the wake of Haiyan.

@a_b_world tweeted: "WMO says Typhoon Haiyan is climate 'wake-up call'http://bbc.in/HMpfkq #environment #climate #cdnpoli #sustainability #co2 #eco #health"

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"What my country is going through as a result of this extreme climate event is madness," he said at the conference this week.

"Typhoons such as Haiyan and its impacts represent a sobering reminder to the international community that we cannot afford to procrastinate on climate action."

The country has been a center for natural disasters over the past year. Since June, the Philippines were in the direct path of typhoons Nari, Utor and Krosa, which moved over the northern island of Luzon.