This Guardian report documents the deadly floods and landslides unleashed by tropical storm Trami in the Philippines—with more than 80 reported dead, dozens missing, and over four million people affected—detailing overwhelmed flood controls, widespread infrastructure damage, mass evacuations and the president’s call for a major flood‑control project; it is included in PART 1: The Purposeful Investor, chapter “Your Capital And the Power of Generosity” because it vividly illustrates the urgent, disproportionate human and economic harms of climate impacts on low‑emission countries, reinforces the case for mobilizing all forms of capital (treasure, time, talent, ties, testimony) and for loss‑and‑damage funding or purposeful investment to build resilience, and signals material risks investors should consider in assessing opportunities and stability in the Philippines.