In climate action: an increase in sea level which may be influenced by factors like global warming through expansion of sea water as the oceans warm and melting of ice over land and local factors such as land subsidence [Section 3(q), Climate Change Act of 2009, as amended by Republic Act No. 10174; Section 1(aa), Climate Change Commission Resolution No. 3, Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (R-IRR) of Republic Act No. 9729, Otherwise Known as the Climate Change Act of 2009, As Amended By Republic Act No. 10174]