A toolkit for Local Government Units, “Alternative Pathways to Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction” was launched in 2012. The toolkit consists of a 12-step process for local governments to mainstream climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction (CCA-DRR). It includes methods...
Scientists from the Manila Observatory helped train local government units and communities in the science and framework behind disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation (DRR-CCA). The trainings took place in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and at the Climate Change Academy in...
The Philippines is the third most at risk to disasters in the world, along with being vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Disaster Risk Reduction as well as Climate Change Adaptation (DRR-CCA) need to be approached together in order to face the...
Located in the tropics within the Pacific Rim of Fire and being archipelagic, the Philippines is hazard-prone and most vulnerable to impacts of climate change. Local government units are required to prepare Comprehensive Land Use Plans or CLUPs to plan the development and...