The University of the Philippines Resilience Institute is eyeing the continued implementation and expansion of the Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards or NOAH with its ₱1 billion allocation recently released by the Department of Budget and Management. In a press briefing Aug. 27, UPRI Executive Director Alfredo Mahar Francisco Lagmay presented the priority […]
It was almost midnight on November 11, 2020 when Ulysses (Vamco) made landfall in Quezon Province. The soon to be Category 4 typhoon would bring Luzon’s dams to failure, flooding both the Marikina and Cagayan River Basins. Water levels of the Marikina River back then exceeded even those during Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) which wreaked havoc […]
Climate change is said to be the greatest threat to public health. There are multiple and complex pathways for the negative impacts of climate change, from issues on food security, injuries, and disasters, to catastrophic events. Climate change also triggers slow onset events (SOE) like rising sea levels, which may threaten archipelagos like […]
In 1992, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) titled “Our Planet, Our Health.” The information was an urgent call for action to address poverty, food and agriculture, water, energy, urbanization, basic services, and transboundary and international issues if the world’s population were to […]
UP Mindanao and Davao del Norte State College turned over to the CHED vulnerability maps that can help local fishing communities be aware of and adapt to climate change.