Philippines: Climate Change Commission inks MOU with Davao Oriental, ComVal on risk reduction

The Climate Change Commission (CCC) is about to sign a memorandum of understanding with the local government units of Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley to assess the vulnerability of the areas affected by Typhoon Pablo at the end of last year.

“Primarily, it is a flood-impact modeling to determine what would be the impacts of extreme weather events brought about by changes in the climate,” Mary Ann Lucille Sering, vice-chair and executive director of CCC told Minda News.

The provinces will be trained on how to read the geo-hazard maps prepared by the Mines and Geosciences Bureu.

"There is also a need to put in place a plan aligned on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation," Toshihiro Tanaka, country director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said. "Disaster and climate risk assessments of their river basins needs to be undertaken to secure an inclusive, sustainable and resilient development.”