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Aon's regional director in crisis management, David Bould said, 'We're exposed in the Philippines to typhoon, we're exposed to earthquakes – we know that... Rather than let businesses get stuck up on those risks, we take them as a learning opportunity,' reports GMA Network...
Alfredo Mahar Lagmay, Executive Director of the Filipino Department of Science and Technology’s Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards project, has been awarded the 2015 Plinius Medal by the European Geosciences Union, reports GMA Network. The EGU awards the Plinius Medal to scientists that work on natural hazards research...
'A significant but non-institutional factor that contributes to our vulnerability to disasters is the evident mindset and culture of most Filipinos in dealing with disasters,' said Alexander Pama, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council executive director during his lecture Confronting Disasters: Changing Paradigms...
With an earthquake expected to occur in Metro Manila within our lifetimes, it's important to focus on mitigation and preparedness. However, it is also important to prepare a reconstruction plan for after earthquake, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) director Renato Solidum told GMA News...
UNICEF has supported continuing education in Yolanda-affected areas with repairs for damaged classrooms, provision of supplies, teacher training on Education in Emergencies, psychosocial support and child-centered learning practices. School-based disaster risk reduction is also promoted, involving activities by, for and with children...
Civil society understands that addressing disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation is not two separate processes, former national coordinator of a network of 40 local, national and international organizations concerned with CCA and DRR.
Are no-build zones the answer? asks GMA. Partly. 'The question is how much you want to reduce the risk' says GIZ chief advisor on disaster risk management.
'Ordinary citizens such as you, the youth, can help by making sure our leaders and everyone complies so we can prevent another Yolanda [Typhoon Haiyan],' Climate Change Commission Secretary and Vice Chair Lucille Sering told youth during the opening of the National Climate Change Consciousness Week's celebration of Greeneration...
Voluntary Commitments
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The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.