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The plan highlights, among others, the importance of mainstream disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) and climate change adaptation (CCA) in the development processes such as policy formulation.
United Nations experts will be briefing senior Philippine Government officials and foreign diplomatic corps on the costs and benefits of disaster prevention.
'Think big, start small,' said Vice Mayor Arquillano of the Camotes Island Municipality, upon receiving the prestigious UN Sasakawa Award last week, adding that he will continue to mobilize the people of his town, as well as neighboring communities, to further improve their resiliency against disasters...
The NDRRMP outlines the activities aimed at strengthening the capacity of the national government and the local government units (LGUs) together with partner stakeholders, to build the disaster resilience of communities.
President Benigno S. Aquino III on Tuesday ordered the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) to conduct a thorough review of the country’s disaster risk reduction measures to minimize loss of lives during calamities especially in communities, and particularly of flood and land slide...
This updated NAP 2010‐2020 is formulated to more effectively implement programs and projects to combat desertification and land degradation and mitigate the effects of drought.
Executive Order No. 888, signed by President of the Philippines, Ms Gloria Macapagala Arroyo, adopts the Strategic National Action Plan (SNAP) on Disaster Risk Reduction 2009-19 and its 18 priority programmes/projects, including:
According to a press release, the Philippine government is mapping out its medium-term plan on priority moves for addressing climate change. The Climate Change Commissioner Lucille Sering said that such action is being undertaken so that the country can better adapt to climate change's repercussions...
Voluntary Commitments
The organization has no registered commitments.
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.