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Still tagged as 'extremely' vulnerable to climate change, the Philippines has moved down the latest Climate Change Vulnerability Index, reports Rappler. This is partly due to improved disaster risk management, better access to clean water, and reduced dependence on the agriculture sector. In this latest index, Chad in Central Africa was deemed the country most vulnerable to impacts of global warming...

'The indigenous ways of mitigating disaster risks are still very much alive, and they teach us that our instincts are not to be ignored. But this does not mean that science is less important. Experience enriches science, and science pinpoints practice in the right direction.' writes Faye Gonzalez, media officer for DRR for Caucus of Development NGO Networks, in an article on Rappler...

Disaster officials from member-countries of the APEC finalized the main body of the APEC Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction on Wednesday, September 23, in Iloilo City, reports Rappler. The final document recognizes the risks to disaster shared by APEC countries because of their location in the Pacific Ring of Fire and paths of strong typhoons, and vulnerability to phenomena like El Niño...

In an effort to promote disaster preparedness and waste management in its communities, Davao del Norte’s Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) held a friendly competition for lifeboats made out of recyclable materials, reports Rappler. 'The goal of the event is to encourage communities - especially those areas most likely to be hit by flash floods - to convert recyclable materials'...

Ateneo de Manila University and Rappler recently agreed to join forces to help communities get the information they need to deal with disasters. The Project Agos platform will include a risk knowledge database and interactive tools like hazard maps, using applicable web-based technologies and social media to manage, disseminate, explain and popularize critical information to the public...

'Before we didn’t talk about the things we need to do when there is a typhoon on it’s way. Through this training, I learned that children play a vital role in preparing for typhoons,' 10-year-old Felicity Lumongsod told Rappler. She knows that typhoons are inevitable, she has experienced them her whole life...

International observers called Metro Manila's first-ever metrowide earthquake drill on Thursday, July 30, a good first attempt, with all 17 local government units participating in the massive simulation of how disaster officials should respond in the event of a powerful quake striking the metropolis, reports the Rappler...

Two days before Typhoon Dodong/Noul makes landfall, government agencies have activated their disaster risk reduction and management systems, reports Rappler. Local governments will be 'more than 90%' prepared when the typhoon makes landfall Sunday, May 10 according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council ...