University of
the Philippines
Resilience Institute
Proactive hub of benchmark innovative information vital to the nation's efforts in climate change mitigation and adaptation
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empowering local
communities
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through multidisciplinary actions
toward resilience
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Senator LOREN LEGARDA
Chair, Senate Committees on Climate Change and Finance
“The role of the UP Resilience Institute is crucial here. I envision this to be a center for topnotch research on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Not only will it be a primary source of climate information, it will also disseminate information and essential tools for the public, especially the local government units (LGUs),”
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Congressman JOEY SARTE SALCEDA
Senior Global Champion on CCA/DRR
"The impact of climate change will be with us for a very long time and the only realistic thing to do is to develop the resilience of our people to survive its adverse effects."
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Professor DANILO L. CONCEPCION
President, University of the Philippines
"...we can look forward to more of the UPRI's vital contributions in producing effective and efficient capacity building programs which are essential in forming development plans that will benefit our countrymen especially the poor and other marginalized sector of our society."
University of
the Philippines
Resilience Institute
Proactive hub of benchmark innovative information vital to the nation's efforts in climate change mitigation and adaptation
Alamin ang mga ahensya na nagtutulungan para sa Contact Tracing. Contact Tracing Laban sa COVID-19 Dr. Darleth Romana-Bantiles Head, Public Health Unit Deputy Director, UP Health Service
Alamin ang Contact Tracing mula sa yunit na nagsasagawa nito. Ang UP Public Health Unit Laban sa COVID-19 Dr. Darleth Romana-Bantiles Head, Public Health Unit Deputy Director, UP Health Service
Isa sa mahalagang sandata sa pagpuksa sa COVID-19 ay impormasyon. Susi ang kaalaman natin upang magkaisa sa pag sawata sa pananalanta ng virus. Ang pagkakaisa natin bilang mamamayan ang sandata upang maka igpaw sa pagsubok na dulot ng pandemic.
COVID-19 What You Need To Know
One of the more important weapons against COVID-19 is information. Knowledge is essential for us to come together and avert the disaster brought about by the virus. Our unity as a nation is our weapon to rise above the challenges caused by the pandemic.
“Art is the queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the world.” ― Leonardo da Vinci In times of national crises borne of natural or man-made calamities, underpriviledged communities are the most vulnerable. Juan Miguel Torres from the Art for Resilient Communities Network, posits that the idea of resilience should be incorporated through art and creative methods. He issues the challenge for community-based art interventions in his #UPRI Knowledge Sharing lecture entitled “Art, Communities, and Resilience” as he believes that the closer relationships built through this collective experience makes more resilient communities. #BeResilientPH ✊🏽
Countermapping for Periurban Social Justice Project, Project Manager Noreen Sapalo, gives a quick talk on “Disasters and Community-led Initiatives” for her #UPRI Knowledge Sharing lecture.
Watch as she touches on the importance of people’s notions on the prevailing social order and its connection to the root causes of vulnerability and the understanding of disasters.
Women hold up half the sky. – Mao Zedong In her #UPRI Knowledge Sharing lecture entitled Kababaihan at Katatagan, Women and Resilience, Ma. Chriztina Madlangbayan shares the stories of some truly resilient women, human rights defenders, courageous and powerful agents of change, who are continuing victims of state oppression. #BeResilientPH
The Philippines is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate-induced hazards.
Environmental scientist Christopher Tapnio in his #UPRI Knowledge Sharing lecture “Ecosystems-based Adaptation and Resilience” enumerates the consequences of climate change, and the interventions and opportunities of Climate Risk Management and an enabling environment.
The challenges in architecture lie in designing for the fast changing future. Architect Jose Danilo Silvestre explains how overpopulation and congestion demands that resilience should not be limited if we are to provide for the future. In his #UPRI Knowledge Sharing lecture “Resilient Architectural Designs” he assures there is always hope in designing our cities to improve the way we respond to disasters. #BeResilientPH
Environmental Planner Jan Ramel Tumbaga is the Head of the Center for Environmental Research of the Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology.
In his #UPRI Knowledge Sharing lecture entitled “Ecosystem Services and Resilience” he skillfully translates scientific concepts showing how managing one’s environment is very much like managing one’s self.
Buklod Tao founder Ka Noli Abinales believes that Community Resilience entails collective awareness, organizing, and capacity building.
Listen to his lively #UPRI Knowledge Sharing lecture entitled “Komunidad at Katatagan” about empowering communities towards sustainability against disasters.
Please send body bags. This was the first message received by ham radio operator Genaro Cuaresma after the onslaught of Super Typhoon Yolanda.
This episode of the #UPRI Knowledge Sharing lecture series entitled “Communicating Disaster” from the UPRI Institution Building Office director, and professor from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics in the UP Los Banos, recounts how he and his peers responded to the early cries for help when the Yolanda tragedy struck.
An anthropologist exploring the lived experiences of marginalized communities in the Philippines, Maria Carinnes Alejandria shares in her #UPRI Knowledge Sharing lecture, Born Resilient: Locating Vulnerability and Resilience In An Urban Informal Settlement, how the enactment of exclusive policies and normalized structural violence results in the continuous perpetuation of inequality.
Dalawang pusong nagmamahalan na kumakaharap sa disaster ng break up. Dalawang pusong nasa yugto ng break up sa panahong may disaster sa bansa. Sa gitna ng ligalig, paano magtatagumpay ang pag-ibig? #UPRI#BeResilientPH
MerryChristmasfromourresilientbarkada! ‘Tis the season ng mga #Kumukutikutitap na Christmas lights! Pero laging tatandaan, fire safety muna! #BeResilientPH
Belated Happy Halloween from our resilient barkada! #TrickOrTreat mode ang ating mga bida… “treat” as in gamutin! Dami kasing sakit dahil sa climate change! #BeResilientPH
Samahan silang ma-#Shookt dahil sa The Big One, a predicted Magnitude 7.2 earthquake na tatama sa Metro Manila at sa ibang parts ng Pinas! (Di nalalayo sa Magnitude 6.6 sa Mindanao kaninang umaga) #BeResilientPH
Dr. Gundran’s full lecture on the anniversary of Typhoon Ondoy, given on September 26, 2019 at the forum entitled Pagkakaisa ng Akademiya Para sa Katatagan
Dr. Lagmay’s full lecture on the anniversary of Typhoon Ondoy, given on September 26, 2019 at the forum entitled Pagkakaisa ng Akademiya Para sa Katatagan
Prof. Abanto’s full lecture on the anniversary of Typhoon Ondoy, given on September 26, 2019 at the forum entitled Pagkakaisa ng Akademiya Para sa Katatagan
The 4th UPRI-NOAH Talk in collaboration with the UP Astronomical Society features the topic Developing Disaster Resiliency through Advancing Space Science and Technology.
The 4th UPRI-NOAH Talk in collaboration with the UP Astronomical Society features the topic Developing Disaster Resiliency through Advancing Space Science and Technology.
The 4th UPRI-NOAH Talk in collaboration with the UP Astronomical Society features the topic Developing Disaster Resiliency through Advancing Space Science and Technology.
UPRI presents a video series featuring lectures on identifying land use resources and allocating them for specific development uses. Set in the municipality of Padre Garcia, the goal of the three-day workshop was to present a proposed land use plan of the LGUs in the area.
UPRI presents a video series featuring lectures on identifying land use resources and allocating them for specific development uses. Set in the municipality of Padre Garcia, the goal of the three-day workshop was to present a proposed land use plan of the LGUs in the area.
UPRI presents a video series featuring lectures on identifying land use resources and allocating them for specific development uses. Set in the municipality of Padre Garcia, the goal of the three-day workshop was to present a proposed land use plan of the LGUs in the area.
UPRI presents a video series featuring lectures on identifying land use resources and allocating them for specific development uses. Set in the municipality of Padre Garcia, the goal of the three-day workshop was to present a proposed land use plan of the LGUs in the area.
UPRI presents a video series featuring lectures on identifying land use resources and allocating them for specific development uses. Set in the municipality of Padre Garcia, the goal of the three-day workshop was to present a proposed land use plan of the LGUs in the area.
Dennis Dela Torre , Research Fellow of the Center for Local and Regional Governance of UP NCPAG, shares an earnest talk on Climate and Disaster Risk Financing for the #UPRI Knowledge Sharing lecture series.
Learn about the importance of access to climate funding, and about how the current government and academe are responsible in giving the future generations of Filipinos a fighting chance to survive in a climate-challenged world.
Rolando Talampas focuses on industrialization as the main contributor of greenhouse gases and climate changes across Asian countries in his #UPRI Knowledge Sharing lecture entitled “Bagong Klima, Bagong Asya?” Listen to the solutions discussed by the Asian Studies expert from the UP Asian Center. #BeResilientPH 💚✊🏽
With his expertise in Community-based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, Emmanuel Luna from UP CSWCD enumerates what can be done to mitigate damages caused by calamities, in his #UPRI Knowledge Sharing lecture entitled Kahandaan at Katatagan ng Pamayanan sa Disaster.
UPRI presents UP NOAH TALK #3 featuring Dr Christine Mortimer of Lancaster University. She gives a talk on Traditional Knowledge for Disaster Resilience and Pre-Disaster Community Planning.
UPRI Executive Director and geologist Mahar Lagmay opens the UPRI Knowledge Sharing lecture series with his talk, “What is Missing In Philippine Disaster Management?” Learn about Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Open Data, and how these give Filipinos a better chance at survival. #BeResilientPH 💚✊🏽
UPRI presents UP NOAH TALK #3 featuring Dr Christine Mortimer of Lancaster University. She gives a talk on Traditional Knowledge for Disaster Resilience and Pre-Disaster Community Planning.
UPRI presents UP NOAH TALK #3 featuring Dr Christine Mortimer of Lancaster University. She gives a talk on Traditional Knowledge for Disaster Resilience and Pre-Disaster Community Planning.
UPRI presents UP NOAH TALK #3 featuring Dr Christine Mortimer of Lancaster University. She gives a talk on Traditional Knowledge for Disaster Resilience and Pre-Disaster Community Planning.