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The UP Resilience Institute was established as a proactive hub of benchmark innovative information vital to the nation’s efforts in Climate Change Mitigation" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Climate Change Mitigation</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Human interventions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions or enhance sinks that remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. (Other References)</div>" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>climate change mitigation and adaptation. Its mission is to empower local communities through multidisciplinary actions toward resilience.
As a response through its Memorandum No. PAEP-16-67, the University of the Philippines Board of Regents (BOR) approved on 28 July 2016 the establishment of the University of the Philippines Resilience Institute (UP RI) under the Office of the President of UP to have the following functions and programs concerning hazard" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Multi-hazard</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>The selection of multiple major hazards and the contexts where hazardous events—such as biological, environmental, geological, hydrometeorological, or technological phenomena—occur simultaneously, cascadingly, or cumulatively over time, accounting for their interrelated impacts. [UN (2017)]</div>" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>multi-hazard, multidisciplinary, multisectoral, comprehensive Disaster risk" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Disaster risk</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>The potential loss of life, injury, damage, or other impacts determined by the interaction of hazards with exposure, vulnerability, and capacity. (UN (2017); RA 10121 (2010))</div>" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>Disaster Risk Reduction and Management" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Disaster Risk Reduction and Management</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>The systematic application of policies, strategies, and operational capacities to prevent new disaster risks, reduce existing risks, and manage residual risks, thereby strengthening resilience and minimizing disaster losses and hazard impacts. [UN (2017), RA 10121 (2010) definition of terms]</div>" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM).
UP NOAH Center: The core component of the UP Resilience Institute. It was formally adopted by the University of the Philippines during the Board of Regents 1325th meeting on February 23, 2017 as a research center for climate actions and disaster risk reduction and management. An Executive Order signed by UP President Danilo L. Conception (EO PLDC 17-03) established the NOAH Center as a research institute in the UP System.
Research and Creative Work Office: Undertakes policy research, action research and interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary research or creative work
Knowledge Sharing Office: Disseminates research findings, creative works and innovations
Education Office: Establishes non-degree educational programs and support degree programs within the UP System
Institution Building Office: Helps improve the capability of the UP System as an agent of change for disaster resilience in the Philippines and the Pacific Rim region