The UP Resilience Institute – Research and Creative Work Division (UP RI-RCW) is keeping in touch with the Tufts University’s Center for Climate and health on glObal Research on Disasters (CORD) Team to discuss pertinent developments that concern the research core from the UP RI side and across the consortium. Topics of interest include data […]
Climate Change Adaptation
UP RI in Action at the CORD Consortium: Monthly “Deep Dive” Meeting
Since March 2024, the Center for Climate and health on glObal Research on Disasters (CORD) consortium started having an online monthly meeting centered on “deep dive” discussions of different topics. It aims to enrich member universities’ research and community engagement strategies for their respective CORD projects. Several sessions are hosted by specific team/s given their […]
RCW conducts field research in Batangas City
The Research and Creative Work (RCW) Division of the UP Resilience Institute (UPRI) conducted field research in the Badjaoan community of Brgy. Malitam and Wawa, Batangas City, Batangas last July 4-8, 2024. The target respondents are members of the Badjao community who relocated due to climate change, disasters, and complex factors. The team is composed […]
UPRI-RCW Launches Panahon Na! Social Media Campaign
UP Resilience Institute – Research and Creative Work Division launched “Panahon Na!” a social media campaign on February 29, 2024. A short program was held at the UPRI Training Room and simultaneously broadcast online via Facebook Live. At the center of the campaign is a multimedia comic series entitled “Si K! Ang Kaibigan Ko”. UPRI […]
UP RI NOAH Center, UPLB-INREM Facilitate Project Proposal Finalization To Promote Resilience In A Multi-Stressed Watershed In The Province Of Albay, Philippines
The UP Resilience Institute (UP RI), in partnership with UPLB Interdisciplinary Studies Center for Integrated Natural Resources and Environment Management (UPLB-INREM), undertook a Project Proposal Finalization session for Quinali A Watershed. This event was held on October 12, 2023, at the Technical Services Conference Room, DENR V Regional Office. Local stakeholders from regional agencies and other relevant organizations attended the program to present their project proposals that they successfully developed before the start of the project proposal finalization activity.
Road to Resilience: Adapting to Climate Change through the People’s Survival Fund
The People’s Survival Fund (PSF) was institutionalized in 2012 through the Republic Act 10174 which amends the Climate Change Act of 2009 to include the provision of long-term finance streams to enable the government to effectively address the problem of climate change. Since 2012, this act has provided Local Government Units (LGUs) in the […]