By; Geoel Esguerra Manila, Philippines – The recent Digital Pilipinas Festival convened leaders across business, government, and civil society to harness technological innovation towards climate action. Held from November 20-24 at the SM Aura SMX Convention Center in Taguig, the weeklong event comprised of multiple summits covering priority growth sectors, headlined by the 2-day main […]
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RCW conducts 4As Writeshop in Aklan
Last December 12, 2023, the Research and Creative Work Division hosted the Academic Alliance for Anticipatory Action (4As) Validation Workshop and Writeshop on Enhancing Anticipatory Action in the Philippines in Aklan, Philippines. The UP Resilience Institute (UP RI) is part of 4As, a USAID-supported international consortium composed of universities from the U.S., Bangladesh, Namibia, Mozambique, […]
A Step Further Towards Becoming A City of Energy: City of Naga, Cebu’s CLUP gets approved by the DHSUD
RCW conducts field research in Leon, Iloilo
The Work Package 2B (WP2B) Team of the Research and Creative Work (RCW) Division conducted field research in Brgy. Biri Norte in Leon, Iloilo last December 4 to 6, 2023. The team is composed of Chief Science Research Specialist Dennis G. de la Torre, and Junior Project Assistants For. Alexa Samantha R. Hernandez, Ramon Christopher […]
Devastating M6.8 Earthquake Strikes Sarangani Island
The Earthquake A M6.8 earthquake struck Davao Occidental on the afternoon of November 17. The epicenter of this earthquake was identified near Sarangani Island, sending tremors throughout the region. Glan, a municipality situated on Sarangani Island, bore the brunt of the quake, experiencing the highest intensity recorded at Intensity VII. This level of intensity indicates […]
UPRI NOAH Center participates in CRED Training on EM-DAT
On 24 October 2023, the UP RI Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards (NOAH) Center attended a training session on the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) spearheaded by the Center for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) and in partnership with the UP Institute of Civil Engineering (UP ICE). The training […]
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.
The Oil Spill Disaster of MT Princess Empress
The Incident The oil tanker MT Princess Empress carrying 800,000 liters of industrial fuel started sinking offshore of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro on the 28th of February at 4:16 AM. The 20 men aboard were rescued soon after but by March 1, 2023 the ship was declared fully submerged following aerial and seaborne survey (NDRRMC SitRep […]
UP Resilience Institute joins SIBOL 2023: Promoting Resilience Through New BUILT Initiatives
AUGUST 23, 2023 – In a display of innovation and commitment to bolstering resilience, the UP Resilience Institute (UPRI) proudly joined the esteemed lineup of institutions at SIBOL (Science and Innovation Budding Opportunities for Leverage) 2023, the nexus where new ideas converged to shape the future of Buildings, Utilities, Infrastructure, Logistics, and Transportation (BUILT). Hosted […]
In the Time of Corona: Development Planning with the City of Balanga
t was sometime in 2019 when the City of Balanga sought the assistance of the University of the Philippines Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards (UP NOAH) Center to update their Local Climate Change Action Plan and Disaster Risk Reduction Management Plan. At that time, when words such as COVID-19, pandemic, and Zoom weren’t part of the public’s daily lexicon, the UP NOAH Center team set out, armed with table top activities and presentations, to conduct workshops that are prerequisites to formulating and updating local development plans. While this seemed like a typical beginning of a formal working partnership, neither parties had the slightest idea of the amount of adjustment a global pandemic would require.