YouthMappers, an international university consortium on Mapping for Resilience supported by the USAID Geocenter, has released its list of chapter awardees for 2023. The UP Resilience Institute Youth Mappers (UPRI YouthMappers) is the student chapter of the network at the University of the Philippines Diliman. For this year, the UPRI YouthMappers has received the 2023 […]
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The Power of Partnership: PhilPrep’s Approach to Humanitarian Action
As part of its continuous pursuit to empower people, institutions and communities towards climate and disaster resilience, the UP Resilience Institute serves as the academic pillar of the Philippine Preparedness Partnership. The Philippine Preparedness Partnership (PhilPrep) is a collaborative partnership forged between four essential pillars in the country’s humanitarian preparedness response and action. It […]
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 […]
UPRI Roundtable Discussion with the Philippine Academic Society for Climate and Disaster Resilience (PASCDR) and the Philippine Preparedness Partnership (PhilPrep)
As the permanent secretariat of the Philippine Academic Society for Climate and Disaster Resilience (PASCDR) and the academic sector partner of the Philippine Preparedness Partnership (PhilPrep), the UP Resilience Institute (UP RI) brought together leaders from the PASCDR and PhilPrep to a Roundtable Discussion last 20th of October 2022. There were a total of […]
UPRI Conducts the LDIP Workshop for PlanMANILA2030
As part of the PlanMANILA2030 project, representatives and stakeholders from the City of Manila joined the University of the Philippines Resilience Institute for a Local Development Investment Program Workshop (LDIP). This event was held on September 29, 2022, at the Universidad de Manila. Integral to the process of formulating the City of Manila’s Comprehensive […]
UPRI Goes to the Science City of Muñoz for the Final Project Turnover
The Science City of Muñoz is one of the five cities of the province of Nueva Ecija, located along the central plains of Luzon. It is considered as the first and only Science City in the Philippines with several research and development (R&D) institutions on agricultural science and technology. Locals and tourists enjoy its […]