More than 200 participants from academic institutions, non-government organizations, and local government units attended the opening of the three-day 2nd National Conference of the Philippine Academic Society for Climate and Disaster Resilience (PASCDR), held October 25 at the Atencio-Libunao Hall, UP Diliman, Quezon City.
Dr. Emmanuel M. Luna, PASCDR National Coordinator, set the tone for the conference with the theme 鈥淔rom Discourses to Actions: Mobilizing the Academe for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation.鈥� Taking off from the first conference held in November 2019, the second conference aims to look back and reflect on what the academe has done concerning climate and disaster resilience in order to stimulate the sharing and critique of lessons, reflections, innovations and practices from the past and current situation.听
The welcome remarks of QC Mayor Ma. Josefina 鈥淛oy鈥� Belmonte were delivered by Albert Kimpo, Assistant City Administrator for Operations of QC, while Secretary Robert E.A. Borje, Vice-Chair and Executive Director of the Philippines鈥� Climate Change Commission, delivered the keynote address for the conference.
Plenary and parallel sessions featured discussions by expert panelists and officials, including Professor Emeritus Rex Victor O. Cruz of the UP Los Ba帽os Integrated Natural Resources and Environmental Management (UPLB-INREM), Joe Carlo Soriano of the Office of Civil Defense, Dr. Ronald P. Law of the Department of Health (DOH) Health Emergency Management Bureau, and Executive Director Alfredo Mahar Francisco A. Lagmay of the UP Resilience Institute (UPRI).听听
The national conference was organized by the PASCDR and the UPRI in partnership with the UP Social Action and Research for Development Foundation, Inc.
Launched in 2019, the PASCDR is a network of individuals from the academe aiming to promote, integrate, and conduct disaster risk reduction and climate change actions towards safe schools and societal resilience. Its core members were from Ateneo de Manila, De La Salle University, Far Eastern University, UP Diliman, UP Manila, and the Philippines Public Safety College.
