ACCELERATING RESILIENCE AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Strengthening the Philippines’ Contribution to the Global Decarbonization Agenda
DOWNLOAD PDF ACCELERATING RESILIENCE AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Strengthening the Philippines’ Contribution to the Global Decarbonization Agenda Toby Melissa C. Monsod University of the Philippines Sara Jane Ahmed Financial Futures Center Golda P. Hilario Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities July 2022 The message of the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5˚C (IPCC 2018) is clear.¹ Climate change is here and the difference between warming to 1.5 degrees and 2 degrees engenders a dangerous tipping point that can change the world as we know it. But limiting warming to 1.5 degrees will only prevent some [...]
Accelerating Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation: Strengthening the Philippines’ Contribution to Limit Global Warming and Cope with its Impacts
DOWNLOAD PDF Accelerating Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation: Strengthening the Philippines’ Contribution to Limit Global Warming and Cope with its Impacts Toby Melissa C. Monsod, Sara Jane Ahmed, Golda P. Hilario UP School of Economics Abstract In its first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement, the Philippines committed to a GHG emissions reduction/avoidance of 75 percent for the period 2020 to 2030, referenced against a projected business-as-usual cumulative emission for the same period. However, the numbers do not add up, critical sectors such as forestry, which is central to the country’s climate change response, are [...]
Climate Change and COVID-19: Adapting to Two New Normals
This webinar series is hosted by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Manila in partnership with ICSC as part of the Climate Adaptation Summit 2021.
Braving the uncertainties of weather: Weather Index-Based Insurance as Agriculture Risk Transfer Mechanism for Climate Change Adaptation and Risk Reduction in the Philippines
This policy brief is a product of the series of roundtable discussions on the project Developing Policy on Risk Financing and Insurance Mechanisms for Climate Change Adaptation and Risk Reduction that is jointly organized by the Climate Change Commission (CCC), the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) and Oxfam in the Philippines. November 2012