Climate change science and Philippine governance
by Danica Marie Supnet Last week, I presented our report on slow onset events, or the creeping impacts of climate change, at the international conference of the Philippine Political Science Association (PPSA). The conference, held in Davao City this year, focused on multilevel governance in the 21st century. Most participants in the conference hailed from the academe; in fact, I was the lone presenter in the panel on Climate Change and Environmental Governance who was a practitioner and who did not represent a university. I was very proud, however, to state that we did our report in collaboration with scientific [...]
Understanding slow-onset climate impacts on a local scale
by Danica Marie Supnet It is easy to blame the occurrence of typhoons, heavy rainfall, or prolonged drought to climate change, but it’s never easy to understand why these phenomena happen and why we need to know about them. It is easy to say what the communities and government should do to adapt to these phenomena, but often the work is not done in a proactive way. It is easy to say “it’s all about science”, then take a step back and leave these all for scientists to figure out. Working with climate policy analysts, scientists and advocates changes this [...]