Adapting Together
by Isabella Mendoza Photos by AC Dimatatac/ICSC Time and again, we have emphasized that locals can and should take the lead in making their communities more climate resilient. We are proud that ICSC’s partnership with CORDAID has continued to cross political and geographic boundaries in working together towards this common goal. Over the past six months, our work has involved six municipalities across four provinces in the Haiyan Corridor (Eastern Samar, Palawan, Surigao and Cebu) and 4 non-government organizations (ICSC, CORDAID-Philippines, HIPADA and Rain Foundation). A few months ago, we met as an alliance for the first time to [...]
ICSC: Climate change to worsen water security risk
MANILA, Updated 14 March 2019 – As residents in areas of Metro Manila grapple with water scarcity issues for several days, a climate and energy policy group cautioned that climate change would only exacerbate existing risks and development issues. Renato Redentor Constantino, executive director of the Manila-based Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities, commented: “As a climate policy institute, we are often the first to convey caution in prematurely attributing adverse economic, ecological or social outcomes to climate change. Many times as well, climate change merely amplifies the impacts of wrong development policies to begin with. “Prematurely assigning blame [...]