Biz risk assessment study road show set

Non-profit conservation organization World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF-Philippines) will spearhead the launching this month of a road show highlighting results of the business risk assessment and climate change impact management study it conducted with the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) Foundation Inc. in eight Philippine cities.
WWF-Philippines project manager Moncini Hinay said such road show will further disseminate the study’s results to help boost action of stakeholders concerned for reducing their vulnerability while improving disaster-resiliency, competitiveness and economic viability of respective cities in a climate-defined future.
”We hope they’ll take the next steps,” he said.
The study analyzes economic and climate trends in the cities while predicting probable scenarios there, WWF-Philippines noted.
Hinay said the road show’s 10 a.m. kick-off ceremony will be held at Lantaka Hotel in Zamboanga City on Nov. 20.
He noted the road show will proceed afterwards to Cagayan de Oro City (Mallberry Suites, Nov. 21), Dagupan City (Star Plaza Hotel, Dec. 6) and Laoag City (Dec. 7).
WWF-Philippines will later announce the road show’s venue in Laoag City, he said.
The four cities are subjects of the study’s second phase which WWF-Philippines and BPI conducted from January to September 2012.
WWF-Philippines and BPI released the results from such cities this week.
”The study looked at risks and opportunities for partnership and cooperation amidst climate change,” Hinay said.
He noted the study’s results can be used to define the cities’ respective strategies for development and climate change adaptation.
Last year, WWF-Philippines and BPI conducted the study’s first phase covering Baguio, Cebu, Davao and Iloilo cities.
Reporting on results from the study’s second phase, WWF-Philippines earlier said Zamboanga City in Mindanao is within a typhoon-free zone and registered the lowest average rainfall among the eight cities surveyed.
The area is still vulnerable as people from high-risk communities may eventually emigrate there, however, WWF clarified.