The latest report from a multi-year study has urged preparations for the impacts of climate change to help enhance Philippine cities’ competitiveness and sustainability in a climate-defined future.
Launched Tuesday in Metro Manila, the report, “Business Risk Assessment and the Management of Climate Impacts,” raised the need for such action in Angeles City, Batangas City, Naga City and Tacloban City comprising the third batch of Philippine urban centers assessed last year under the study by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and BPIFoundation Inc.
”Cities must be pro-active,” WWF Vice Chairperson and CEO Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan said at the launch.
According to him, cities must prepare as climate change will continue affecting the Philippines.
Experts monitored the highest sea level rise in waters around the Philippines, he noted.
”There’s no safe spot,” Tan said.
Sea level rise is among climate change’s impacts on the country, particularly putting at risk communities along coasts and in low-lying areas nationwide.
The study’s proponents examined economic and climate trends in Angeles City, Batangas City, Naga City and Tacloban City to help generate possible future scenarios for each so local government units concerned can plan accordingly and address their respective climate vulnerabilities.
”Baseline data findings are synergized with local stakeholder inputs to craft each city’s adaptation strategy,” said BPI Foundation’s Executive Director and SVP Florendo Maranan.
Citing results of the study, Tan said Angeles City in Pampanga province needs climate-smart planning.
Among the city’s needs are all-weather transportation corridors for sustained movement of goods and services, he noted. [PNA]
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