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Climate Change Adaptation Climate Change Adaptation Project in Sablayan, Mindoro Occidental In recent years, the Municipality of Sablayan has experienced weather-related anomalies such as floods, storm surges and sea level rise - exposing the communities lying along its 80-kilometer coastline to the mounting dangers of climate change. To help the communities of Sablayan in addressing the damaging effects of climate change, WWF-Philippines is implementing a Climate Change Adaptation Project, aimed at building-up the resilience of coastal communities and the marine ecosystems of the Apo Reef Natural Park for long-term climate change adaptation. This ensures that food production and other economic development activities carry on in a sustainable manner. Thus far, the project has successfully facilitated the crafting of a climate change adaptation plan, which will be integrated into existing municipal development and coastal management plans. Coral Triangle Support Program (CTSP): Climate Change Adaptation Activities Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) plans were developed by the municipalities of Taytay, Palawan, and Sibutu and Sitangkai in Tawi-Tawi after recognizing that climate change could have a very big impact on the communities' livelihoods in all three places since their economies are based on marine and coastal resources – live reef fish trade and seaweed farming. CTSP provided technical assistance to the three municipal governments through mapping of hazard areas, inventory of natural and manmade assets, and projections of areas, assets and people that would be affected by increased or intensified incidences of climate induced phenomena. The climate change parameters considered for all areas are sea level rise and increase in sea surface temperature. Particular to Taytay are flooding, storm surge, and landslides induced by increased rainfall; while in Tawi-Tawi, it was drought due to the residents' high dependence on rainwater for their freshwater supply. The results of the studies and projections were recognized by the stakeholders, identifying adaptation measures ranging from structural and engineering adjustments in their stilt communities, to declaring more MPAs to increase their reefs' chances of survival against bleaching. Although all three municipalities are vulnerable to climate change, the residents of Sitangkai are most at risk due to demography and geography, being composed of small, low lying islands where almost all residents are on stilt houses, half of which are adjacent to islands and the other half being in shallow areas out at sea. Business Risk Assessment BPI Business Risk Assessment and Management, Climate Change The Business Risk Assessment and Management Project with the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) is under the Climate Change and Energy Program of WWF-Philippines. The project aims to provide BPI a more practical understanding of city-specific business vulnerabilities and risks in four cities – Baguio, Cebu, Manila and Iloilo – through the generation of socio-economic baselines focusing on on-site sectors most likely to be adversely affected by climate change and the facilitation of participative scenario planning processes. The selection of the cities was based mainly on the occurrence of storms, floods, drought and other extreme climate events during the past decade. Another crucial output of the project is a template on risk assessment associated with climate change. Results of the study will be shared to the sectors at risk in each of the selected cities to guide the crafting of specific policies and actions to mitigate the effects of climate change in their area. Download the report in PDF |
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