From: Cesar Torres To: Alfredo Pascual Cc: UP-alumni-in-cyberspace@yahoogroups; Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 5:28 PM Subject: [up-alumni-in-cyberspace] Re: President Pascual, sir, nakakatakot na report by the World Bank on Climate change and its impact on the world, especially our Homeland. Thank you Mr President, Sir. One of our alumni who is so concerned with the urgent need for our people to adapt to rapid climate change was so disheartened. She was talking to the leaders of the survivors of the devastation of Pablo-Bopha in New Bataan. [images.search.yahoo/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=crmas&va=New+Bataan] It seems that the folks in the town believe that typhoons like Pablo will only happen once in a hundred years. I told our friend that the New Bataan folks should be told by experts about climate change. And the experts I had in mind were from the University. Of course, they would not go to New Bataan and conduct a Forum on Climate Change. Cesar Torres XXXXX On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Alfredo Pascual wrote: Dear Prof. Cesar, In response to the question you posed in your email the other day, let me share with you below the PNA report which I accessed last night from a post by durianburgdavao on 20 June 2013. The report is self-explanatory. Thank you for your continuing interest in the UP, our beloved Alma Mater, and the role it is playing in addressing the challenges faced by our country. Sincerely, Alfredo E. Pascual (Fred) --------------------------------------------- QUOTE Climate Change Commission, University of the Philippines join war against global warming Two public institutions committed collaborating on efforts aimed at promoting capacity development, services and action in government and the private sector to help further enhance the country’s campaign on addressing climate change. On June 19, Climate Change Commission and State-run University of the Philippines signed in Metro Manila the memorandum of agreement formalizing such partnership as experts warned the country is vulnerable to impacts of the changing climate. “There’s a real push for convergence,” CCC Vice-Chairperson Mary Ann Lucille Sering said during the late afternoon signing ceremony. UP President Dr. Alfredo Pascual signed the agreement on behalf of the university, noting climate change’s potential damage to the country can no longer be disputed. He said the partnership with CCC is part of UP’s bid “to realize a climate change-resilient Philippines.” The agreement will facilitate involvement of technical experts and other relevant parties in climate change-related initiatives like research, extension services as well as policy formulation and implementation, he said. National government agencies, LGUs, State universities and colleges as well as other sectors are expected to benefit from the new partnership. CCC and other government agencies previously sealed respective partnerships with various parties to help boost the country’s bid for climate resiliency. Sering considers the partnership with UP as timely, saying knowledge and capacity development are among strategic priorities identified in government’s National Climate Change Action Plan. NCCAP targets building up the Philippines’ resilience to climate change, she noted. The partnership is also in line with the mandates of CCC and UP. Under RA 9729 as amended, CCC has the mandate to facilitate capacity-building for local adaptation planning and implementation as well as monitoring of climate change initiatives in vulnerable and marginalized areas. RA 9500 requires UP to tap its community members’ respective expertise so they can contribute to national development. The agreement’s signing marked another milestone for UP. “This is the first time the UP system is officially partnering with CCC to bring experts into a synergistic collaboration,” Pascual said. He noted the agreement’s signing paved the way for UP units to consolidate respective climate change initiatives so the university can better push its bid for a resilient Philippines. Earlier, experts warned the Philippines is at high risk for climate change’s impacts. Such impacts are rise in sea level and temperature as well as increasing onslaught of weather extremes. Government continues promoting measures to mitigate emission of greenhouse gases which experts said trap heat in the atmosphere so temperature increases, driving climate change. Authorities noted since the Philippines isn’t a major GHG emitter, government is focusing more on adaptation measures that will help the country cope with climate change’s impacts. Adaptation measures are adjustments in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or effects of these. The Philippines’ climate change adaptation bid soared to new heights last year, fueled by enactment of Republic Act 10174 which established the People’s Survival Fund. PSF’s establishment aims to help provide long-term finance streams that’ll enable the country to better adapt to impacts of the changing climate. (PNA) Posted by durianburgdavao on June 20, 2013. UNQUOTE On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 12:28 AM, Cesar Torres wrote: Ano ang payo ng ating Pamantasan sa mga Makapangyarihan? huffingtonpost/2013/06/19/climate-change-poverty-link_n_3463748.html channel.nationalgeographic/channel/videos/six-degrees/ channel.nationalgeographic/channel/videos/degree-three/ channel.nationalgeographic/channel/videos/degree-four/ channel.nationalgeographic/channel/videos/degree-six/ The Doomsday Scenario. the Global Wipe Out Scenario -- the world plus Six Degrees. Cesar Torres XXXXX
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