Monday, September 26, 2011

Initiatives for Climate Change Pushed

SEARCA is one of the countries leading organization is taking the lead role in KC3. A digital portal that provides access to knowledge resources, including news, images, and other materials on climate change adaptations in agriculture and natural resources in Southeast Asia.

Knowledge management is one of the possible areas where agencies can possibly collaborate. The project will undertake vulnerability measurement and mapping, gender ethnographics of vulnerability and economic analysis of adaptation.

The environmentalist group hope that the climate negotiation in Panama and South Africa will result in fair, ambitious and binding commitment.

They appealed to president Aquino as the only president to head the Climate Change Body. To reject policies that increase the countries carbon footprint. Instead speed up plans that would inspire neighboring countries to put climate change at the forefront of ASEAN Cooperation.

Especially that Southeast Asian countries are among the most vulnerable and least prepared to deal with climate change impacts.