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VULNERABILITY AND
ADAPTATION EFFORTS:
The Philippine Experience
Ms. Gigi Merilo
InterAgency Committee on Climate Change Secretariat
Environmental Management Bureau
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
1st AIACC Asia/Pacific Regional Workshop
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, March 24-27, 2003
Vulnerability
information
systems
El Niño - La Niña
Vulnerability Map
Support for Greenhouse Gas
Inventory
What have been done?
Conducted vulnerability studies and
rapid assessment of the country’s
vulnerable sectors and areas to
climate change (agriculture, water
resources and coastal resources)
What have been done?
Participated in a regional climate change
project funded by the US Country Studies
Program (1995-1997) which focused on
vulnerability and adaptation assessments for
the coastal zones, agriculture, and water
resources sectors using climate scenarios with
average changes in precipitation and
temperature. The Program also initiated
conduct of the National GHG Emissions
Inventory in 1990.
What have been done?
Prepared
the
Initial
National
Communications
in 1999 which
included the 1994 GHG Emissions
Inventory.
Subsequent
training
courses on GHG emissions inventory
were conducted.
What more needs to be addressed?
Further capacity building to develop
strategies, policies and measures to
reduce future vulnerability
Risks associated with climate change, in
relation to extremes and variability
Adaptive capacity of communities and
countries to deal with climate risks
What more needs to be addressed?
Assessment of impacts in the human dimensions
on water needs, risk assessment, settlements,
health, food, etc.
Development of a strategic adaptation framework
and policy interventions considering social,
environmental and economic circumstances
Issues on understanding climate extremes, socioeconomic conditions and vulnerability, adaptation
strategies, and stakeholder engagement.
What do we want to achieve?
To strengthen institutional and individual
capacity of stakeholders to further assess
vulnerability and adaptation to the impacts of
climate change, including climate variability,
risks and extreme events, in priority systems at
the national and local level.
To develop strategies and to implement policies
and measures to prepare for adaptation at the
national and sub-national levels.
Thank you...