Climate Change

Juan Pulhin, Dean of the College of Forestry and Natural Resources of the University of the Philippines-Los Baños, emphasized that people always have a choice: whether to sit and wait until catastrophes and devastating losses happen or “be more aggressive and proactive by promoting social check-and-balance to correct systematic failures” in his address at FPE’s National RAC-Partners Meeting held l. [...] Juan Pulhin, Dean of the College of Forestry and Natural Resources of the University of the Philippines-Los Baños, emphasized that people always have a choice: whether to sit and wait until catastrophes and devastating losses happen or “be more aggressive and proactive by promoting social check-and-balance to correct systematic failures” in his address at FPE’s National RAC-Partners Meeting held l. [...] Adaptation, on the other hand, is action in line with the acknowledgement that climate change is already here, working and living around the issues that come as harmfuls effect of the planet-wide changes. [...] The Answers Lead to More Questions The whys and wherefores have been clearly established, but still more questions than answers remain and come up anew regarding the response to the climate change phenomenon – questions that deal especially with the hows, whos, whens, and wheres. [...] Further Reading: Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change Here are some of FPE’s highly recommended resources on the subject of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies: - Guidebook on Mainstreaming Climate Change in Biodiversity Planning and Management in the Philippines (DENR, USAID, ICRAF, 2013) - Alternative Pathways to Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: Mainstr.