Rising above "Yolanda"

MAPping the Future

By Dr. Cora Claudio
Philippine Daily Inquirer

How best to rise above Super typhoon “Yolanda’s” aftermath and how to prepare for more climate change and other risks are concerns that we must address now.

Seeking some answers to these questions, the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Committee of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), together with the MAP Agri-Business and Countryside Development Foundation, Private Sector Disaster Management Network, and EARTH Institute Asia organized a special forum recently, with main speakers from the Ocean Security International (OSI).

OSI is a global nongovernmental organization that works on issues impacting the world’s oceans and coastal areas. It aims to fund programs and projects on or related to the protection of oceans and coastal areas; promote and disseminate innovative strategies and best practices on it; provide a forum for addressing economic, environmental, food security, and other issues relating to oceans and coastal areas; and use informal diplomacy to help address the issues when formal diplomacy is inadequate.

Rising above "Yolanda"