Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation and Ecosystem Management & Restoration in Development Plans
In this session, Atty. Rico Rentuza, former Mayor of St. Bernard municipality, will discuss how mainstreaming DRR in local development plans help protect the fruits of development. The Department of Interior and Local Government will also share how integrating DRR and CCA in the Rationalized Planning System provides LGUs a way to determine a development path that considers and addresses the risks affecting their municipalities.
Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation and Ecosystem Management & Restoration in Development Plans
Presenters:
Angela Mamuyac, Bureau of Local Government Development, DILG
Atty. Rico Rentuza, DRR Consultant and ACCORD BOD
The poorest countries of the world, such as the Philippines, are bearing the brunt of an increased likelihood and more intense hazards. Likewise, the poorest and most vulnerable communities are the ones likely to suffer from the negative effects of these hazards intensified by climate change and ecosystem degradation. Yet, development initiatives intended for them are set back by recurring disaster events.
Disasters destroy lives, properties and livelihoods. The very means they need to recover are lost when disasters strike poor communities. How do we protect livelihoods, shelters and people’s lives from recurring disasters? How can communities become resilient?
In this session, Atty. Rico Rentuza, former Mayor of St. Bernard municipality, will discuss how mainstreaming DRR in local development plans help protect the fruits of development. The Department of Interior and Local Government will also share how integrating DRR and CCA in the Rationalized Planning System provides LGUs a way to determine a development path that considers and addresses the risks affecting their municipalities.
