Investing in Climate and Disaster Resilience: Focus on Water Governance and Security – CCARPH in Iloilo City

ILOILO CITY - The Coastal Cities at Risk flooding) and water governance as the key Observatory. Furthermore, the gathering Philippines (CCARPH) team co-organized subject explored in the session. brought together stakeholders to establish a convergence meeting-cum-workshop for a more coherent and mutually-enriching resilience entitled “Investing in Climate and These engagements, such as inception productive engagement of CCARPH-NRC- Disaster Resilience: Focus on Water meetings and coordination meetings, MO-UPV on resilience with the Iloilo City Governance and Security” in Richmonde inform recent El Niño response of Iloilo City. Government and its stakeholders. Hotel Iloilo last 23 to 24 May 2019. As a result, this workshop gave emphasis CCARPH, Ateneo de Manila University on addressing water governance and Various data needs for the Manila (ADMU), National Resilience Council insecurity for resilience. Observatory’s CDRA Tool were also raised (NRC), and the Manila Observatory (MO) as part of the discussion. jointly hosted the event with the City The meeting identified resilience issues Government of Iloilo, the University of the relevant to the City and re-examined global, The event was attended by various public Philippines in the Visayas (UPV), and other national, and local mandates, that will help and private partners of the Iloilo City stakeholders. local officials introduce and explain the Resilience Team such as the City imperative of a resilience agenda to the Engineer’s Office, Department of Education Last year, CCARPH’s initial engagements incoming local administration. This was in Iloilo, Philippine Call Center Institute with the Government Local Disaster Risk made possible through the use of resilience Iloilo, Information Services Office, and the Reduction and Management Council of scorecards and the Climate and Disaster City Environment and Natural Resources Iloilo City identified water (drought and Risk Assessment (CDRA) Tool of Manila Office, among others.

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Pasig City’s Mayor Vico Sotto visits the CCARPH Sagip exhibit

PASIG CITY – On June 14, 2019, CCARPH welcomed (then) Mayor-elect Vico Sotto to the Sagip exhibit entitled, “SAGIP: An Exhibition on Makeshift Disaster Intervention Technology.” The mayor visited the Sagip exhibit after his interview in Ateneo de Manila University’s Radyo Katipunan entitled, “ALL KAPS, ATENEO LEVEL UP” with Noel Ferrer and 2019 Ateneo Loyola Schools Valedictorian Hyacenth Bendana.

CCARPH is coordinating with Pasig City as it is in the process of serving as the testbed for its project outputs: The Systems Thinking Tools, the City Resilience Suites of Systems Thinking Tools, and the Systems-Dynamics Lens as well as the Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model.

The incoming mayor ran a campaign focused relentlessly on issues relevant to his stakeholders. The CCARPH team hopes to continue their work with the Pasig City Government under his term.

CCARPH’s Tour Pasig City DRRMO Office and Courtesy Call to Hon. Sotto

PASIG CITY - Representatives from Coastal Cities at Risk in the Philippines (CCARPH) met with Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto and Pasig City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management head Mr. Bryant Wong last July 19, 2019.

The team, consisting of representatives from the Computable General Equilibrium (CGE), the Systems Systems Dynamics / Systems Thinking (SD/ST) Tools, and the Ateneo Innovation Center (AIC) toured the Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office and were oriented about the city’s current tools and

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technologies to continue their work with the Pasig City Government under his term. The team also paid a courtesy call to Hon. Sotto once the tour was concluded. Through this, CCARPH hopes to work with Pasig. City representatives to craft a science- informed, gender-sensitive and socially inclusive resilience plan for the City that will be the model for other cities in Metro Manila and the country. CCARPH and Pasig City are in the process of crafting a Partnership Agreement for the sharing of technologies and the collection of data. The meeting is a follow-up of Mr. Bryant Wong’s visit to the CCARPH project and SAGIP exhibit last July 11, 2019 where he assessed the makeshift technologies that may be shared with Pasig City.

Naga City Mayor Legacion signed Partnership Agreement with CCARPH

NAGA CITY – Last July 16, 2019, the Coastal Cities at Risk in the Philippines (CCARPH) signed a Partnership Agreement with newly-elected Mayor Nelson S. Legacion of Naga City. He also delegated Mr. Renne Gumba, Executive Officer of Naga City Resilience Council as the key person for this partnership. During the signing, Mayor Legacion reiterated on his priority for disaster risk reduction towards a resilient Naga City.

Present in the meeting are Dr. Emma Porio (Project Leader of CCARPH), Ms. Ma. Antonia Yulo Loyzaga (President of National Resilience Council/NRC), Ms. Malu Erni (Executive Director of NRC), and Drs. Celine Vicente and Laurice Jamero (Manila Observatory). Representatives from the Naga City Local Government consist of Mayor Nelson Legacion, Mr. Renne Gumba, and Ms. Joy San Carlos (Naga City Resilience Council), Mr. Wilfredo Prilles (City Planning and Development Office), and Mr. Alec Francis Santos (City Tourism Office).

The multi-stakeholder partnership between Naga City Local Government, CCARPH, Ateneo de Manila University, Ateneo de Naga University, National Resilience Council and Manila Observatory is geared towards creating a science-informed, socially inclusive resilient plan for the city.

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5G Systems for Inclusion, Resilience and Sustainability as hosted by CCARPH QUEZON CITY - The academic and private sector came together for the “5G Systems for Creativity and Innovation Hub. Inclusion, Resilience and Sustainability” Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) 5G Communications Systems and applications Signing between the Ateneo de Manila are set to launch globally throughout this year. University and PLDT-SMART. This MOU PLDT-Smart and NOKIA are cooperating with signing signaled the launching of the First the Ateneo de Manila University community and University Campus 5G Testbed in the its network of partners to develop 5G use cases Philippines. and business models that focus on the human and social aspects of this advanced Fr. Jose T. Villarin, S.J., President of the Ateneo communications technology platform. de Manila University and Coastal Cities at Risk in the Philippines (CCARPH) Project Holder, During the signing event, Nokia, SMART and and Manny V. Pangilinan, the CEO of SMART- Ateneo exhibited and demonstrated use cases PLDT, led the signing of the MOU. Fr. Nemesio for remote education, sustainable agriculture Que, S.J. (Ateneo Vice President for and air quality monitoring, remote health care Administration) and Dr. Maria Luz Vilches and water provisioning, resilient (Loyola Schools Vice President) were witnesses communications, and other applications. These of the signing along with their counterparts from demonstrations showed a context for SMART-PLDT, Mr. Eric R. Alberto (Chief technology adoption and use that challenge Finance Officer) and Mr. Jovy Hernandez current advanced systems platforms. Through (Senior Vice President). this, 5G Communications leveraged its strengths to create solutions that promote The signing was held last April 25, 3:30 pm to inclusion, enhance the resilience of 4:30 pm at the third floor of the Eduardo Aboitiz communities to disasters and to encourage Sandbox Zone in the Arete Hub of the Ateneo sustainable development practices. de Manila University. The event was hosted by the Department of Electronics, Computer, and The collaborative NOKIA and PLDT-SMART Communications Engineering (ECCE), Coastal exhibit ran from April 25 (Thursday) to 26 Cities at Risk in the Philippines (CCARPH), the (Friday), 8:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Aboitiz Ateneo Innovation Center (AIC), and the Arete Sandbox Zone.

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CCARPH Participation in the Megacities at Risk in the Philippines Conference MAKATI CITY - Metro Manila is one megacity which serves as the economic capital of the country, yet is exposed to multiple risks and resides along various active fault lines.

In this context, the event “Megacities at Risk in the Philippines” was created. Last April 25, Local Government (DILG), the National 2019, the conference entitled, “Megacities at Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Risk: Engineering Resilience to Seismic and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Hazards” held its conference at the Manila Polo Experts from Metro Manila, Tokyo Metropolitan Club. The Coastal Cities at Risk in the area, Taipei and San Francisco were present to Philippines (CCARPH) and the Ateneo share their knowledge and experience on this Innovation Center (AIC) were the topic. Members of local business organizations, representatives of the Ateneo de Manila foreign chambers, regional organizations University for this event. (APEC Business Advisory Council, US-ASEAN Business Council, ASEAN Business Advisory The “Megacities at Risk” conference and Council), multilateral organizations (World workshop was hosted by the Carlos P. Romulo Bank, Asian Development Bank, United Nations Foundation and the National Resilience Council Office for Disaster Risk Reduction), civil society (NRC). It is co-chaired by Mr. Hans Sy (SM Prime organizations, and the academe (Ateneo de Holdings) and Secretary Delfin Lorenzana Manila University, University of the Philippines) (Department of National Defense) and with the were also invited to attend. cooperation of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Interior and

CCARPH and City Government of Valenzuela Meeting

VALENZUELA CITY - Last April 30, 2019, the Coastal Cities at Risk in the Philippines (CCARPH) team met with the City Government of Valenzuela officials to discuss the next steps of the CCARPH- Valenzuela City Partnership.

Dr. Emma Porio, CCARPH Project Leader and Work Package 1.2 Team Leader, presented CCARPH’s initiatives for Work Packages 1.2 and 2. Dr. Porio’s team is working on understanding exposures and contextual vulnerability and capacity of multiple stakeholders under Work Package 1.2. Likewise, Work Package 2 aims at developing methodologies and tools for climate and disaster resilience.

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Dr. Ramon Clarete, CCARPH Work Package 2.2 Team Leader and Dean of the School of Economics of the University of the Philippines (UPSE), shared the Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Model which can be used in generating knowledge on the possible impacts of extreme nature-based shocks. Under Work Package 2.2, Dr. Clarete’s team is working on developing a Geographic Information System (GIS) Mapping and geo-spatial datasets on informality, infrastructure and environmental themes.

Lastly, Dr. Kendra Gotangco Gonzales, Work Package 2.1 Team Leader and Chair of the Department of Environmental Science in the Ateneo de Manila University, discussed the City Resilience Suite (CRS) of Systems Thinking Tools. With Work Package 2.1, Dr. Gotangco Gonzales’ team is working on how the CRS can inform risk assessment tools such as the Climate and Disaster Risk Assessment (CDRA) used by local government units in climate change and disaster risk reduction planning.

Other points for discussion were possible test sites for the various models presented during this meeting, as well as the next steps between CCARPH and the City Government of Valenzuela

Representatives from the Valenzuela City Government who were present during the meeting were Ms. Elenita Reyes (Head of Housing and Resettlement Office), Ms. Dorothy G. Evangelista (Officer-in- Charge of the City Social Welfare and Development Office), Dr. Jaime M. Exconde (Officer-in-Charge of the City Health Office), Dr. Arnaldo F. Antonio (Head of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office), Mr. Rene Antonio I. Padolina (City Planning and Development Office), Ms. Jessabel Reyes (City Social Welfare and Development Office), and Ms. Rachel Anne M. Mallarpis (City Environment and Natural Resources Office). CCARPH team members who were in the meeting include Ms. Jean Jardeleza (Work Package 2.1), and Ms. Leal Rodriguez (Project Manager).

Presentation of CCARPH during the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2019

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - Dr. Emma Porio, Project Leader of the Coastal Cities at Risk in the Philippines (CCARPH), successfully shared her research on the value of addressing vulnerability reduction in resilience work last May 13, 2019. This was presented at the side event entitled, “Towards a Better Resilience Dividend: Challenging Parameters of Current Approaches to Vulnerability Reduction to Avert Loss and Damage” during the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2019 of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). Alongside Dr. Porio, practitioners from ACT Alliance member organizations and winners & runners-up of the ACT Alliance Resilience Award 2019, shared their best practices from the field on addressing vulnerabilities in their multiple dimensions. Ms. Amie Dian Utami of the Yakkum Emergency Unit in Indonesia, gave a presentation entitled, “Empowering Grassroots Women to Build Community Resilience”. Mr. Ghanashyam Bivas CCARPH | SEPTEMBER 2019 6

Neupane of the Integrated Self-help Association for Rural Development in Nepal, also talked about his country’s best practices on resilience with a presentation entitled, “Best Practice from Nepal: Gearing Towards Resilience and Self-reliance”.

This event’s aim was for the participants to have a better understanding of the dimensions, elements, and extent of multi- dimensional vulnerabilities related to disaster risks. It also envisioned to identify specific courses of actions that address these vulnerabilities, specifically those that can be articulated as social protection measures. After this event, the participants had a guided reflection on the panel discussion and proposed actions to take to enhance the resilience dividend for vulnerable communities.

This side-event was hosted by the Ateneo de Manila University and Manila Observatory, alongside ACT Alliance. It was held in the Ecumenical Center in Geneva, Switzerland.

CCARPH and National Resilience Council Forge Partnership with the City Government of Muntinlupa on Science-Informed Resilience Planning

MUNTINLUPA CITY – The Coastal Cities at Risk in the Philippines (CCARPH), National Resilience Council (NRC), and Zuellig Family Foundation met with Muntinlupa City Mayor Jaime Fresnedi and his team to discuss a multi-stakeholder partnership towards a science-informed resilience planning last June 19, 2019. Also present were Dr. Emma Porio (Project Lead, CCARPH), Ms. Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga (President, NRC), Ms. Marilou Erni (Executive Director, NRC), Mr. Alexander Pama (Former Undersecretary, Office of Civil Defense), Mr. Sly Barrameda (Municipal Local Government Operations Officer, Muntinlupa), Mr. Erwin Alfonso (Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office, Muntinlupa), and Mr. Noel Cadorna (City Planning and Development Office, Muntinlupa). Mayor Fresnedi agreed to pilot the Barangay Resilience Scorecard in the barangays of the City of Muntinlupa.

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Valenzuela City: Engendering a Resilient System in the Local Government Unit

VALENZUELA CITY - Valenzuela is an example of a local government unit that has exemplified the ideals of the Coastal Cities at Risk in the Philippines (CCARPH) project of the Ateneo. Ms. Shaila Safaee Chalkasra (Research Awardee, IDRC-Canada), the CCARPH team, and Valenzuela City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (VCDRRMO) went around to see the initiatives spearheaded by the collaboration of the local government and its partners, as well as the resiliency programs and engagement of Valenzuela citizens. VCDRRMO presented to the CCARPH Team the city’s programs on resiliency, such as in Disiplina Village, the Pamantasang Lungsod ng Valenzuela, and in the Valenzuela City Hall.

CCARPH is grateful to the Valenzuelaños for the success of the visit, particularly to Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchailan, Mrs. Dorothy G. Evangelista, Ms. Michelle Abela-Mabuti, Officer Cristobal (VCDRRMO), Ms. Marites Brillo, Ms. Lisa Labsan, and Ms. Ahngelie Igual (Barangay. Bignay Center), and Mr. Romulo T. Romo (National Service Training Program-National Service Reserve Corps/NSTP- NSRC Director of the Pamantasang Lungsod ng Valenzuela).

Other CCARPH-Hosted Events The CCARPH team welcomed Prof. Jesse Anttila-Hughes of the University of San Francisco in Areté for a lecture session on post-disaster economic and health effects of typhoons in the Philippines. The lecture is based on a study he conducted with Dr. Solomon Hsiang last June 13, 2019. [Link]

The Ateneo Innovation Center (AIC) and CCARPH’s SAGIP exhibit entitled, “Makeshift Disaster Innovation Technology” may now be viewed online at bit.ly/SAGIPEXHIBIT. [Link]

CCARPH participated in the National Disaster Resilience Summit in Novotel, Araneta Center last July 30-31, 2019. [Link]

CCARPH advocated for a science-informed, socially inclusive policy and decision making in the Program for Newly- Elected Officials (NEOs). [Link]

Dr. Emma Porio presented a talk in the United Nations Gender-based Violence in Emergencies (UNGBVIE) entitled, “Crafting Resilience: Using Intersectional Analysis in GBVIE”. [Link]

CCARPH co-hosted a conference entitled, “Manila 2050: Towards a Sustainable Urban Development” with Arete and the Embassy of France in Manila. [Link]

Ateneo Innovation Center (AIC) developed Disaster-Related Technologies for the CCARPH Project. [Link]

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CCARPH Research Team Fr. Jose Ramon T. Villarin, S.J., Ph.D. (ADMU/MO) Dr. Emma Porio (ADMU-DSA/MO, Project Leader) Dr. Gemma Narisma (MO/ADMU) Dr. Fabian Dayrit (ADMU-SOSE) Dr. Gregory Tangonan (ADMU-AIC) Dr. Ramon Clarete (UPSE) Dr. Charlotte Kendra Gotangco (ADMU-ES) Dr. John Wong (ADMU-SOSE) Dr. Faye Abigail Cruz (MO) Dr. James Simpas (MO/ADMU) Dr. Ma. Obiminda Cambaliza (MO/ADMU) Dr. Melliza T. Cruz (MO) Dr. May Celine Vicente (MO) Dr. Rosa Perez (MO/NRC) Ms. Jessica Dator-Bercilla (UPV/NRC) Dr. Nathaniel Libatique (ADMU-AIC) Dr. Philip Tuano (ADMU Economics) Mr. Justin See (ADMU-DSA) Dr. Noralene Uy (ADMU/MO) Ms. Ma. Antonia Yulo Loyzaga (NRC) Dr. Gay Defiesta (UPV) Dr. Digna P. Alba (ADNU-CHSS) Ms. Jonaviva “JanJan” C. Plopenio (ADNU-INCEAR) Dr. Marlyn C. Lee-Tejada (ADNU-ASSRC) Dr. Majah Leah V. Ravago (ADMU-SOSE) Dr. Laurice Jamero (MO)

Project Management Team of CCARPH Ms. Emily Roque-Sarmiento (Project Manager) Ms. Denise Gonzalez Dacera (Project Manager) Ms. Thelma Selga (Finance Officer) Ms. Jirehlene Zerrudo (Project Assistant)

Partner Organizations National Resilience Center (NRC) Manila Observatory (MO) Ateneo Innovation Center (AIC)

Academic Partners Ateneo de Naga University (ADNU) Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa (PLMun) University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV)

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Legend: ADMU – Ateneo de Manila University AIC – Ateneo Innovation Center APEC – Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ASSR – Ateneo Social Science Research Center CCARPH – Coastal Cities at Risk in the Philippines CDRA – Climate and Disaster Risk Assessment CGE – Computable General Equilibrium CHSS – College of Humanities and Social Sciences CRS – City Resilience Suite GIS – Geographic Information Systems DFA – Department of Foreign Affairs DILG – Department of Interior and Local Government DOST – Department of Science and Technology ECCE – Electronics, Computer, and Communications Engineering INCEAR – Institute for Environmental Conservation and Research MO – Manila Observatory MOU – Memorandum of Understanding NEDA – National Economic and Development Authority NEO – Newly-Elected Officials NRC – National Resilience Council NSTP – National Service Training Program PLDT – Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company SD/ST – Systems Dynamics / Systems Thinking SOSE – School of Science and Engineering UNDRR – United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction UNGBVIE – United Nations Gender-based Violence in Emergencies UPSE – University of the Philippines School of Economics UPV – University of the Philippines – Visayas US-ASEAN – United States and Association of Southeast Asian Nations VCDRRMO – Valenzuela City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office

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