The Philippines

Region: The Philippines

The Philippines:

Projects
6
Resources
6
Stories
16
Feature
11th January 2021
Caloco, Philippines: Fisher folks are braving complex crises In Caloco, a village in the Municipality of Tinambac, the fishers’ community is opting for an alternative livelihood to deal with the dual crisis of the global pandemic and typhoon Pepito. This is the 29th story of the Voices from the Frontline series by ICCCAD and CDKN.
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The Low Emission Development Strategies Global Partnership (LEDS GP)

The Low Emission Development Strategies Global Partnership (LEDS GP) facilitates peer learning, technical cooperation and information exchange to support the formation and implementation of low emission development strategies.

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Mobilising Investment for NDC Implementation

The Mobilising Investment (MI) project for NDC implementation is a 3-year project focused on interventions within seven target countries: Bangladesh, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Kenya, Peru, Philippines and Vietnam, supported by the German government’s International Climate Initiative (IKI).

News
22nd May 2018
Join regional ‘Communities of Practice’ on low emission development The Low Emission Development Global Partnership (LEDS GP) creates opportunities for professionals to exchange experience on practical aspects of low emission development. Members of our network say they value these platforms for skills exchange and learning – whether it is in person, or increasingly through ‘virtual’ meetings and conversations. Join a technical 'community of practice' today!
Resource
2nd March 2017
WORKING PAPER: Beyond COP 21 - What did Asian countries pledge in the Paris Agreement?  A new CDKN working paper reviews 18 national climate commitments (INDCs) from countries of South and Southeast Asia and assesses their performance for four themes: mitigation targets; climate finance; disaster risk reduction; and social inclusion, particularly gender concerns.
Feature
18th November 2016
The Philippines’ challenge for urban resilience Danica Marie Supnet of the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities, highlights the proceedings of the series of workshops and community discussions on bridging the gap between local climate change adaptation planning in the urban sector and access to climate finance.
Feature
8th January 2016
Climate finance options for cities Lisa Junghans, Policy Advisor - Climate Change, Adaptation and Urban Transformation at Germanwatch introduces a recent CDKN-supported publication on financing climate compatible development in cities.
Feature
1st December 2015
Predicting Climate Change - Traditional Early Warning Signals Catherine Roween C. Almaden, Executive Assistant to the Academic Vice-President at Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan, discusses how ancient ways of predicting climate change can be utilised in the challenges the Philippines faces today.
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Project : Finding the Finance: Climate compatible development in Asian cities

With case studies in India, Indonesia and the Philippines, this project will assess the climate finance needs and gaps for climate compatible development. The team will look at second-tier cities and explore how available financial opportunities can be harnessed to meet those climate finance needs.

Resource
18th March 2015
Inside Story : Building resilience to climate change locally - The case of Valenzuela City, Metro Manila Valenzuela City is one of the 16 cities that make up ‘Metro Manila’. The confluence of these rivers makes Valenzuela vulnerable to flooding during high tides and also to regular flash floods. Ecosystem-based disaster risk management and climate adaptation approaches are proving successful in helping communities to cope.
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4th February 2015
Inside Story : Understanding the risk of flooding in the city: The case of Barangay Potrero, Metro Manila Partners for Resilience, who have been working with communities to increase resilience to frequent flooding in Malabon City in Metro Manila, share lessons from their experience in this CDKN 'Inside Story on Climate Compatible Development' . They highlight the particular importance of transboundary issues in managing natural resources in a changing climate.
Feature
26th November 2014
Building leaders in resilience in the Philippines Erica Bucog, a 'Partners for Resilience' partner reflects on new pathways for building resilience in the Philippines as part of a CDKN supported series of voices from the field.