{"id":188641,"date":"2018-11-07T03:42:37","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T08:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=188641"},"modified":"2018-11-07T03:42:37","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T08:42:37","slug":"metro-manilas-climate-resilient-communities-rewarded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/11\/07\/metro-manilas-climate-resilient-communities-rewarded\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro Manila\u2019s most climate-resilient communities to be rewarded"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“K5 is anchored on preparedness and resilience,” Arapo said. (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA —<\/strong>\u00a0The government will launch this year the first Metro Manila-wide search for communities that are most climate- and disaster-resilient.<\/p>\n

The formal recognition aims to promote resilience-building practices to protect life, limb, property, and the environment from climate change, the search’s coordinator, Merva Arapo, said in an interview on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

A joint project of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the search is under a government program called\u00a0“K5: Kilos sa Klima at Kalamidad tungo sa Kaligtasan at Kaunlaran.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“K5 is anchored on preparedness and resilience,” Arapo said.<\/p>\n

Under K5, marks of resilient communities include preparedness for extreme weather and other climate threats, having effective risk communication systems, and having networks for resource exchange, cohesion, response, and recovery.<\/p>\n

Arapo said the formal recognition of the winning communities will be held on Nov. 23 at a venue that is yet to be determined.<\/p>\n

The prize is PHP50,000 for the first place; PHP40,000 for the second; and PHP30,000 for the third. Seven consolation prize winners will get PHP10,000 each.<\/p>\n

“The plan is to deposit those prizes in the winning communities’ respective bank accounts,” Arapo said.<\/p>\n

Last year, the environment and interior departments signed a memorandum of agreement covering K5 to identify Metro Manila’s best climate- and disaster-resilient communities.<\/p>\n

Both agencies believe these communities can serve as models for educating other settlements on climate change, thereby empowering the communities in solving the environmental problem.<\/p>\n

The DILG and the DENR came up with the K5 program, as experts warned the Philippines is among the countries most vulnerable to the changing climate.<\/p>\n

Environment experts said the phenomenon’s effects on the Philippines include the increasing onslaught of extreme weather and the rise in sea level and temperature.<\/p>\n

“Communities must be able to deal with climate change,” Arapo stressed.<\/p>\n

She said 12 of 28 communities that joined the search are already in the shortlist for scoring high on certain resilience-building practices.<\/p>\n

The shortlisted communities are in Para\u00f1aque, Pasig, Makati, Quezon City, Malabon, and Valenzuela, she noted.<\/p>\n

She added these communities are in the running for the top three spots.<\/p>\n

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