00:00The Calinga Provincial Government recently inked a memorandum of agreement with the International
00:05Development Agency Alinea Philippines for the implementation of the Governance for Climate
00:10and Disaster Resilience Project. Rod Asurin from the Philippine Information Agency Calinga has details.
00:18The resilience of Calinga to natural disasters and climate change will be enhanced with the
00:22implementation of a six-year Climate and Disaster Resiliency Project. The Calinga Provincial
00:28Government recently inked a memorandum of agreement with the International Development
00:32Agency Alinea Philippines for the implementation of the Governance for Climate and Disaster
00:38Resilience Project. Funded by the Canadian Government through the Global Affairs Canada,
00:43the project aims to build the capacities of local government units and communities to effectively
00:48prepare, mitigate, respond to, and recover from climate-induced hazards and natural disasters.
00:55We are fortunate to be one of the recipient provinces of this foreign-funded initiative
01:03and with this privilege comes the responsibility to demonstrate our unity and cooperation
01:11in ensuring its success. We will also be liberating the technical expertise of both
01:19Caribbean and Filipino institutions in that work specializing in climate hazard
01:25and risk assessment, climate modeling, and disaster recovery planning. The project will
01:32support Calinga to enhance its climate and disaster risk assessment and integrate it
01:37to its development plans. It will also help local governments tap funding mechanisms to
01:42implement climate change adaptation projects such as the People's Survival Fund. Calinga is
01:48one of the six provinces in the country selected for the project alongside Aklan, Samar, Bohol,
01:55Davao de Oro, and Bupidnon. From PIA Calinga, Rod Azurin, Balitang Pambansa.
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