Stakeholders’ Briefing: Latest IPCC Report on Impacts, Adaptation & Vulnerability (Philippines)
- English
Time
9:00 am - 11:30 am
About the event
On 3 March 2022, the Manila Observatory, National Resilience Council, Oscar M. Lopez Center (OML Center), and the UPLB Interdisciplinary Studies Center for Integrated Natural Resources and Environment Management (INREM) will be conducting an online stakeholders’ briefing on the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Working Group 2 (WG2). Scheduled for international launch on 28 February, the IPCC AR6 WG2 focuses on and assesses the impacts, adaptation and vulnerabilities related to climate change.
The online stakeholders’ briefing will provide an overview of the key findings of the report through the featured IPCC authors from the Philippines and their initial analysis on the implications for the Philippines. The briefing will be led by the three Filipino scientists who were part of the IPCC AR6 WG2 development:
- Dr. Rodel D. Lasco, Executive Director of the OML Center, is coordinating lead author of Chapter 5 on Food, fiber, and other ecosystem products, and a drafting author of the IPCC AR6 WG2 Summary for Policy Makers.
- Dr. Juan M. Pulhin, Professor and Chair of UPLB-INREM, is lead author of Chapter 10 on Asia.
- Dr. Rosa T. Perez, Senior Research Fellow of the Manila Observatory, is lead author of Chapter 18 on climate resilient development pathways.
The online briefing will be held from 9:00 am to 11:30 am over Zoom and streamed on the Facebook pages of the partner organizations.
Briefing materials and certificates of participation will be made available after the event. Register to attend the event at https://tinyurl.com/rr9fshsj.