Philippines: One month after Yolanda - What we need to do - Opinion

"Ultimately, we need continuous dialogues to bridge the gap between science and policy, as well as between science and the rest of society in general. Disaster risk management—which includes risk reduction—can only be effective if correctly informed by science and properly understood by communities," write Dean Tony La Vina and Dr. Kristoffer Berse on the pages of Rappler. The authors co-teach graduate courses on climate change and disaster risk management at the Ateneo School of Government (ASOG).