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RP Scientists Study Socioeconomics of Climate Change


 

The study titled “State of the Art on the Socioeconomics of Climate Change in the Philippines: Expert Synthesis and Benchmarking,” is being undertaken by the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization-Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEAMEO SEARCA) and the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCARRD), both Los Baños-based.

SEARCA is one of the 15 “centers of excellence” of SEAMEO, an inter-government-treaty organization founded in 1965 to foster cooperation among SEA nations in the fields of education, science, and culture. PCARRD is DOST’s sectoral council that coordinates, evaluates, and monitors agriculture, forestry, and natural resources research in the country.

SEARCA, through its director, Dr. Gil C. Saguiguit Jr., and PCARRD, through its executive director, Dr. Patricio S. Faylon, signed the memorandum of agreement for the implementation of the project.

The project is expected to provide science-based information to assist the Philippines in policy formulation related to climate change.

It will consolidate existing literature to identify research gaps on the socioeconomic implications of climate change as well as the benefits of mitigation measures. It will also benchmark Philippine research on climate change vis-à-vis those of neighboring SEA countries.

Dr. Saguiguit noted that the impacts of climate change on the way people live are already felt and have been discussed in various activities. However, he averred, climate change also affects the way we do development. This project will hopefully shape the future direction of development policies and research.

Dr. Faylon also pointed out that the collaboration between SEARCA and PCARRD will benefit not only the Philippines but Southeast Asia as well. Moreover, the results of the project will be useful not only to researchers, development planners, and policymakers but also farmers who are greatly affected by climate change.

Summing up, SEARCA and PCARRD stressed: “Looking at the socioeconomics of climate change gives a human development perspective to this phenomenon as a global problem. It will demonstrate how critical climate change is in addressing development goals.”

Source: Article by Rudy A. Fernandez
The Philippine Star, October 16, 2009

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