4 Luzon cities eyed for study on climate

BAGUIO CITY – An international funding agency has chosen four key cities in Northern Luzon as pilot areas for a four-year study on how to significantly mitigate effects of climate change on people living in the said areas.

The four cities, Baguio in the Cordillera; Dagupan and San Fernando in Region 1, and Tuguegarao in Region 2, were chosen as pilot sites for the “Cities in Asia Developing Climate Sensitive Adaptation Plans” because of the worsening effects of global warming to the lives of the people in the areas.

The International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) Local Government for Sustainability cited the study which includes cities in India and with a total budget of 1.5 million euros, is reportedly funded by the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of the Federal Republic of Germany.

The study, in consonance with climate change adaptation and disaster is reduction advocacy of the Regional Development Council in the Cordillera, aims to help concerned local governments formulate comprehensive and long-term mitigation or adaptation plans, together with ICLEI or the local governments for sustainability, which is an international association of local governments and national and regional local government organizations that have initially made a commitment for sustainable development. – Dexter A. See