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Quezon LGUs, disaster officers attend summit on climate change

By Joselito M. Giron
Tuesday 6th of August 2013

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LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Aug. 6 (PIA) -- Thirty municipal disaster risk reduction and management (MDRRM) officers including local chief executives from Quezon province will attend the Regional Summit on disaster risk reduction and management and climate change adaptation slated August 6-7 at Heritage Hotel, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City.

Dr. Henry Buzar, PDRRMC officer, said the municipal mayors will be asked for their commitment to put disaster risk reduction and management including climate change adaptation at the forefront of their plans to protect the disaster-prone municipalities.

“The municipal mayors will understand just how important that a community with knowledge in disaster preparedness and have sufficient rescue equipment can save many lives in times of calamity,” Buzar said.

This summit will provide a forum for Calabarzon’s mayors, policy makers, planners, academe and development experts to discuss issues and challenges facing the region with regard to disaster risk reduction.

After the conference, the MDRRM officers will conduct re-echo seminar to barangays officials to ensure that existing policies and institutional mechanisms for disaster risk reduction and management and climate change adaptation will be integrated in their barangay plan.

The regional summit is hosted by the Calabarzon Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council and the Office of Civil Defense 4-A in partnership with the departments of Science and Technology, Interior and Local Government, Social Welfare and Development, Environment and Natural Resources, and the National Economic and Development Authority. (PIA 4A, Quezon)