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In order to strengthen the nation’s efforts at disaster risk reduction (DRR), the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is endorsing President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Marcos admitted that the Philippines is a disaster-prone nation in his first State of the Nation Address on Monday.

“Therefore, it is essential to enhance natural resilience capacity. In order for us to have precise weather forecasts and prompt disaster alarms, investment in research and technology is essential, he said.

According to research, several sections of the nation are currently at great risk from the rise in sea levels brought on by the increase in global temperature, the speaker continued.

With community planning that is disaster-proof, we must adapt to this phenomena, added Marcos.

Undersecretary Renato Solidum Jr., the DOST official in charge, stated that the organization agrees and supports the need to invest in research and technology for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation and mitigation.

“DOST designated six R&D (research and development) areas for the urgent aspects of catastrophe and climate change resilience: natural and health risks, water, energy, environment, society, and infrastructure. We are convinced that addressing one of these dimensions can have positive side effects on the others. After Marcos’ first SONA, Solidum declared, “These characteristics of resilience are then the focus of R&Ds that we will pursue over the next six years.

Without taking into account the budgets of PAGASA and the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Solidum stated that the R&D budget of the DOST for DRR efforts this year is PHP150 million.

He claimed that the DOST is of the opinion that the HNRDA will meet the country’s needs in terms of science, technology, and innovation.

In order to realize the Filipino vision of disaster and climate resilience, we will work with the national, local, and commercial sectors, Solidum added.

The DOST held a number of consultations with its sectoral stakeholders in the DRRCC, energy, industry, emerging technologies, and the fields of health, agriculture, aquatics, and natural resources.

He said that the HNRDA 2022–2028, which the National Economic Development Authority approved last month, will be used by the agency to solve these societal and sectoral issues.

Vicente Malano, the administrator of the meteorological bureau, concurred that forecasting capability needed to be strengthened.

The proposed budget for PAGASA for the following year, he claimed, is PHP3 billion.

Malano claimed that while PAGASA has adequate funding for operations and upkeep, the Covid-19 epidemic has put a cap on the organization’s infrastructure spending this year.

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