Pinas, ni-renew ang commitment sa international community

NI-RENEW ng Pilipinas ang commitment nito sa international community na i- adopt ang anticipatory action para mapigilan o mapagaan ang potential disaster impacts bago pa mangyari ang krisis.

“We’ve gained the wisdom that predicting, preventing and mitigating the shock and impact of a disaster are key to risk reduction and management,” ayon kay Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. sa virtual high-level humanitarian event na “Anticipatory Action: A Commitment to Act Before Crises” noong Setyembre 9, 2021.

Ang Anticipatory action ay “set of actions taken to prevent or mitigate potential disaster impacts before a shock or before acute impacts are felt. It is carried out in anticipation of a shock, based on a prediction of how the event will unfold.”

Ang anticipatory action event ay idinaos bago pa ang United Nations climate change conference o COP26 (Conference of the Parties) sa Glasgow na nakatakda sa susunod na buwan, kinilala ang lumalaking epekto ng climate change sa “severity and frequency of disasters.”

Sa kanyang naging mensahe, ipinaliwanag ng Kalihim na kumikilos ang Philippine Development Plan (PDP) at National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan (NDRRMP) pagdating sa “data sharing, creation of command systems and emergency operation centers at national and local levels.”

Ang mahalaga sa lahat ng ito ayon kay Locsin ay ang collective effort ng mga Filipinos, gobyerno at publiko.

” Philippines developed the HunterHazard app to provide land developers risk information and assessment of a particular area and the establishment of the Philippine Space Agency to strengthen hazard monitoring and forecasting through earth observation through satellite sensing,” aniya pa rin.

“Since 2015, the Philippines have been working with the Philippine Red Cross, the UN World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and other stakeholders to build capacity,” dagdag na pahayag ng Kalihim.

Idnagdag pa nito na ang PIlipinas ay isang active supporter ng UN Central Emergency Fund (CERF) at hangad na maging pilot country kasama ang CERF sa proyekto nito ukol sa anticipatory action sa mga bagyo.

Ang UN at gobyerno ng Germany at United Kingdom ay nagpulong sa Anticipatory Event 2021 “to advance anticipatory action and galvanize a collective push to act ahead of crises.”