Pauline Angelic Roxas, Program Officer, Land Bank of the Philippines provided a detailed description of the Multi-Hazard Impact-Based Forecasting and Early Warning System Programme, a programme co-funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Philippine government.
With the Philippines being highly vulnerable to impacts of climate change and natural disasters, the programme tries to implement a “paradigm shift of the system of forecasting and EWS from the first mile to the last mile to lead to a more people-centered and inclusive climate risk management in the Philippines”. The programme is “the first GCF project to integrate scientific work on probabilistic forecasting, modelling and risk assessment to facilitate the production of meaningful impact-based forecasts and warnings for early action and early response during the window of anticipation.”