Bigger Project NOAH funding to boost climate change response

Bigger Project NOAH funding to boost climate change response

UP Resilience Institute (UPRI) Executive Director Mahar Lagmay said the recently released P1-billion budget would further expand Project Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards (NOAH), focusing on strengthening flood management, hazard monitoring and disaster risk reduction systems as the country confronts the effects of climate change.Lagmay, a UP geology professor, said he hoped that the government’s funding for UPRI “will continue to tra…