UN-HABITAT’s Cities and Climate Change Initiative promotes enhanced climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing country cities. Sorsogon is a pilot city of the Initiative, and this document is an initial output of Sorsogon’s Cities and Climate Change Initiative activities. This summary is based on the report titled “Sorsogon City Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment”.
The Sorsogon City Assessment examines the climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation capacity of a small coastal city in the Philippines – Sorsogon City in the Bicol Region. The assessment uses a participatory Vulnerability and Adaptation process that looks into the city’s exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity vis-à-vis projected climate scenarios, previous climate related disaster events and people’s account of the past events and observations. It examines how the existing institutional framework at national and city level addresses climate change and also identifies gaps in the framework. Measures taken by the city to adapt to and mitigate against climate change are highlighted. In conclusion, the summary recommends actions to be taken to ensure that issues of climate change are adequately addressed and the adverse consequences are minimized.
Date published: September 15 2010
Publication type: Report — Download PDF
Pages: 28
