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My Climate Risk is a Lighthouse Activity of the World Climate Research Programme which aims to develop and mainstream a ‘bottom-up’ approach to regional climate risk, which starts with a better understanding of local contexts and the requirements of decision-makers.

My Climate Risk uses a case-study approach, promoting communities of practice which provide dynamic, exploratory, transdisciplinary environments. These communities of practice could take a variety of forms depending on local needs and interests. A canonical activity would be to discuss current risk in a given situation, with proximate explanations, and then develop storylines of future climate-related risk based on those explanations. In this way, the past can be related to the future within a risk framing.

To facilitate the desired ‘bottom-up’ approach, My Climate Risk is implemented through an informal ecosystem of regional hubs which support a ‘mycorrhizal network’ of communities of practice, sharing knowledge and resources.

The ADMU Hub

The hub hosted by the Ateneo de Manila University reflects on what it means to truly understand and address climate risk with people's experiences on the ground as a key component in the analyses. We aim to be interdisciplinary in scope, bringing the perspectives and methods of the different sciences and humanities to bear, and inclusive in approach, engaging with actors of all sectors and ages!

The ADMU Regional Hub is housed in and led by the Climate and Disaster Resilience Program of the Ateneo Institute of Sustainability. This program is managed by Jean Jardeleza Mijares, and supported by program officer, Daniel Ratilla. In addition, Dr. C. Kendra Gotangco Gonzales (AIS Director and former Program Manager of CDR; Dept. of Environmental Science, School of Science and Engineering), sits on the Scientific Steering Committee of WCRP’s My Climate Risk Lighthouse Activity.

The ADMU Regional Hub is implemented in collaboration with:

The School of Science and Engineering - Ateneo Research Institute of Science and Engineering (ARISE), through its Climate and Disaster Resilience Laboratory

The Coastal Cities at Risk in the Philippines (CCaRPH) Project

The Manila Observatory, an affiliate of the Ateneo de Manila University

Members of the core group also include:

Priscilla Angela Cruz (Department of English, School of Humanities),
Nikki Carsi Cruz (Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, School of Humanities)
Assunta Cuyegkeng (Gokongwei Brothers School of Education and Learning Design)
Emilyn Espiritu (ARISE; Department of Environmental Science, School of Science and Engineering)
Inez Ponce de Leon (Department of Communication, School of Social Sciences)
Emma Porio (CCARPH; Department of Sociology and Anthropology, School of Social Sciences)
Philip Arnold P. Tuaño (Ateneo School of Government)
Jose Ramon Villarin, SJ (Manila Observatory; Department of Physics, School of Science and Engineering)
May Celine Vicente (Manila Observatory; Department of Physics, Department of Environmental Science)
Faye Abigail Cruz (Manila Observatory)
Ma. Laurice Jamero (Manila Observatory)

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