Providing the Philippines’ maritime industry with accurate weather data as well as investing heavily in climate technology is vital to reducing the risk of losses while at sea, Chairman Mary Ann Pastrana of Archipelago Philippine Ferries Corp., one of the leading ferry operators in the country, said.
The Worldwide Ferry Safety Conference organized in collaboration with Institute Teknika Surabaya was an enlightening event that underscored the paramount significance of weather data, study, and technology within the maritime industry,” Pastrana, who is also a climate change advocate, said at the International Maritime Safety and Weather Technology conference and workshop held last August 9 and 10.
The National Panel of Technical Experts (NPTE), created under the Climate Change Act to provide technical advice to the Climate Change Commission (CCC) in areas of climate science, technologies, and best practices for risk assessment and enhancement of the adaptive capacity of vulnerable human settlements to potential impacts of climate change, has been conducting a series of awareness campaigns through its five-part policy forum to further engage stakeholders in climate policy.
Meanwhile, the goal of the International Maritime Safety and Weather Technology conference and workshop is to save lives at sea by improving knowledge about and warning about impending weather.
The topics covered include sea level rise, health and climate change, flooding, integrated coastal management, the blue economy, and water and human security, to further engage stakeholders in the climate policy.