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Science Secretary Renato Solidum on Wednesday pushed for an integrated land use plan and better implementation of laws on disaster risk reduction after the Philippines for the third straight year registered the highest World Risk Index in a study of 193 countries.At the presentation of the Department of Science and Technology's P28.77-billion proposed budget for 2025 before the Senate Committee on Finance, Sen.
Source: World Risk Report 2024, Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict of the Ruhr-University Bochum in Denmark Risk index factorsThe WRI is calculated per country in terms of exposure and vulnerability. "Exposure represents the extent to which populations are exposed to and burdened by the impacts of earthquakes, tsunamis, coastal and riverine floodings, cyclones, droughts, and sea level rise," the report said.
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