Daily TribuneGlenn Banaguas is an Executive Fellow of the renowned Geneva Center for Security Policy in Switzerland. Recently, he was chosen as the distinguished Lee Kuan Yew Senior Fellow in Public Service in Singapore.
(FROM left) Research Scientist Cezar Ian Santos, ASEAN Science Diplomat and UN Sasakawa Laureate Glenn Banaguas, PACU president Dr. Anthony Tamayo, and PACU executive director Joyce Samaniego. | PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY BY PACU
In an effort to improve the climate change mitigation and adaptation capabilities of the country's higher educational institutions, the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities enlisted the aid of UN-awarded science diplomat Glenn Banaguas for its Climate Smart Academia 2050.
The nationwide program aims to: (1) Develop Net-zero Emission or Decarbonization or Low Carbon Diet Roadmap for the academic sector through the GreenHouse Gases accounting; (2) Develop and implement a Climate Change Adaptation-Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Solution for the country; and (3) Conduct regional trainings, capacity buildings, and consultation workshops on climate and sustainability financing.
"This initiative helps extend and complements our existing efforts to provide public and private schools across the country with much-needed climate and resilience competencies," Banaguas said.
As president and founder of the Environmental and Climate Change Research Institute, Banaguas established Climate Smart Philippines to bring science to the public and capacitate all levels of stakeholders in addressing disasters and preventing losses from climate change and other hazards. He is also the Chairman of the ASEAN Science Diplomats and the US-ASEAN Fellows for Science and Technology, and a member of the EU-Asia Expert Panel for Climate Diplomacy and Environmental Security.
Likewise, Banaguas is an Executive Fellow of the renowned Geneva Centre for Security Policy in Switzerland. Recently, he was chosen as the distinguished Lee Kuan Yew Senior Fellow in Public Service in Singapore.
Banaguas is a recipient of the UN Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Asia Leaders Award for Sustainable Leadership, and other international accolades.
PACU is the oldest and most esteemed umbrella organization of private institutions of higher education in the Philippines, originally established in 1932 as the Association of Filipino Private Universities and Colleges at the suggestion of patriots Justice Jose Abad Santos and Conrado Benitez. It aims to contribute to nation-building through transformative private higher education in a deregulated environment imbued with a global perspective and anchored on social responsibility and mutual cooperation.
