Climate adaptation tools were showcased at the National Climate Resilience Forum’s exhibit booths to help local government units better prepare for disasters.

Among the tools are the PAGASA National Hydro-Met Observing Network (PANaHON), Climate Impacts Monitoring and Analysis Platform (CliMap) and the PlanSmart digital platform.

PANaHON is a real-time weather forecasting tool of the weather bureau Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). Accessible online, PANaHON displays near real-time data from synoptic stations, automatic weather stations, radar, satellite and lightning detection systems on a single interactive map. It also shows current weather variables such as rainfall, temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, heat index and atmospheric pressure.

The platform includes weather outlooks and location-based forecasts, with daily and hourly forecasts plus a five-day outlook for selected cities and tourist spots. PAGASA also added a Chance of Rain product that estimates rainfall probability for selected areas over the next five days.

Users can receive push notifications and view color-coded warnings for tropical cyclones, heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and flood advisories. The interactive map is designed to help people track active weather systems and understand local hazards faster.

Another PAGASA climate tool is CliMap, an online climate information map that provides climate data for locations in the Philippines, especially rainfall and temperature information.

CliMap lets users explore available climate data over a desired area and view projections for seasonal averages and climate extremes. The platform is designed for climate assessment and planning, so users can support local development, adaptation, and risk-informed decision-making.

Meanwhile, the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development’s (DHSUD) Planado or Plan & Do program digitalizes land-use and urban planning, so local governments can produce smarter, greener, more resilient and more inclusive settlements.

At the core of Planado is PlanSmart for Sustainable Human Settlements, a digital platform that helps LGUs collect, visualize, and analyze environmental, demographic, and hazard data for land-use and urban development planning. It also helps streamline the preparation of Comprehensive Land Use Plans, which has traditionally been slow and paper-heavy.

Planado is meant to reduce the backlog in local land-use plans and push LGUs toward risk-informed planning by 2028.

DHSUD says the broader goal is to support climate- and disaster-resilient urban development, not just faster paperwork.