UNIDA PRIMER (Fourth of a Series)
NO HOLDS BARRED (054) February 17, 2010
By Ike Señeres
UNIDA PRIMER (Fourth of a Series)
Q. What is CCA?
A. Since the climate could not adapt to the ways of man, it is mankind that should adapt to climate changes, now made worse by the effects of global warming. The simplest of these adaptation changes is recycling and waste segregation, but there are more complex adaptation changes such as the carbon reduction technologies that are prescribed under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the United Nations.
Q. What is DRR?
A. Even if disaster risks could not be prevented, their effects could either be reduced or avoided as the case may be. DRR generally involves the use of technologies such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Short Messaging Systems (SMS), incorporated into hazard mapping and master area planning.
Q. What is ERE?
A. Nature as it was created is perfect by itself, but the destruction of the environment by mankind has caused nature to be imperfect, thereby needing some structural and cosmetic changes to correct it. This is where ERE is needed, for example to re-channel the flow of water to prevent floods, and to build artificial reefs to bring back marine life.
Q. What is the positive side of high poverty rates?
A. A higher prosperity rate is the positive side of a high poverty rate. Having a good LEGAL condition, in other words being the recipient of equal justice, including social and economic justice is a primary human need, as validated by the United Nations and the other international organizations.
Q. What is the positive side of high illiteracy rates?
A. A higher literacy rate is the positive side of a high illiteracy rate. Having a good MENTAL condition, in other words being in possession of a healthy mind that is full of knowledge is a primary human need, as validated by the United Nations and the other international organizations.
Q. What is the positive side of high mortality rates?
A. A higher longevity rate is the positive side of a high mortality rate. Having a good PHYSICAL condition, in other words being in good health is a primary human need, as validated by the United Nations and the other international organizations.
Q. What is the correlation of poverty to justice?
A. In the language of the United Nations, everything is measured in terms of access, and that includes access to justice and legal services. It is a known fact that the poor people in the Philippines generally do not have access to justice on the upside, and are even denied justice on the downside. By giving the poor access to livelihood, the UNIDA hopes to graduate people from the poverty line, consequently gaining the means to have access to justice and legal services.
Q. What is the correlation of illiteracy to knowledge?
A. In the present definition of literacy, a person is considered to be literate if he or she has graduated from the primary grades. In these modern times however, new forms of literacy have emerged, such as computer literacy and climate literacy. To add to that, if we as a nation would want to be competitive in the global marketplace and get back to our position of economic dominance in South East Asia, we have to elevate the definition of literacy to mean taking on new forms of knowledge in higher education.
Q. What is the correlation of mortality to health?
A. It could be said that the high mortality rate in the Philippines (or conversely, the lower longevity rate) is largely due to the similarly high poverty rate. Despite the fact that most Filipinos relatively have access to free medical consultation in public health clinics and public hospitals on the upside, they generally do not have access to affordable hospitalization and medicines on the downside. This is the reason why the UNIDA wants to build more primary hospitals that are owned by the cooperatives, with built-in pharmacy stores where low cost medicines will be sold.
Watch KA IKING LIVE! Thursdays 7pm to 8pm in Global News Network (GNN), Channel 21 in Destiny Cable. Email iseneres@yahoo.com or text +639293605140 for local cable listings. Visit senseneres@blogspot.com
By Ike Señeres
UNIDA PRIMER (Fourth of a Series)
Q. What is CCA?
A. Since the climate could not adapt to the ways of man, it is mankind that should adapt to climate changes, now made worse by the effects of global warming. The simplest of these adaptation changes is recycling and waste segregation, but there are more complex adaptation changes such as the carbon reduction technologies that are prescribed under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the United Nations.
Q. What is DRR?
A. Even if disaster risks could not be prevented, their effects could either be reduced or avoided as the case may be. DRR generally involves the use of technologies such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Short Messaging Systems (SMS), incorporated into hazard mapping and master area planning.
Q. What is ERE?
A. Nature as it was created is perfect by itself, but the destruction of the environment by mankind has caused nature to be imperfect, thereby needing some structural and cosmetic changes to correct it. This is where ERE is needed, for example to re-channel the flow of water to prevent floods, and to build artificial reefs to bring back marine life.
Q. What is the positive side of high poverty rates?
A. A higher prosperity rate is the positive side of a high poverty rate. Having a good LEGAL condition, in other words being the recipient of equal justice, including social and economic justice is a primary human need, as validated by the United Nations and the other international organizations.
Q. What is the positive side of high illiteracy rates?
A. A higher literacy rate is the positive side of a high illiteracy rate. Having a good MENTAL condition, in other words being in possession of a healthy mind that is full of knowledge is a primary human need, as validated by the United Nations and the other international organizations.
Q. What is the positive side of high mortality rates?
A. A higher longevity rate is the positive side of a high mortality rate. Having a good PHYSICAL condition, in other words being in good health is a primary human need, as validated by the United Nations and the other international organizations.
Q. What is the correlation of poverty to justice?
A. In the language of the United Nations, everything is measured in terms of access, and that includes access to justice and legal services. It is a known fact that the poor people in the Philippines generally do not have access to justice on the upside, and are even denied justice on the downside. By giving the poor access to livelihood, the UNIDA hopes to graduate people from the poverty line, consequently gaining the means to have access to justice and legal services.
Q. What is the correlation of illiteracy to knowledge?
A. In the present definition of literacy, a person is considered to be literate if he or she has graduated from the primary grades. In these modern times however, new forms of literacy have emerged, such as computer literacy and climate literacy. To add to that, if we as a nation would want to be competitive in the global marketplace and get back to our position of economic dominance in South East Asia, we have to elevate the definition of literacy to mean taking on new forms of knowledge in higher education.
Q. What is the correlation of mortality to health?
A. It could be said that the high mortality rate in the Philippines (or conversely, the lower longevity rate) is largely due to the similarly high poverty rate. Despite the fact that most Filipinos relatively have access to free medical consultation in public health clinics and public hospitals on the upside, they generally do not have access to affordable hospitalization and medicines on the downside. This is the reason why the UNIDA wants to build more primary hospitals that are owned by the cooperatives, with built-in pharmacy stores where low cost medicines will be sold.
Watch KA IKING LIVE! Thursdays 7pm to 8pm in Global News Network (GNN), Channel 21 in Destiny Cable. Email iseneres@yahoo.com or text +639293605140 for local cable listings. Visit senseneres@blogspot.com
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