1. ABOUT TOOLS DATA RESOURCES

2. A “one-stop shop” on climate change-
and disaster-related information for
the Philippines.
It contains:
 Basic information on climate
change and disaster risk reduction
and management;
 Tools for downscaling and
projection, and sectoral
impact, adaptation, and
vulnerability assessments;
 Downscaled climate projections
per province (maps, view and
download data by request);
 Useful resources and links to
publications, institutions and
experts.

3.  Our main goal in climate science is to guide
decision makers in crafting plans for the next 10
or 20 years and beyond. Strategic planning
requires usable and application-appropriate
information about climate variability and change.
 Climate information is an important input in
decision making especially for adaptation
planning. Adaptation measures will help build
the resilience of communities which is key factor
in sustainable development. Climate projections
provide a set of plausible future climate and its
corresponding impacts.
 This will allow decision makers to better visualize
what these different impacts imply nationally and
locally. Thus, will enable the formulation of plans
and strategies to adapt to a changing
environment.

4. The portal is intended for use by:
 DECISION-MAKERS to help them formulate adaptation programs
and projects and to plan for long-term infrastructure investments;
 RESEARCHERS AND STUDENTS for further understanding of
impacts, assessing vulnerabilities and recommending adaptation
strategies;
 PRIVATE SECTOR to allow the assessment of future risks, for better
planning, management and investments in infrastructure
And ultimately,
 FARMERS, FISHERFOLKS, EMPLOYEES AND COMMUNITIES to
help them create better-informed decisions in the face of current and
future climate- and disaster- related events.

5. The portal contains:
 DOWNSCALING
APPROACHES
 IMPACT ASSESSMENT
METHODS AND TOOLS
It is designed to assist users in
selecting the most appropriate
methodology for
downscaling, assessments of
impacts as well as vulnerability and
potentially, adaptation to climate
change.

6. Sectors include:
 Coastal/Marine
 Health
 Agriculture and food security
 Water
 Forestry
 Urban and Infrastructure
 Gender
 Energy

7. DOWNSCALING
APPROACHES
This portal provides an
overview of the tools for
generating climate scenarios
and how to modify the spatial
resolution of climate data
(downscaling). It also provides
links to additional
information regarding the
tools.

8. HOW TO USE IT?
 If you are interested to know
the different methods and tools
under the two general
downscaling techniques, under
the Tools Menu, select Scenario
Generation and click either
Dynamic Downscaling or
Statistical Downscaling.
 If you know which method you
are looking for, select from the
first column, and click. You will
be brought to the desired page
containing description and
relevant sources of information

9. IMPACT, VULNERABILITY
AND ADAPTATION
ASSESSMENT
Contains different
frameworks, methodologies
and tools which have been
developed at the
farm, watershed, regional and
national scale on assessing
impacts, vulnerability and
adaptation.

10. HOW TO USE IT?
 If you are interested to know
the different methods and tools
under a specific sector, choose
which sector from the filter
and click. A list of methods
and tools will be provided.
 If you know which method you
are looking for, select from the
first column, and click. You will
be brought to the link / website
which contains the necessary
information.

11. CLIMATE PROJECTIONS
This page will contain both
climate change projections and
observed climate variables
(rainfall and temperature) up to
the provincial level.
To view your area of
interest, select the area of
interest from the map, or key in
or click national or regional.

12.  Once you have chosen the
region, all provinces that
have data can be selected
from the drop down list. You
may also chose National
which will provide country-
wide data.
 Choose the appropriate
parameters from the
dropdown menu.
 Then click Generate to
change map and table view.

13. The page will then generate:
(1) a map containing the
climate information on
the specific
region/province using
your chosen parameters.
(2) a table or figure
containing relevant data
values
(3) Source of information is
also displayed to provide
you with the appropriate
context and information
about how the data was
generated
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14.  NOTE: Some menu may show no images and data yet
as we are still in the process of generating projections,
please visit the site again to check for updates.
Data available as of 26 September 2013

15.  IMPACT, VULNERABILIT
Y AND ADAPTATION
STUDIES
Contains reports and
publications on
impact, vulnerability and
adaptation assessments in
different sectors at across
temporal and spatial
scales

16. From the Menu, select
your sector of interest.
Once clicked, a list of
studies including their
title, geographical
scale, team and year of
publication will be
given.
Select from the list and
click the title, you will
then be brought to the
proper website/link of
the publication where
you can access the
entire piece.

17. The portal contains:
PUBLICATIONS on CCA and DRR at both local and international arena
INSTITUTIONS working on CCA and DRR from global to regional to local
EXPERTS from CCA- and DRR-related fields

18.  From the filter, select
the
TYPE, SECTOR, and
YEAR.
 Types include:

19. From the Main
Menu, select
Institutions, and
click whether
Global, Regional,
or National.
Once
selected, you will
be shown a list of
institutions. You
can filter more by
selecting the
TYPE of
organization you
are interested in.

20. From the Main
Menu, select
Experts
Filter by Area of
Expertise to
look for experts
on the field.

21.  Should you want to be
part of our
database, click the
link as indicated at
the bottom of the
page and accomplish
the form.
You can also access the
form directly at:
http://goo.gl/shNXlF

22.  You are also requested to
take the time to answer
our online survey to
improve the Climate
Knowledge Portal.
 Please accomplish the
form at
http://goo.gl/NyGIdf

23.  Users are advised to properly evaluate the application of
information presented in this portal to their specific purpose.
Users should acknowledge The OML Center and PAGASA as the
source used in the creation of any publication, report and other
products that may arise from the use of the data on climate
projections.
 Any information from the tools and resources particularly
publications are given proper citation, the user is advised to use
as indicated. The user is brought to the website/link to properly
recognize the owner of the right to publish. The user should
properly acknowledge the original source of information.
 No warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the OML Center
and PAGASA as to the accuracy and fitness for a particular
purpose nor shall the distribution constitute any such
warranty, no responsibility is therefore assumed by the Center
and PAGASA.

24. CONTACT US
The OML Center (Main Office)
36th Flr. One Corporate Center,
Julia Vargas corner, Meralco Avenue, Ortigas, Pasig City
1605 Philippines
Telephone Nos.: +(632) 982-2276 or 755-2332 loc. 2276.
info@omlopezcenter.org