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Book on AFP Resilience: In launching her book, “The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the Humanitarian Space: Building Resilience, Fostering Resilient Communities”, Senator Loren Legarda, an AFP reservist with the rank of colonel, said that the material codifies the relevance of military resilience building of the AFP as an institution, inclusion of climate change adaptation and mitigation (CCAM) and disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) in the AFP’s practice and governance framework, and fostering resilient communities in response to risks caused by climate change to the community and the environment.

“Building resilience not only means responding to threats brought by climate change and natural hazards, but also involves reforms to strengthen the adaptability of institutional structures and systems. Thus, the AFP’s resilience as an institution is just as important as building resilience in communities,” said Legarda.