The Green Assessment Framework (GAF) was specifically developed by CCIPH under the auspices of the USAID-SIBOL Project to provide biodiversity and ecosystem-based pre- and post-disaster analyses that will underpin planning for future disaster risks, and green reconstruction and resilience planning. The GAF was piloted in response to the Super Typhoon Odette. Green Assessments were conducted in Palawan (March – May 2022) and Siargao (August – October 2022).
The impetus for this initiative is the idea that ecological concerns are not always sufficiently incorporated into strategic planning at the outset of the reconstruction process as seen in global post-disaster experiences. The Philippines’ own post-disaster needs assessments and recovery plans in the last decade have primarily focused on the resumption of economic activities
and the provision of basic services.
CCIPH’s experience in piloting the GAF led to the development of the Green Recovery Plan (GRP)
Framework, which is designed to determine a set of strategies and initiatives aimed at restoring damaged ecosystems after climate-induced disasters.