RIA PERSAD
AT the inaugural National Convention on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction that was held December 6 to 8, 2017, was a US-based research and development effort specifically tailored to assist the Philippines with climate and disaster risk. This effort was represented by this writer, the founder of the social enterprise StatWeather Inc. which since its founding in 2009 has set out to solve the world’s toughest problems in weather and climate prediction.