Global Experts on Climate Innovation and IP (from left to right: Mr. Edwin Carrie, Deputy Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme; Dr. Mercedita A. Sombilla, Director of SEARCA; Engr. Chamlette Garcia, Director III of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines’ Documentation, Information, and Technology Transfer Bureau (DITTB); Mr. Achilles Voltaire Estrada, Senior Green Investment Officer of the Global Green Growth Institute; and Ms. Maylis Charlat, Project Leader of the EU-PH Green Economy Partnership at Expertise France.
IP: The Silent Engine Behind Green Breakthroughs
Without IP protection, it’s difficult to find investors for a technology. With protection, you spur technology transfer, encourage investment, and build trust in green innovations,
Garcia emphasized.
Data: The Glue Linking Climate Science and Policy
Climate touches everything — health, education, agriculture, business. If we don’t govern climate data inclusively and adaptively, we risk marginalizing the very communities we aim to protect,
Altomonte noted.
Traditional climate communications have focused too much on data and risks. But logic and reason are not the key drivers of human behavior. Effective climate communication must reflect people’s values, identities, and concerns, while showing them how their peers are already acting,
Charlat emphasized.
From Policy to Action: Building Climate-Ready Systems
Investing in better data systems is a prerequisite for smart, inclusive, and scalable climate action. We must understand climate data, analyze it, and create solutions tailored to local realities,
Carrie said.
Universities are not merely reacting to climate crises; they are actively engaged in developing scalable and relevant solutions to combat climate change,
Dr.Sombilla noted.
DOST-TAPI: Enabling Innovation Across All Frontiers
By fostering collaboration among academe, industry, government, and other stakeholders, DOST-TAPI accelerates technology transfer, drives commercialization, and builds public-private partnerships that bring Filipino innovations to wider markets.
The Department of Science and Technology -Technology Application and Promotion Institute (DOST-TAPI) is one of DOST's service agencies whose primary responsibility is to promote the commercialization of technologies and market the services of the other operating units of the Department. It was created by virtue of Executive Order No. 128 on 30 January 1987.
If you want to learn more about the programs and services of DOST-TAPI, you may email us at info@tapi.dost.gov.ph, call us at (02) 8582 1450, or visit our DOST-TAPI Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/DOST.TAPI) for more details.