Disaster-prone areas in the province of Rizal have adopted climate change policies in an “eco-town” program under a project commissioned by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA).

The Protected Area Management Board of the Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape (UMRBPL), sometimes called “Marikina Watershed,” has adopted the Climate Resilience and Green Growth Road Map developed under the ADB-funded “Climate Resilience and Green Growth in UMRBPL: Demonstrating the Ecotown Framework.”