'Disaster Risk Reduction and Management is a continuing global challenge that needs to be addressed at the local level,' Nimfa Bracamonte, project leader of the study on Disaster Management (DRRM) Towards Climate Change Adaptation in Two River Systems in Iligan City, said in the recently concluded Mindanao Policy Forum on NRCP Research-based DRRM Policies: Keeping Everyone Safe.

DRRM has been adopted by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and used locally in line with R.A. 10121 of 2010 that strengthens the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management System.