Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Antonia Loyzaga (center) served as witness to the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Manila Observatory (MO) and ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) on October 2 in Quezon City. MO Executive Director Fr. Jose Ramon Villarin, S.J. (2nd from left) and ACB Executive Director Dr. Theresa Mundita (2nd from right) led the signing of the five-year Agreement, which aims for MO and ACB to closely collaborate on modelling impacts of different climate scenarios on biodiversity, and generate crucial information on the effects of the changing climate. Also served as witnesses of the ceremonial signing were Dr. Faye Abigail Cruz (extreme left), climate scientist at MO, and Dr. Arvin Diesmos (extreme right), Director of ACB’s Biodiversity Knowledge Management Department. ###