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MANNY M. DE GUZMAN
Manny M. De Guzman is a Filipino expert on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. He is also a public health specialist and an economist. He is currently the Secretary of the Climate Change Commission of the Philippines.

Manny played a key role in forging the climate justice provisions and the 1.5oC cap in the historic Conference of Parties 21 (COP21) Agreement in Paris on December 2015. The COP21 is a landmark in the worldwide climate change advocacy.

Education and Early Career
Manny's multi-faceted career in both the public and development sector is largely due to his multi-faceted education. He is a product of the Ateneo de Manila University where he obtained his high school, college (Economics, 1986) and post-graduate (Masters in Business Administration, 1992) degrees. He then pursued further studies at Boston University (Certificate on International Public Health, 1992) and the University of Geneva (Diploma on Health Emergency Preparedness and Crisis Management, 1995).

Manny started his career in government in 1986 when he became an economic researcher at the Department of Health. He quickly became an executive assistant of the department undersecretary, program manager of various department programs, and chairman of the department's technical core group.

In 1997, he became a consultant of the National Security Council and served as deputy administrator of the Office of Civil Defense of the Department of National Defense the following year. He held that post until 2001 when the international scene beckoned.

Career in International Development Sector
In 2001, Manny was tapped by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a consultant. This was the start of an extensive international career in development work. The international institutions that he advised on the varied issues surrounding disaster risk management, contingency planning and climate change were the following: UN Development Programme (UNDP), UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC), UN International Recovery Platform (UN IRP), Asia-Pacific Institute for Green Development, World Bank, ASEAN and the World Meteorological Association. Manny's engagements in these positions took him to various countries in the Asia-Pacific region and Europe and honed further his diplomatic skills.

COP21 Role
In November 2015, Manny was appointed by President Benigno Aquino III as the Secretary of the Climate Change Commission. He immediately assumed the role as chief negotiator for the Philippines in time for the COP21 scheduled later that month until the first week of December in Paris.

Manny's extensive experience and network in the international scene proved invaluable. Through him, the Philippines led the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) in its nascent period. The CVF is a bloc of 43 middle-economy and developing nations throughout the world which was successful in integrating the 1.5 o C warming cap into the Paris Agreement and the enshrinement of human rights as the Agreement's bedrock principle.

By championing the rights of indigenous peoples, alongside the rights of women, the youth and migrants among others, Manny was made an adopted son by the Kankana-ey, a Cordilleran tribe in a traditional ceremony during the Mt. Pulag Summit held last October 2017. He was given the name Batucagan which translates to “Ancestor of the Forest.” He was reappointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as Secretary on December 2017.

A very private person, Manny is married and has a young daughter.