{"id":1832,"date":"2021-12-06T20:33:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T12:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=1832"},"modified":"2025-09-16T09:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T01:15:13","slug":"volume-42-no-2-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=1832","title":{"rendered":"VOLUME 42 NO. 2 (2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:35% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2020-Cover-Page-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1830 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2020-Cover-Page-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2020-Cover-Page-177x250.png 177w, https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2020-Cover-Page-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2020-Cover-Page-1086x1536.png 1086w, https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2020-Cover-Page-1448x2048.png 1448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>For the 42nd Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) and 2020 Regional Scientific Meetings (RSM), the National Academy of Science and Technology Philippines (NAST PHL) adopted the theme: Science and Technology for Society: Solutions to Long-Standing Concerns. This annual gathering serves as a forum that convenes stakeholders from various sectors to discuss important and timely national issues and concerns towards formation of policy recommendations and actions. The 42nd ASM, held from July 7-10, 2020, focused on pivotal societal challenges including (1) food system and health, (2) energy and water, (3) environment, climate change, and blue economy, (4) ICT, shelter, and other infrastructure, and (5) science education and talent retention as well as the learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic to formulate policies or implementing guidelines in providing solutions to our long-standing woes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"table-of-contents\"><strong>TABLE OF CONTENTS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=2305\">Feeding Metro Manila in 2050: A Food System Vision<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Eufemio T. Rasco, Jr.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=2307\">Energy and Water in the Time of COVID-19<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Filemon A. Uriarte Jr.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=2309\">Transportation Systems for the New Normal: Towards a Better Normal<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Jose Regin F. Regidor<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=2311\">Climate Change and Long-Standing Environmental Problems in the Philippines<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Rodel D. Lasco<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=2317\">NAST PHL Resolutions 2020<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Science and Technology for Society: Solutions to Long-Standing Concerns<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the 42nd Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) and 2020 Regional Scientific Meetings (RSM), the National Academy of Science and Technology Philippines (NAST PHL) adopted the theme: Science and Technology for Society: Solutions to Long-Standing Concerns. This annual gathering serves as a forum that convenes stakeholders from various sectors to discuss important and timely national issues and concerns towards formation of policy recommendations and actions. The 42nd ASM, held from July 7-10, 2020, focused on pivotal societal challenges including (1) food system and health, (2) energy and water, (3) environment, climate change, and blue economy, (4) ICT, shelter, and other infrastructure, and (5) science education and talent retention as well as the learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic to formulate policies or implementing guidelines in providing solutions to our long-standing woes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1829,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1832","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-past-issues","8":"category-transactions-nastphl","9":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1832"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1832"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5552,"href":"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1832\/revisions\/5552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}