The city government here presented one of the major planned projects in the Seoul Mayors Forum on climate change 2016. The mayor of Samar's capital discussed future adoption of the city on an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) by pioneering tidal energy power generation in the Philippines. In a statement, the mayor explained that tidal energy or tidal power is a form of hydropower that converts the energy of tides into electricity. special buoys, turbines, and other technologies capture the power of waves and tides and convert it into clean and pollution-free electricity.

Samar tidal energy plan in Korea climate change forum. (2016, September 7). Manila Bulletin, p. 15.