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Climate Change Act Ra 9729

The Climate Change Act creates a comprehensive framework for addressing climate change in the Philippines by integrating climate change policies into development plans and poverty reduction strategies. It establishes the Climate Change Commission as the sole policy-making body for climate change and tasks it with developing a National Climate Change Framework, National Climate Change Action Plan, and guidelines for Local Climate Change Action Plans. The Commission is also responsible for mainstreaming climate change adaptation and mitigation across all levels of government planning and development.

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Climate Change Act Ra 9729

The Climate Change Act creates a comprehensive framework for addressing climate change in the Philippines by integrating climate change policies into development plans and poverty reduction strategies. It establishes the Climate Change Commission as the sole policy-making body for climate change and tasks it with developing a National Climate Change Framework, National Climate Change Action Plan, and guidelines for Local Climate Change Action Plans. The Commission is also responsible for mainstreaming climate change adaptation and mitigation across all levels of government planning and development.

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CLIMATE

CHANGE ACT
(RA 9729)
• The Act acknowledges the Philippines' vulnerability to climate change and the
need for appropriate adaptation. It creates a comprehensive framework for
systematically integrating the concept of climate change, in synergy with
disaster risk reduction, in various phases of policy formulation, development
plans, poverty reduction strategies and other development tools and
techniques.

• The Act states the main principles of climate change policy: common but
diff erentiated responsibilities; the Precautionary Principle; UNFCCC objectives
(GHG mitigation and adaptation), and the Hyogo Framework for Action
addressing disaster risk reduction. It adopts a gender-sensitive, pro-children
and pro-poor approach.
• The Act establishes the Climate Change Commission as the sole policy-making
body within government, which overseas, co-ordinates and evaluates climate
change policies and plans. The commission is established under the offi ce of the
President (abolishing the Presidential Task Force on Climate Change,
established in 2007) and has a diverse advisor y board composed of government
ministries and agencies.

• The Act requires the Commission to draf t several policies:

- A National Climate Change Framework, as a basis for research and action


planning

- A detailed National Climate Change Action Plan

- A Local Climate Change Action Plan - guidelines developed by the


Commission
• The Act establishes the Climate Change Commission as the sole policy-making
body within government, which overseas, co-ordinates and evaluates climate
change policies and plans. The commission is established under the offi ce of the
President (abolishing the Presidential Task Force on Climate Change,
established in 2007) and has a diverse advisor y board composed of government
ministries and agencies.

• The Act requires the Commission to draf t several policies:

- A National Climate Change Framework, as a basis for research and action


planning

- A detailed National Climate Change Action Plan

- A Local Climate Change Action Plan - guidelines developed by the


Commission
Additional powers and functions include:

• Mainstreaming of climate change, in synergy with disaster risk reduction, into the national,
sectoral and local development plans and programs and coordinating climate change programs
of national government agencies

• Recommending legislation, policies, strategies, programs on adaptation and mitigation

• Recommending key development investments in climate-sensitive sectors such as water


resources, agriculture, forestry, coastal and marine resources, health and infrastructure

• Creating an enabling environment for the design of relevant and appropriate risk-sharing and
risk-transfer instruments and promotion of broader multi-stakeholder participation and
integrate climate change mitigation and adaptation
Additional powers and functions include:

• Representing the Philippines in the climate change negotiations

• Formulating and implementing guidelines for determining vulnerability


to climate change impacts and adaptation assessments

• Facilitating capacity building for local adaptation planning,


implementation and monitoring of climate change initiatives in
vulnerable communities and areas.

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