• Provides funding support for

climate change adaptation

programs at the local level

• Ensure the mainstreaming of climate change, in synergy with

DRR into the national, sectoral and local development plans

and programs;

• Mandated the creation of the Climate Change Commission and

the National Panel of Technical Experts

• Outlines the specific long program and

strategies for adaptation and mitigation,

spanning across three political

administrations

National Climate Change Action Plan

Approved in 2011

Republic Act 10174

Peoples Survival Fund

Signed into law in 2012

Republic Act 9729

Climate Change Act of 2009

Section 2, RA 10174

….Further recognizing that climate change and disaster risk reduction and management are closely interrelated and effective disaster risk reduction reduction and management will enhance adaptive capacity to climate change, climate variability and extreme climate vents, the State shall integrate disaster risk reduction into climate change programs and initiatives.

Source: 2012. Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press. USA

Understanding the Links of Development,

Disaster Risk Reduction

and Climate Change Adaptation

JOINT MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR

Guidelines in Tagging/Tracking Government Expenditures for

Climate Change in the Budget Process

All Heads of Departments, Agencies, Bureaus, Offices, Commissions,

State Universities and Colleges, Other Instrumentalities of the National

Government and all Others Concerned

Global climate change, a key development issue for the present and the future, has

severe consequences, with the majority of human and economic impacts occurring in

developing countries. The Philippines, due to its current and future exposure to

climate-related risks, compounded by rapid degradation of the environment and

unsustainable development practices, is highly vulnerable to existing and future

climate change:-related risks as shown by the devastations caused by recent strong

typhoons like Pablo and Yolanda.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

Department of Budget and Management

Climate Change Commission

Legal Framework

Recognizing the challenges posed and opportunities created by climate change, the

Government passed Republic Act 9729, known as the Climate Change Act, which

mandates government agencies to mainstream climate change into policies, plans

and programs in order to build a more solid foundation for climate resiliency. The

Government also formulated the National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP), a

strategic climate change reform agenda that spans three 6-year phases from 2011-

2028 to align and define climate goals and execute agreed-upon actions across

national and local agencies. The Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM)

Act was issued involving a paradigm shift from a reactive approach focused on

disaster rehabilitation and recovery to a preventive approach focused on prevention

and preparedness. Both the NCCAP and DRMM recognize climate change adaptation

as the appropriate means for climate disaster prevention.

FOR

SUBJECT

No. 2013-01December 27,2013

1.0 RATIONALE

• JMC of CCC and DBM on the guidelines in tagging/tracking government expenditures for climate change in the budget process

• Purpose is to identify, tag and prioritize climate change related activities of all government agencies

Tagging Government Expenditure on Climate Change

Climate Appropriations have been Increasing Relative to Overall Government Budgets

Increase shows Government willingness to increase climate action, but level of funding based on projected needs is still low

• The total climate appropriations correspond to about 0.3 percent of GDP, falling below the Stern review recommendations that countries should expend at least 2 percent of GDP to implement climate action.

Clim

ate

Ap

pro

pria

tio

ns B

ase

d o

n

the N

CC

AP

Cla

ssific

ation

Climate appropriations have increased by 2.5 times in real terms and on average 26 percent annually, outpacing the growth of the national budget (around 6 percent)

Executive Order on Technology Development and Transfer

• Approved by VP and HLURB Chair Binay last 24 February 2014

• Guidance in updating existing or in formulating Comprehensive Land Use Plans and Zoning Ordinances by factoring in the impacts of disasters and climate change

• Developed under Project Climate Twin Phoenix

HLURB Supplemental Guidelines

Photo: Richel Umel / Reuters