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The Climate Change Commission (CCC) on Tuesday praised the decision to adopt the climate body’s resolution to declare a climate and environmental emergency in support of efforts to address the worsening impacts of climate change.
In a statement, the CCC said that House Resolution No. 1377 called for the declaration of a climate and environmental emergency, ensuring improved and coherent climate actions on the government’s executive and legislative agenda.
The resolution was presented by the Chairman of the House Climate Change Committee and Bohol 1S t District Representative Edgar Chatto; The vice president and representative of antiquities Loren Legarda, passed away in the city of Cebu 1S t District Representative Raul Del Mar; Lanao del Sur 2North Dakota District Representative Yasser Alonto Balindong; Masbate 2North Dakota District Representative Elisa Kho; Negros Oriental 1S t District Representative Jocelyn Sy Limkaichong; The representative of Bayan Muna, Eufemia Cullamat; and CWS representative Romeo Momo, Mr.
“A global campaign to declare a ‘climate emergency’ was launched in 2003, in recognition of the intensifying complications caused by global warming and climate change, and the corresponding needs and implications for accelerating actions, including investments and The key elements of the campaign include the creation of public awareness in recognition of the threats of such an emergency, the declaration of a climate emergency by governments to trigger social actions and the demand for mobilization at a scale and sufficient speed, considering the urgency of implementation of such actions ”, reads HR No. 1377.
“By declaring a climate emergency, the government admits that global warming exists and that the measures taken so far are not enough to limit the changes it brings. The decision emphasizes the need for the government and administration to design measures that attempt to stop human-caused global warming, “he added.
As the government’s primary policymaking body for coordinating, monitoring and evaluating climate change programs and policies, the CCC underscores the need for the Philippines, as one of the most climate-vulnerable nations, to increase the ability of its people to survive. . in the midst of the climate emergency by mobilizing its people, institutions and resources.
HR No. 1377 fully recognized the call of the CCC’s National Panel of Technical Experts (NPTE) to move from the use of the term “climate change” to “climate emergency” to take immediate action against global warming.
The NPTE, currently chaired by Dr. Carlos Primo David of the National Institute of Geological Sciences of the University of the Philippines, had recommended that “as one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world, the Philippines must mobilize its people, institutions and resources to enhance their ability to prepare for and even thrive amid the climate emergency. “
In addition, HR No. 1377 is obliged to:
- Encourage that the climate emergency is placed at the center of all political decision-making from the local to the national level;
- Encourage local governments to issue Climate Change Declarations within their respective jurisdictions;
- Request the Climate Change Commission to lead the collection and consolidation of relevant data with national government agencies and local government units, in collaboration with the National Panel of Technical Experts, to prepare a climate risk assessment of the country, to produce baseline studies that consider future scenarios and impacts of climate change, to carry out planning, programming and financing of sustainable development and resilient investment at the national, sectoral and local levels;
- Call on the main carbon emitters, locally and abroad, to take responsibility for climate change and reinvest in renewable and sustainable energy;
- Ask local governments to adopt a “No to coal” or a “No to the new coal policy” within their respective jurisdictions;
- Ask local industries and local government units to seek renewable and sustainable energy sources;
- Carry out an audit of relevant national government agencies and local government units regarding their compliance with existing environmental, climate, disaster risk reduction and management and appropriation laws, and international agreements in light of the climate and environmental emergency in order to ensure an improved national monitoring and evaluation system for the implementation of these laws and to guarantee the accountability of government officials, private entities and other interested parties involved; Y
- Take advantage of national government agencies to promote convergence of efforts towards strengthening data science, technology development, and research for climate change adaptation and mitigation, including the establishment of an integrated national risk information system and a national register of loss and damage, to support science-based policies. risk formulation and governance at the national and sub-national level.
