Philippines: Strengthening the Philippines’ Institutional Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change

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JOINT PROGRAMME QUICK FACTS

Total Budget $8,000,000
Delivery Rate
Participating Agencies UNDP, UNEP, FAO, ILO, UN-Habitat, WHO
Main Achievements
  • Vulnerability and adaptation assessment of 43 provinces produced through the Philippines Meteorological Bureau (PAGASA). National framework for action developed to respond to climate change related health challenges.
  • Climate change integrated broadly into Philippine Development Plan. Environment and climate change indentified as one of the five priority areas for budgeting. New cabinet cluster created within Office of the President on Integrity of the Environment and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation.
  • JP working with partners to mainstream climate change concerns in sectoral plans. Mentoring and coaching of provinces on conducting vulnerability assessment is ongoing. 70 Climate Change Adaptations established to address agricultural adaptation options. Pilot testing of early warning surveillance system completed in two areas.
Contact Kat Firmeza, JP Coordinator
katfirmeza@gmail.com

Climate change is threatening to hamper the Philippines’ attainment of the MDGs because of the country’s limited capacity to undertake climate risk based planning and project implementation.

This programme seeks to address this constraint by: 1.) mainstreaming climate risk reduction into key national & local development planning & regulatory processes; 2.) enhancing capacities of key national agencies, 43 local governments, academe and communities to undertake climate resilient development and 3.) testing 6 integrated adaptation approaches with upscaling potential. The programme will bring together UNDP, FAO, WHO, UN-Habitat, UNICEF, ILO, UNFPA, and UNEP, the Interagency Committee on Climate Change, donors and other partners working in the most disaster prone eastern seaboard over a period of 3 years to complete the country’s knowledge base and strengthen institutional capacities to manage climate change risks.

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