Climate Change body lauds IP practices in preserving the environment
By JESSA MARDY N. POLONIOOriginally Published in Baguio Chronicle
THE Philippine National Climate Change Commission or PNCCC said it appreciates the indigenous people’s (IPs) practices in preserving the environment specifically in protecting the remaining forest areas of the country.
Speaking before the 1st Philippine Councilor’s League Summit held last Friday at the Baguio Convention Center, PNCCC Vice Chairman and Secretary Mary Lucille Sering said that “the time is now for us to understand and act on the effects of climate change since we’ve already finished the 18-year National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP) as the basis for the local government units in coming up with their own action plans.”
Sering added that even before the completion of the NCCAP, a lot of LGUs are already asking the commission on how they should respond to climate change.
The cooperation of the LGUs, she said, is very encouraging but they should be ready on how much the national government can provide especially on the budget to support the implementation of their action plans.
In Baguio City, the city council on Monday’s regular session passed a resolution requesting the city government of Baguio and the barangay units to formulate and implement a local climate change action plan.
This is in accordance with RA 9729, an act mainstreaming climate change into government policy formulation, establishing the framework strategy and programs in climate change, creating for this purpose the climate change commission and for other purposes that was enacted in 2009.
It mandates all LGUs to formulate, plan and implement their respective climate change action plans prioritizing climate change issues and implementing climate change mitigation and adaptation as one of their regular functions. The said law also directs LGUs to mobilize and allocate necessary personnel, resources and logistics to effectively implement their respective action plans.*
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