The Climate Change Commission participates in the Summit on Enhancing Interagency Harmony and Integration in Philippine Sectoral Development Planning in Pasay City, promoting coordination and climate integration.

PASAY CITY — The Climate Change Commission (CCC) called for stronger climate governance integration, interagency coordination, and policy harmonization in development planning during the Interagency Summit for Philippine Sectoral Development Planning held at the Philippine International Convention Center.

CCC Vice Chairperson and Executive Director Robert E. A. Borje emphasized the importance of strengthening policy coherence while ensuring that climate change considerations are integrated into development strategies across sectors.

“Our policies must align across sectors such as agriculture, water resources, energy systems, land use, infrastructure, and environmental management. National strategies must translate effectively into regional planning frameworks and ultimately into local implementation,” he said.

Borje also underscored the importance of national climate policy frameworks in guiding integrated and science-based development planning.

“The risks we face today are systemic. And if risks are systemic, our governance response must also become systemic,” he added.

The discussion highlighted key policy frameworks, including the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) and the Nationally Determined Contribution Implementation Plan (NDCIP), which serve as guiding instruments for the country’s climate and development pathways.

The NAP, developed under the leadership of Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., aims to steadily reduce climate-related loss and damage while enhancing the country’s adaptive capacity. The plan outlines long-term strategies to achieve transformative resilience and sustainable economic development by 2050.

Meanwhile, the NDCIP supports the country’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 75 percent by 2030, guiding coordinated implementation across sectors and institutions.

The summit also formed part of the ongoing effort from the Draft Action Agenda aimed at strengthening interagency collaboration, policy alignment, and integrated planning across national government agencies and local government units.

The event was organized by the University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Forestry and Natural Resources, bringing together representatives from national government agencies, local governments, civil society organizations, development partners, the academe, and the media to advance more coherent and coordinated development planning in the Philippines.

The CCC reaffirmed its commitment to support interagency collaboration to ensure that the Draft Action Agenda evolves into a robust framework for integrated, agile, science-based, and climate-resilient development planning for the country.

For more information on the CCC’s climate mainstreaming activities, visit www.climate.gov.ph and www.facebook.com/CCCPhl.