MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has advanced efforts to integrate gender and social inclusivity into climate governance, planning, implementation, and monitoring.

The President, who chairs the Climate Change Commission (CCC), approved last August 27 2026 three CCC resolutions adopting the CCC Gender and Development (GAD) Agenda 2027–2032 and the Harmonized Gender and Development Guidelines (HGDG) Checklist for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, and establish the Gender and Climate Change Advisory Group (GCAG) to support the implementation of the Philippines’ Nationally Determined Contribution Gender Action Plan (NDC-GAP) 2024–2030.

Together, the measures provide stronger institutional mechanisms and practical tools to ensure that gender considerations are integrated into climate policies, programs, projects, budgeting, and decision-making.

CCC Vice Chairperson and Executive Director Robert E.A. Borje said the approval reinforces the government’s commitment to making gender equality an integral part of climate action.

“Climate change does not affect everyone in the same way. Gender-responsive climate action allows us to recognize these differentiated impacts and ensure that our policies, investments, and programs respond to the realities of those most vulnerable. These resolutions help translate that commitment into concrete institutional action,” Borje said.

The CCC GAD Agenda 2027–2032 sets the Commission’s strategic direction for institutionalizing gender-responsive climate governance, planning, implementation, and monitoring. It directs CCC offices and units to integrate gender-responsive actions into their annual GAD Plans and Budgets and GAD Accomplishment Reports.

Meanwhile, the adoption of the HGDG Checklist for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation provides a climate-specific tool for assessing the gender-responsiveness of climate programs and projects. It integrates gender analysis and sex-disaggregated data into climate risk assessments, project design, monitoring, and evaluation, while supporting alignment with the NDC, National Adaptation Plan (NAP), climate change expenditure tagging, and GAD planning and budgeting processes.

CCC Commissioner and Chairperson of the CCC Gender and Development Focal Point System (GFPS) Rachel Anne S. Herrera emphasized that the measures strengthen the institutional foundation for translating gender commitments into actual climate action.

“Gender mainstreaming must be reflected not only in our policies, but in how we design projects, allocate resources, make decisions, and measure results. These resolutions give us the institutional framework and practical tools to ensure that gender considerations are consistently integrated into climate action,” Herrera said.

The third resolution establishes the Gender and Climate Change Advisory Group, composed of the CCC and key national government agencies, including the Philippine Commission on Women, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture, Department of Transportation, Department of Energy, Department of Economy, Planning and Development, Department of Budget and Management, and Department of Finance.

The GCAG will provide strategic leadership, coordination, quality assurance, and performance monitoring in implementing the NDC-GAP 2024–2030, strengthening inter-agency collaboration in mainstreaming gender equality and social inclusion across climate mitigation and adaptation programs.

Borje said the measures reinforce the importance of a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach to climate action.

“Climate resilience must be inclusive by design. By bringing gender considerations into our planning systems, project development, budgeting, and inter-agency coordination, we strengthen not only equity but also the effectiveness and sustainability of our climate actions,” he added.

The CCC works with national government agencies, local government units, development partners, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders to support the implementation of the measures and advance gender-responsive climate mitigation and adaptation across the country.

Through these institutional reforms, the CCC continues to strengthen gender equality and social inclusion as integral components of the Philippines’ climate agenda, supporting a climate-resilient and low-carbon development pathway that leaves no one behind.

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