ANNOUNCEMENT

The call for nominations to the National Panel of Technical Experts of the Climate Change Commission is NOW OPEN.

Government agencies and offices, academic and research institutions, and other stakeholders are invited to nominate experts, professionals, and practitioners in any of the following fields of discipline as they relate to climate change:

1.    Natural sciences: Climate change science and meteorology, Earth science and oceanography, Natural science, Environment, biodiversity, and human ecology, Health, agriculture and food security, Water and hydrology, Climate change adaptation and mitigation, Disaster risk reduction and management, Renewable energy and sustainable energy, and Low emission infrastructure and transport;

2.    Social sciences: Sustainable development, Development planning and management, Sociology and anthropology, Geography, Political science, Demography and population studies, Development communication, and Ethnic studies, including gender policies;

3.    Law: Environmental law, International climate diplomacy and negotiations, and International law;

4.    Economics: Economics, Climate finance, Sustainable finance, Circular economy, Sustainable consumption and production, Ecological solid waste management, Sustainable delivery of goods and services, and Analysis of potential loss and damage and disruption of services from climate change risk or impacts;

5.    Data science: Mathematics, Climate change risk assessment, Climate change data ecosystem and analytics, Greenhouse gas inventory, and Climate change expenditure tagging; 

6.    Governance: Implementation of policy frameworks and strategies, program and project management; National security administration; Policy research and development, Technology needs assessment; and Monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment of programs and projects related to climate change adaptation and mitigation and disaster risk reduction and management, with preference to those with relevant work in rural and coastal communities; and

7.    Priority thematic areas of the National Climate Change Action Plan and other technical areas relevant to the mandate and work of the CCC.

The nominee must be: 

- A Filipino citizen; 
- With proven track record in his/her field of expertise; 
- Has not committed plagiarism or has not been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude; 
- Has no conflict of interest with the mandate of the CCC or NPTE, or shall endeavor to avoid any situation involving an actual conflict of interest, or the appearance of a conflict of interest; 
- Has not taken any position against indigenous peoples; and
- A reputed and recognized authority on climate change or any of the above specific fields of discipline, as they relate to climate science, public policy, or risk governance.

Nominations must be in the form of a duly signed official letter addressed to the Climate Change Commission, accompanied by documents that attest to the qualifications and integrity of the nominee and received in complete form by the CCC on or before the specified deadline. 

Any private sector nominating institution or entity must be duly registered within the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

The deadline for submission of nomination letters is on 15 July 2021.  

For inquiries, please contact the NPTE Secretariat at [email protected].