Philippines: Climate Change Act

This climate change act of 2008 integrating the priorities of the Hyogo Framework for Action – a ten-year blueprint for reducing risks to disasters worldwide - was passed into law by the Philippine Government to address increasing climatic risks.

This act was later amended by the Climate Change Act of 2012 (please see below).

The Act acknowledges the Philippines' vulnerability to climate change and the need for appropriate adaptation. It creates a comprehensive framework for systematically integrating the concept of climate change, in synergy with disaster risk reduction, in various phases of policy formulation, development plans, poverty reduction strategies and other development tools and techniques.