Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
TWENTIENTH CONGRESS 
 First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _______ 
_______________________________________________________________________ 
Introduced by Honorable ANIELA BIANCA D. TOLENTINO 
_______________________________________________________________________ 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The 1987 Constitution mandates that “The State shall protect and advance the 
right of the people to a balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and 
harmony of nature” [Section 16, Article II]. The proposed legislation herein aims to ensure 
that Filipinos will benefit from the cited requirement from our fundamental law as the 
effects of climate change adversely affect our communities and lifestyle. 
Climate change is causing extreme weather conditions and has devastated lives of 
Filipinos, causing floods, landslides, and extended dry seasons. Climate change is also 
seen to radically affect food production and supply, water availability, public health, 
infrastructure, and economy. The proposed law being pushed by this representation aims 
to enhance resilience and adaptation to the effects of climate change.  
It has been reported that the impact of climate change to the Gross Domestic 
Product of the Philippines will be 7.6% by 2030, 13.6% by 2040, and 18%-25% by 2050. 
The projected numbers were provided by the World Bank and came with analytics that 
showed damages from climate change that ranged from productivity losses to business 
interruptions, including infrastructure destruction due to disasters. 
The subject bill herein was filed in the 19th Congress but it did not reach the finish 
line and was not passed into law. This representation believes that the entire country 
must work together to have legislation and mechanisms that will ensure that Filipinos will 
be resilient from the harmful effects of climate change.  
For the Filipino people, approval of this bill is earnestly being sought. 
August 12, 2025
8:00 am
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
TWENTIENTH CONGRESS 
 First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ________ 
_______________________________________________________________________ 
Introduced by Honorable ANIELA BIANCA D. TOLENTINO 
_______________________________________________________________________ 
AN ACT DECLARING A CLIMATE CHANGE EMERGENCY AND ENHANCING 
RESILIENCY AND ADAPTABILITY TO THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known as the “Climate Change 
Resilience Act”. 
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is the policy of the State to protect and 
advance the right of the people to a balanced and healthful ecology. The State also 
acknowledges that extreme weather conditions have devastated and may continue to 
devastate parts of the country which have radically affected food production and supply, 
water availability, public health, infrastructure, and economy. Further, demographics, 
settlements and communities, energy and industry, environment and waste, and 
transportation are elements that can influence change in climate and can be influenced 
by climate change policies. Thus, enhancing resilience and adaptation to the effects of 
climate change is imperative and the declaration for an environment and climate 
emergency is necessary for the protection and preservation of people’s lives, livelihoods, 
and the environment. 
SECTION 3.  Declaration of a Climate Change Emergency. –   It is hereby 
declared that the country is in the state of climate emergency and the government 
acknowledges that global warming exists. The declaration stresses the need for the 
government to devise measures to stop human-caused global warming, to limit its effects, 
and to mobilize funds for climate mitigation efforts. 
SECTION 4.  Climate Change Resiliency and Adaptability to the Effects of 
Climate Change. –  There is hereby created a Climate Change Resiliency and Adaptability 
Program, hereinafter referred to as the “Program”, that shall develop and implement 
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solutions to adapt and mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change. The Program shall 
have the following components: 
 
(a) Open sharing of data amongst the stakeholders – All datasets related to climate 
change and disaster efforts generated by the national government agencies, local 
government units (LGUs), civil society organizations (CSOs), academe, and the 
private sector shall be shared through a digital platform that is readily accessible to 
all stakeholders; 
 
(b) Probabilistic Climate Risk Assessments (PCRA) – PCRA shall consider all possible 
scenarios, likelihood and inherent uncertainties, associated impacts of climate 
change, and the climate change projections in extremes in consultation with 
collective strengthening for community awareness on natural disasters agencies. 
The PCRA shall generate the needed localized baseline information on climate risk 
faced by vulnerable communities and their support system for potential climate-
related hazards; 
 
(c) Multi-level national educational plan on climate resilience – There shall be a 
knowledge and competency building education agenda on climate change from 
primary to tertiary levels of the education system, including the country’s research 
and development program, producing citizens with progressive conceptual and 
operational knowledge and skills to build resilient communities, sectors, and nation. 
 
Children and youth shall be provided with climate education and green skills, 
necessary for their adaptation to and preparation for the effects of climate change: 
Provided, That they shall be included in all climate-related decision making: 
Provided, further, That the youth shall be included in all national, regional and 
international climate negotiations and decisions; 
 
(d) Link between health and climate change – The link between health and climate 
change will promote, account for, and monitor the health co-benefits from climate 
interventions which shall be reflected in decision making at all levels of 
governance.  
 
The right to a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment shall also be 
recognized: Provided, That policies and processes to safeguard this right shall be 
adopted: Provided, further, That to strengthen the science of health and climate 
change, it is necessary to close knowledge gaps and build capacity to reach on the 
health impacts of climate change and health co-benefits of climate actions; 
 
(e) Critical services – Increasing investment in climate change adaptation and 
resilience in critical services, such as water, sanitation and hygiene systems, health, 


and education, shall be supported in order to protect the children, communities, 
and the most vulnerable from the worst impacts of climate change; and 
 
(f) Ecosystem protection strategies – The following ecosystem protection strategies 
shall be pursued: 
 
1) Insurance and financing – Assistance from the insurance and financing 
industries shall be made to help mitigate the impacts of climate change, 
ensure food security, and assist in a post-catastrophe scenario in order for the 
insured populace to rebuild and re-establish their lives and livelihoods while 
greatly increasing their resilience to disasters; 
 
2) Innovations and information technology – Innovations in information and 
communications technology and digital transformation are essential in the 
open sharing data and conduct of PCRA. These shall also provide valuable 
input into climate change negotiations and decision-making; 
 
3) Green-grey solutions or infrastructures – These are solutions which offer the 
best protection against calamities and shall be pursued to help mitigate the 
effects of climate change. Green-grey infrastructure is the conversion and 
restoration of natural systems combined with conventional approaches;  
 
4) Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) – These are actions where we use the forces of 
nature itself to achieve economic resilience like food and water security, for 
reduced physical risks including flood control, coastal protection and 
ecosystem and health, and reduced carbon emissions through sequestration 
and avoided emissions which are necessary to promote ecosystem resilience; 
 
5) Urban green spaces – The usage and expansion of urban green spaces shall 
be encouraged to address urban heat island effect, promote more sustainable 
cities, improve resilience to climate change, mitigate its impacts, and increase 
its co-benefits to health and environment; and  
 
6) Vulnerability assessment – LGUs shall be assisted by the relevant national 
government agencies in the conduct of vulnerability assessment including its 
Local Climate Change Action Plan. 


SECTION 5. Roles of Departments and Agencies. – Government agencies 
shall immediately and efficiently coordinate and lead in taking practicable measures to 
preserve and protect the environment, as follows: 
 
(a) The Climate Change Commission (CCC) shall coordinate,  monitor, and 
evaluate programs and action plans related to climate change based on the 
National Climate Change Action Plan; 
 
(b) The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) 
shall monitor the integration of climate change resilience and adaptation in 
the national development plans and create an enabling environment that shall 
promote multi-stakeholder participation of concerned departments, agencies, 
LGUs, organizations, and other stakeholders; 
 
(c) The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services 
Administration (PAGASA) shall conduct research and development on the 
science of climate and changing weather patterns worldwide; and provide and 
disseminate climate projections and weather forecasts;  
 
(d) The Department of Education (DepEd) shall integrate climate change 
education under the Science Curriculum from Grade 2 to Senior High School 
level, in both private and public educational institutions, to raise and increase 
the awareness of children about the impacts and effects of climate change; 
 
(e) The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) shall integrate climate change 
education under the General Science subjects of the secondary and tertiary 
levels, in both private and public educational institutions, to raise and increase 
the awareness of children and youth about the impacts and effects of climate 
change.  
 
(f) The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) shall develop, 
formulate, and recommend climate change strategies, programs, and policies 
especially on physical vulnerability; 
 
(g) The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) shall coordinate 
with LGUs to address vulnerability and impacts of climate change in regions, 
provinces, cities, and municipalities;  
 
(h) The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) shall conduct research 
and development on the effects of climate change and pathways to climate 
disasters, including determining vulnerability and assessing climate risks of 
natural ecosystem; develop technologies to enhance climate change 
adaptation; facilitate the formulation of climate change policies on science, 
technology, and innovations (STI) and related technical assistance; and 


monitor and assess the impacts of provided technical assistance and/or 
intervention;  
 
(i) The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) shall ensure that 
employers promote a healthy and safe environment for the employees which 
are sustainable and environment-friendly; 
 
(j) The Department of Information and Technology (DICT) shall provide cost-free 
means for public information dissemination on climate change, vulnerabilities, 
risks, relevant laws, and protocols specifically those which need immediate 
dissemination; 
 
(k) The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) shall provide the 
feasibility studies and the determination of how climate change policies will 
help in the economic development of the country;  
 
(l) The Department of Agriculture (DA) shall institutionalize a comprehensive 
program to strengthen the resilience of the country’s food system; 
 
(m) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) shall represent 
the stakeholders that are affected by climate change and extreme weather 
conditions as indicated in Section 2 of this Act and ensure their adaptive social 
protection; 
 
(n) The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) shall design, plan, 
implement, and inspect public works and infrastructures, which are resilient 
and adaptive to climate change; and 
 
(o) Other departments and agencies may be called upon by the Office of the 
President, incumbent upon their mandate, to provide relevant information 
relative to their sectors. This includes the following agencies: 
 
i. 
Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA);  
ii. 
National Youth Commission (NYC);  
iii. 
Philippine Commission on Women (PCW);  
iv. 
Philippine Commission on Urban Poor (PCUP);  
v. 
National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC); and  
vi. 
National Council for Indigenous People (NCIP).  
 
Provided, That other departments and agencies may be called upon by the 
Office of the President to take part in the efforts in environmental preservation and 
protection. 
 


SECTION 6. Multi-Sectoral Approach – Concerned government agencies and 
LGUs shall allocate adequate funds from their annual appropriations for the formulation, 
development, and implementation of their respective climate change programs and plans, 
in accordance with Republic Act No. 9729, otherwise known as the “Climate Change Act 
of 2009”. 
 
Private entities, in coordination with the national government and LGUs, civil 
society organizations, and non-government organizations shall also take part in the 
preservation and protection of the environment by ensuring that their organizational 
practices are not detrimental and hazardous to the environment. 
 
SECTION 7. Corporate Social Responsibility of Private Entities. – Projects 
undertaken by private entities under this Act shall be considered as part of their Corporate 
Social Responsibility Program.  
 
SECTION 8. Climate Change Resiliency and Adaptability Summit. – There 
shall be a Climate Change Resiliency and Adaptability Summit to be held on the second 
week of September every year. The Summit shall be spearheaded by the CCC and shall 
be participated in by all stakeholders mentioned in Section 5 hereof. The Summit shall 
aim to collaborate all the efforts of the concerned agencies in environment preservation 
and protection. 
 
SECTION 9. Reportorial Requirement. – All agencies mentioned in Section 5 
of this Act shall submit an annual report on the current status of the country’s resiliency 
and adaptability to climate change, the implementation of this Act, and their 
recommendations, if any, to the Congress of the Philippines, through the Committee on 
Climate Change of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment, 
Natural Resources and Climate Change of the Senate of the Philippines, on or before the 
scheduled Climate Change Resiliency and Adaptability Summit. 
 
SECTION 10. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, orders, rules and 
regulations, and other issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the 
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended, or modified accordingly. 
 
SECTION 11. Separability Clause. – If any portion of this Act is declared 
unconstitutional, any provisions not affected thereby shall remain in force and effect. 
 
SECTION 12. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following 
the completion of its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general 
circulation in the Philippines. 
 
 
Approved,