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IIRR to Sit in Technical Working Group on Climate Change Adaptation
(SILANG, Cavite, Philippines - March 5, 2010) - The International Institute of Rural Reconstruction was recently asked to join the Technical Working Group on climate change adaptation under the Civil Society Organization-Working Group (CSO-WG) on Climate Change and Development, a loose network of civil society organizations in the Philippines actively involved in climate change negotiations on both national and international levels.
IIRR signified its intention during the “Round Table Discussion on the Moving forward with the UNFCCC Multilateral Processes” held March 2, 2010 at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Social Hall in the National Office in Quezon City. The discussion was organized by the CSO-WG with assistance from the Climate Change Office of DENR.
The discussion aims to update the current status of the Philippines after the COP15 Climate Change negotiations in Copenhagen in December 2009. It was also intended to solicit stakeholders coming from the CSO on how to move the negotiations after the COP15.
Segfredo Serrano, Under Secretary of the Department of Agriculture provided an update on the current position of the Philippine government on climate change adaptation. This was followed by a presentation on Mitigation by Ms. Joy Goco of DENR and a presentation entitled “Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation + the Conservation and Enhancement of Existing carbon stocks” by Lawrence Ang of the Philippine Climate Change Commission.
Neth Dano of the Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration (ETC) provided an input on Technology and finally Dir. Leila Lora-Santos of the Department of Foreign Affairs provided some updates on Climate Change financing.
An expert on Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction, IIRR will position itself on the adaptation side of the negotiations which currently lacks substantive mechanisms on moving forward and has a weak position under the COP15 Accord.
Under Secretary Serrano, however, stressed that the position of the Philippines in relation to addressing loss and damage associated with climate change impacts in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable includes supporting the adoption of a broader framework for disaster risk reduction, management and sharing that includes risk insurance, risk transfer mechanisms, rehabilitation and compensation for loss and damage.
With the participation of IIRR in the CSO-WG, it hopes to provide additional input on disaster risk reduction that the Philippines will push during pre-COP16 Cancun, Mexico climate change negotiations in December 2010.
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