The Philippine Network on Climate Change

VISION

PNCC envisions a society that fosters social equity and a climate-friendly, sustainable economy characterized by simple lifestyle and consumption patterns for the benefit of both present and future generations.

MISSION

PNCC shall enhance the capacity of civil society organizations and local communities to mainstream and integrate climate change into the development process through demonstration projects, research, advocacy, networking and partnerships towards achieving poverty reduction, climate justice and sustainable development.

GOAL AND OBJECTIVES

To achieve the above vision and mission, PNCC will seek to pursue the following objectives: Goal In general, PNCC aims to build the awareness and capacity of civil society organizations and local communities to effectively engage key stakeholders- i.e., the government, corporate sector, the academe and other CSOs in developing and implementing climate change-sensitive development policies and plans supportive of poverty reduction and sustainable development.

Specific Objectives

1. To undertake policy research and development on climate change, climate justice and sustainable development issues.

2. To engage the government and the corporate sector through lobby work and advocacy campaigns that link climate change, poverty reduction and sustainable development, at various levels-local, national, regional and international, towards influencing policy and practice;

3. To build a constituency through awareness raising and policy dialogues/ debates on climate change and sustainable development issues;

4. To help create mechanisms that enhance the participation of CSOs and other key stakeholders in decision-making and facilitate institutional cooperation, dialogue and sharing and exchange of information; and

5. To mobilize appropriate resources in support of the network’s projects and activities to ensure organizational and project sustainability.

SELECTED PROJECTS/INITIATIVES UNDERTAKEN/INVOLVED

• Mapping of Climate Change Initiatives and Opportunities for Enhancing Civil Society Capacities in Addressing Climate Change in the Philippines, funded by Oxfam-Hongkong, August 2007-January 2008.

• Conversation on Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change: Coping with Catastrophic Impacts of Climate Change: Issues and Challenges from the Philippine Perspective, in partnership with the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM), June 2007.

• Development of a Primer on Climate Change (Filipino version), in partnership with the Inter-Agency Committee on Climate Change (IACCC), 2007.

• Kamayan Forum para sa Kalikasan: Climate Change, sponsored by the Environment Broadcast Circle (EBC) and CLEAR. June, 2007.

• Why is it Getting Hotter?”: A Forum on Climate Change, St. Mary's College-Quezon City, 2006.

• Participation in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COPs)- COP4 (Argentina, 1998), COP5 and 6.5 (Germany, 1997, 2000), COP-6 (The Netherlands, 2000), COP-7 (Morocco, 2001), COP-8 (India, 2002), COP-9 (Milan, 2003), COP-10 (Buenos Aires, 2004) and COP-11 (Montreal, Canada, 2005); and other international conferences (Second International Workshop on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2007).

• Updating/Revision of Climate Change Primer, in partnership with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-Philippines, 2003.

• Forum on Climate Change, MERALCO Theater, co-sponsored with Haribon Foundation, July 15, 2004

• Roundtable Discussion on CDM-Designated National Authority, co-sponsored with KLIMA, Manila Observatory, July 23, 2004

• Youth for Sustainable Development Assembly (YSDA) Forum, Silang, Cavite, July 31, 2004.

• National Consultation for NGOs on Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), co-sponsored with Climate Change Information Center (CCIC), Ateneo de Manila University Manila Observatory, 2003.

• Southeast Asian Regional Conference on Climate Change and Clean Development Mechanism, September 2003, co-sponsored with WWF.

• Roundtable Discussion on Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), co-sponsored with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), 2002.

• Pre-COP 6 Conference of Climate Action Network Southeast Asia, October 28-30, 2000, Bahay Kalinaw, UP Campus, Quezon City, funded by KIKO Forum-Japan.

• PNCC Climate Change and Advocacy Project, funded by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)-U.S., 1999-2000.