The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has turned over to the Climate Change Commission (CCC) its report on the country’s adaptation strategies that serves as its major input to the National Framework Strategy on Climate Change (NFSCC).

DENR Secretary Ramon Paje said the Philippine Strategy on Climate Change Adaptation (PSCCA) is a result of almost a year of consensus-building with various stakeholders.

“The DENR has taken the initiative of convening the different stakeholders to consult with them on how to address the issue on climate change,” Paje said.

The DENR chief pointed out that the PSCCA will serve as the national guide in all actions that the government, local government units and all other stakeholders will be undertaking to adapt to climate change until 2022.

Among others, the publication assesses the country’s vulnerability and adaptive capacity as well as the potential positive and negative, direct and indirect impacts of climate change on key sectors that include water, biodiversity, forestry, coastal and marine, fisheries, agriculture, health, energy and infrastructure.

Paje added that the PSCCA is the agency’s way of assisting national and local institutions in managing the potentially devastating impacts of climate change.

While the publication is geared towards solutions by the year 2022, Paje said, “our efforts need to be guided and focused, so that we can have effective policies, laws and action plans that will serve our people well even until 2050.”