The proposed ordinance aims to mainstream climate change adaptation and mitigation into Angeles City's policies. It establishes the City Environment and Natural Resources Office as the lead agency to coordinate efforts. It also creates a City Climate Change Council to recommend legislation and oversee adaptation/mitigation programs. The ordinance requires integrating climate change topics into education and establishing incentives for best practices in adaptation.
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Propose Ordinance on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Into LGU of ANgeles City
The proposed ordinance aims to mainstream climate change adaptation and mitigation into Angeles City's policies. It establishes the City Environment and Natural Resources Office as the lead agency to coordinate efforts. It also creates a City Climate Change Council to recommend legislation and oversee adaptation/mitigation programs. The ordinance requires integrating climate change topics into education and establishing incentives for best practices in adaptation.
The proposed ordinance aims to mainstream climate change adaptation and mitigation into Angeles City's policies. It establishes the City Environment and Natural Resources Office as the lead agency to coordinate efforts. It also creates a City Climate Change Council to recommend legislation and oversee adaptation/mitigation programs. The ordinance requires integrating climate change topics into education and establishing incentives for best practices in adaptation.
PROPOSED ORDINANCE ON MAINSTREAMING AND INTEGRATING
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION INTO THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT OF ANGELES CITY’S POLICY FORMULATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Be it ordained by the Sangguniang Panlungsod, City of Angeles, that:
Section 1. Title. This Ordinance shall be known as the CLIMATE
CHANGE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION ORDINANCE OF ANGELES CITY FOR 2021.
Section 2. Declaration of Policy.
A. The City of Angeles recognizes the vulnerability of the
country and its local communities to potential dangerous consequences of climate change such as rising sea levels, changing landscapes, increasing frequency and severity of droughts, floods and storms, climate-related illnesses and diseases, damage to ecosystems, biodiversity loss that affect the country’s environment, culture and economy. Hence, the city shall cooperate with the national agencies and local communities in the resolution of climate change issues, including risk reduction.
B. The City Government shall strive to:
1. Systematically integrate the concept of climate
change in various phases of policy formulation, development plans, poverty reduction strategies and other development tools techniques by all agencies and instrumentalities of the city government;
2. Enjoin the participation of different stakeholders
from the local governments and agencies, businesses, non-government organizations (NGOs), local communities and the public to prevent and reduce the adverse impacts of climate change and, at the same time, maximize the benefits of climate change and to enter into LGU collaboration in addressing the issue on climate change in terms of watershed management and river basin stabilization;
3. Strengthen, integrate, consolidate and
institutionalize local government initiatives to achieve coordination in the implementation of plans and programs to address climate change in the context of sustainable development.
4. Promote the integration of the topics on
Environmental Management and Climate Change in the basic education curriculum of schools operating within the City in cooperation with the appropriate authorities such as the Department of Education and private education institutions; and
5. Empower and capacitate the community by making
available the access to and use of knowledge, information, training and education, and technology in addressing the issue of climate change.
Section 3. The Powers and Functions of City Environment
and Natural Resources Office (CENRO). The herein functions and powers of CENRO under Republic Act 7160 are hereby adopted, CENRO is hereby designated as the lead agency in the implementation of this ordinance.
Section 4. Additional Powers and Functions of City
Environment and Natural Resources Office. The CENRO shall now have additional powers and functions:
A. Facilitate the formulation of the Angeles City Climate
Change Action Plan and shall include, the following inter alia:
1. Vulnerability Audit which includes a city-wide
assessment of the city impact of climate change, identification of the most vulnerable communities/areas including ecosystems; and the assessment and management of risk;
2. City Climate Change Adaptation Action Agenda
which includes the identification of priority initiatives for climate change adaptation along the following concerns: food security, infrastructure development, water sufficiency, environmental sustainability, etc;
3. Climate-Proofing which includes activities to
strengthen the capacity and capability of implementing offices/agencies, barangays and communities of the City for local adaptation planning, implementation and monitoring of climate change initiatives in vulnerable communities and areas. This will include community- based training and public information on the incorporation of climate change adaptation plans in the existing disaster risk reduction and management plans and development plans of the barangays;
B. Establish a data bank with updates on the hazard profile
of the 33 barangays in the city and to analyze data on man- made disasters for public safety studies which can be done by universities and colleges with funding support from the city;
C. Undertake pilot initiatives with the assistance of the City’s
financial sector to develop risk transfer instruments to enable the generation of financial resources for climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts, including compensation for long-term loss and damage from climate change;
Section 5. Creation of the City Climate Change Council. A
Council is hereby created, which shall be called the City Climate Change Council (CCCC).
A. The CCCC shall be multi-sectoral and composed of the
following:
a. City Mayor as Chairperson;
b. Representative from the academe as Vice- Chairperson; c. Chairperson of the Committee on Climate Change Adaptation of the Sangguniang Panlungsod and Environment; d. City Environment and Natural Resources Office; e. City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office f. City Planning and Development Office (CPDO) g. City Agriculture Office (CAO); h. City Information Office i. City Engineer’s Office (CEO); j. City Health Office (CHO); k. President of the League of Barangays in the City; l. Representative from the Civil Society Organizations; m. Representative from the Indigenous Peoples; n. Representative from the business sector; o. Representative from the Angeles City Police Office; p. Representative from the Sangguniang Kabataan
Section 6. Powers and Functions of the City Climate Change
Council. A. Recommend legislation, policies, strategies, programs on and appropriations for, climate change adaptation and mitigation and other related activities in the City;
B. Coordinate with the different national agencies, including
the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, and other public and private entities to address the City’s vulnerability to climate change impacts and propose measures for the long-term adaptation of the City to these impacts, including the consideration of the piloting of risk transfer instruments and other mechanisms to address long-term loss and damage from climate change;
C. Formulate the mechanism of integrating in the basic
education curriculum the topics on Environmental Management and Climate Change;
D. Formulate strategies and actions on reducing greenhouse
gas (GHG) emissions and other anthropogenic causes of climate change in the City piloting in the process a low-emission development strategy applicable to mid-size urban areas and a viable renewable energy program.
Section 7. Source of Fund. The Funding requirement of this
program shall be chargeable against the 20% Development Fund and the 5% Calamity Fund and other sources of funds available in the city appropriated for the purpose.
Section 8. Incentives and Awards System.
A. The City shall establish and institutionalize an incentive
and awards system to encourage the implementation of plans and programs by Barangays, non-government organizations (NGOs) and people’s organizations (POs) to address climate change in the context of sustainable development;
B. The incentives shall come in the form of financial and
technical assistance for projects that adapt to, and mitigate the impacts of, climate change and contribute to the reduction of carbon emissions.
C. There shall be an annual awards for best practices by
category: Barangays, NGOs and POs. Section 9. Mandatory Publication and Information Dissemination. This Ordinance shall be published for three (3) consecutive weeks in three local newspapers which have been in general circulation in the city for at least one year chosen by raffle and copies of which shall also be furnished to all Barangay Captains who shall cause their Purok federation presidents to disseminate the same to all Purok presidents who shall in turn disseminate the information to the residents. All sectors are enjoined to help in disseminating information about this ordinance.
Section 10. Implementing Rules and Regulations. Within one
hundred twenty (120) days after the approval of this Ordinance, the Council shall, upon consultation with the different local government units, government agencies, private sector, NGOs and civil society, promulgate the implementing rules and regulations of this Ordinance: Provided, that failure to issue rules and regulations shall not in any manner affect the executory nature of the provisions of this Ordinance.
Section 11. Separability. If for any reason any section or
provision of this Ordinance is declared as unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions hereof shall not be affected thereby.
Section 12. Repealing Clause. All ordinances, rules and
regulations, and other issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 13. Effectivity. This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen
days (15) days after the completion of its publication.