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LLDA GEARS UP FOR THE NATIONAL
CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN
Martin Antonio
| November 23, 2011
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The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA)
headed by Presidential Adviser for
Environmental Protection, Secretary
Neric Acosta, hails President Benigno
Aquino III for the signing of the
National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP)
which outlines the measures the
government will undertake to address
climate change.
The action plan covers a period of 18
years and will focus on seven strategic
priorities: food security, water
sufficiency, ecosystem and environmental
stability, human security,
climate-friendly industries and
services, sustainable energy and
knowledge and capacity development.
The NCCAP will be submitted to the 17th
United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Durban, South
Africa on November 28 to December 9,
2011, wherein Secretary Neric Acosta
will join Climate Change Commission
Vice-Chair Lucille Sering as lead
delegates of the Philippines.
With the Philippines being considered as
highly vulnerable to risks associated
with climate change and specifically,
the Laguna de Bay being at its
forefront, the LLDA has been
implementing a number of programs and
projects to take an active role on
climate change adaptation and
mitigation, namely: the Carbon Finance (Carbonshed)
Project, Watershed Rehabilitation
Program, Adopt-A-River Program, the
Environmental User Fee System,
Bamboo-for-Life Project, Solid Waste
Management, and the Laguna de Bay
Institutional Strengthening and
Community Participation (LISCOP)
Project.
From 2002 to 2011, a total of 197,606
seedlings and bamboo propagules have
been dispersed for LLDA and Local
Government Unit (LGU) reforestation
activities covering about 316 hectares
in the Laguna de Bay Region. Carbon
sequestration from this reforestation is
estimated to be at 6000 tons.
Under the LISCOP Project, a total of 33
subprojects have been implemented in 21
LGUs around Laguna Lake, namely: 17
materials recovery facilities (MRFs), 8
eco-enhancement projects, 3 flood
control facilities, 2 wastewater
treatment facilities (WWTFs), 1
reforestation project and 1 sanitary
landfill.
The Carbonshed Project is another
pioneering initiative of the LLDA which
is aimed at reducing the greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions coming from various
sectors and activities in the Laguna de
Bay Watershed through the establishment
of MRFs with composting, methane
recovery projects, WWTFs, and
reforestation. Carbon credits collected
from these activities are purchased by
the World Bank’s Community Development
Carbon Fund and Bio-carbon Fund.
“With the NCCAP, there will now be a
clear direction for climate change
adaptation which will synchronize the
efforts of LLDA and other government and
non-government organizations to mitigate
the impacts of climate change over the
long term,” Sec. Acosta states.
