Mainstreaming Climate Change

Impacts and Adaptation in EIA

Philippines
 Key National Issuances
(Framework for the Mainstreaming Effort )

Climate Change Act of 2009

(Republic Act 9729)

Philippine Disaster Risk. Reduction and

Management Act of 2010
(Republic Act No. 10121)

National Climate Change Action Plan (2011)

Philippine Climate Projections
 Projections for 2020 and 2050 for the
following scenarios:
Scenarios Description
A1 Very rapid economic growth; population
peaks mid-century; social, cultural and
economic convergence among regions;
market mechanisms dominate.
A2 Self-reliance; preservation of local
identities; continuously increasing
population; economic growth on regional
scales
B1 Clean and efficient technologies; reduction
in material use; global solutions to
economic, social and environmental
sustainability; improved equity; population
peaks mid-century
B2 Local solutions to sustainability;
continuously increasing population at a
lower rate than in A2; less rapid
technological change than in B1 and A1
 National Climate Change Action Plan
To build the adaptive capacities of communities and increase
the resilience of natural ecosystems to climate change, and
GOAL optimize mitigation opportunities towards sustainable
development
Intermediate Ecological Human Climate-
Climate
and Smart
Outcomes Environment Security
Industries
al Stabilityy and
Water Sustainable
Services
Sufficiency Energy
Efforts in Mainstreaming Climate Change  Knowledge and
Food impacts and adaptation in EIA  Capacity
Security Development

Enhanced adaptive capacity of Successful

communities, resilience of transition towards
natural ecosystems, and climate-smart
sustainability of built development.
environment to climate change. Ultimate
Outcomes
MDG-F 1656: Strengthening the Philippine’s
Institutional Capacity to Adapt to Climate
Change

Outcome
Climate risk reduction mainstreamed in key
national & selected local development plans &
regulatory processes

Climate Risk = Disaster Risk + Climate Change

Reduction Reduction (DRR) Adaptation (CCA)
DRR/CCA Mainstreaming Entry Point with respect
to Environmental Assessment Application Level
Strategic Environmental 
PO
LICY Assessment (SEA)
Cumulative Impact 
PLAN Assessment 

PRO
G
RAM Environmental Impact 
Assessment (EIA)
PRO
JECT DRR/CCA
Mainstreaming
entry point
Environmental Management Bureau
Memorandum Circular 2011-005
(11 November 2011)
Incorporating Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA)
concerns in the Philippine EIS System

Adoption of “EIA Technical Guidelines

incorporating DRR and CCA concerns”

To promote climate change adaptation and

disaster risk reduction at the project level
Objectives of MC 2011-005 and the EIA DRR/CCA
Technical Guidelines
Provide EIA practitioners and stakeholders with:

guidance in integrating DRR and CCA

concerns in the project planning stage
through the EIA Process

 An understanding of the implications of

disaster and climate change risks in
relation to the environmental impacts of
projects

 Direction on a project-specific basis on

how disaster risks and climate change is to
be considered in an EIA
EIA Technical Guidelines incorporating
DRR and CCA concerns
a tool for ensuring that future
developments are resilient and that their
environmental impacts do not aggravate
natural hazards or climate change’s
effects on human or natural systems.

 Inclusion of DRR and CCA considerations

into the EIA process requires no change
to the essential steps or sequence of
the EIA process itself.
 PROJECT SCREENING

LEGEND: EIA Required No EIA

Proponent
Driven
EIA STUDY SCOPING
DENR-EMB
Driven P
EIA Study / Report preparation by Project U
Proponent
B
Options Proponent as a requirement for ECC application L
Not Part of Change I
EIA Process Project C
plan / REVIEW & EVALUATION of EIA as
Public
Involvement Relocate facilitated by DENR-EMB I
Project N
V
O
L
DENY ISSUE ECC w/ recommendations to V
ECC other entities w/ mandate on the project E
M
E
Secure permits / clearances from other DENR Units & N
Other GAs / LGUs T

Expansion / Project
modifications Implementation

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
MONITORING & EVALUATION / AUDIT
EIA DRR/CCA Technical Guidelines

Where applicable, climate projections for

2020 and in 2050 shall be used in the
conduct of relevant modelling, studies and
assessment as part of the EIA

 Natural hazards in the proposed project

location shall be considered in the conduct
of the EIA and integrated in the formulation
of the environmental management and
monitoring plan.
Coverage of the EIA DRR/CCA Technical
Guidelines
General guidance which provides the
conceptual framework for Mainstreaming
DRR/CCA in EIA
8 DRR/CCA-enhanced Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) Screening Forms (Annex 1)

14 DRR/CCA-enhanced Initial Environmental

Examination (IEE) Checklist Report Forms
(Annex 2)
 EIS Screening Forms
Customized for specific industry type to allow for
a more precise identification of:
assessment needs in terms of specific impacts of 
each industry types 
the critical climate and disaster risk parameters that 
need to be incorporated in the EIA 
disaster risk reduction measures and/or 
climate change adaptation options that 
should be considered/studied and 
incorporated in the project design
DRR/CCA-enhanced EIS Screening
Forms Developed
1. Agricultural Plantations
2. Food & Food By-product and Beverages
Manufacturing Plants
3. Non-Food Manufacturing (Textile, Rubber,
Chemical) Plants
4. Forestry Projects
5. Hydropower/Dam Projects
6. Mining Projects
7. Sanitary Landfill Projects
8. Thermal Power Plant Projects
 IEE Checklist Report Forms
 Simplified & Pro-forma EIA Report for specific for 13 specific
project sectors listed in the Memorandum Circular
 When appropriately accomplished, serves as the EIA Report
attachment to Environmental Compliance Certificate Applications

Contains pre-identified climate change

adaptation options
DRR/CCA-enhanced IEE Checklist Report Forms
Developed 1.Batching and Crushing Plant
2. Fisheries/aquaculture Projects
3. Food & Food By-product and Beverages
Manufacturing Plants
4. Non-Food Manufacturing (Textile, Rubber, Chemical)
Plants
5. Housing Projects
6. Building Projects
7. Cemetery and & other Funeral Facility Projects
8. Livestock /Piggery Projects
9. Resorts and other Tourism/Leisure Projects
10. Roads, Bridges
11. Water Supply Projects
12. Irrigation & Flood Control Projects
13. Sanitary Landfill Projects
14. Generic IEE Checklist Report Form
 EIA Report Review Criteria
Under this EIA DRR/CCA Technical Guidelines, the integration
of DRR/CCA into the review process will also ensure that:

Assessment considered both the climate

change projections and the hazard potential
in the proposed project location.

Appropriate impact mitigation measures as

well as climate change adaptation and
disaster risk reduction has been formulated
and analyzed based on agreements during
the screening and scoping stages.
 EIA Report Review Criteria
Under this EIA DRR/CCA Technical Guidelines, the integration
of DRR/CCA into the review process will also ensure that:

The project proponent has committed to

incorporate the appropriate climate change
adaptation and disaster risk reduction
considerations in the project design
 Project Monitoring and Evaluation

disaster and climate change risks should be

considered

NOTE :

Disaster and/or climate change risks are normally

long-term risks, hence may be difficult to evaluate in
the short-term (i.e., project life)

Knowledge base for disaster risks and climate

change will normally improve substantially over the
life of a project
 Project Monitoring and Evaluation
should include periodic assessment of climate
& disaster risks by reviewing new information
and/or monitoring specific hazard/climate
elements
At the minimum, the evaluation should focus on the
determination if the mitigating and/or adaptation
measures that were put in place are effective
Key challenges in mainstreaming of climate
change impacts and adaptation in EIA
Need to capacitate relevant/ Key stakeholders
for effective implementation
What has been done so far…
Orientations for EIA Consultants, Review 
Committee Members and EIA Casehandlers in 
various regions has been conducted

What needs to be done… 
Train other stakeholders 
Incorporate relevant learnings from this 
workshop in the training manual and 
guidelines
Key challenges in mainstreaming of climate
change impacts and adaptation in EIA
Availability and Reliability of the needed climate
change projection data
What has been done so far…
Global & Regional Climate Change Projections for 2020 
& 2050 has been downscaled to province level
Identified critical areas in the EIA Guidelines for various 
project types where 2020 & 2050 climate change 
projection considerations should be incorporated
What needs to be done… 
Intensify Information Education (IEC) Campaign 
Technical Training for integrating CC projections in EIA 
Studies
 Consolidation of hazard maps
 That’s All

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