Publications
Position papers
This contains the publications and position papers of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas since October 2020. Please click on the link below to access a specific position paper.
- Official statement of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on House Resolution Nos. 1377 and 1391, on the declaration of a climate and environmental emergency and the urgency for the submission of the first Nationally Determined Contributions in 2020, respectively
- Joint statement on the finalization and submission of the Philippines’ first Nationally Determined Contributions
- Statement on the Philippines’ first Nationally Determined Contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: An underwhelming, inadequate, and shameful climate commitment
- Official statement of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on House Bill Nos. 144 and 8089, on institutionalizing the mandatory environmental insurance coverage
- “Highest possible climate ambition, substance and compliance”: Statement of Philippine civil society organizations and networks on calls and recommendations for the first Nationally Determined Contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- Position paper on the proposed “Enhancing Climate Change Resiliency and Adaptability Act” (House Bill No. 9780)
- Position paper on proposed legislation in the House of Representatives on the consolidation of the Integrated Coastal Management bills (HB 3136 and 4496) and the National Coastal Greenbelt Program bill (HB 3303)
- Official positions of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on key issues to be deliberated during the 27th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP27)
- Position paper of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on House Bill 26 and other proposed legislation on the “Single-Use Plastic Products Regulation Act”
- Official statement on House Resolutions 8 and 213, on the adoption of a “People’s Green New Deal” for a just and green economic recovery and the establishment of a multi-actor partnership on the enhancement of climate and disaster risk financing and insurance in the Philippines, respectively
- Official position of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on HB 2610 and HB 7278, on national hazard mapping, and HB 4364 and HB 6385, on enhancing climate change resiliency and adaptability
- Official positions of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on key issues to be deliberated during the 2023 United Nations Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB58)
- Official statement and recommendations of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on the Philippines’s Climate Investment Funds – Accelerating Coal Transition (CIF-ACT) Investment Plan
- Official statement and recommendations of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on the draft ADB Climate Change Action Plan
- Comments of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on the draft Philippine National Adaptation Plan
- Official positions of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on key issues to be deliberated during the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (COP28)
- On loss and damage and the impacts of climate change on the human rights, climate change legislation, litigation and intergenerational justice, and the protection of environmental human rights defenders, in the context of the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the landfall of Haiyan in the Philippines (submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change)
- Corporate accountability in the context of human rights and climate change (submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change)
- Joint statement of Philippine civil society organizations on key issues to be deliberated during the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (COP28)
- Official position on SB2439, a proposed act institutionalizing the Philippine Ecosystem and Natural Capital Accounting System, mandating its use in policy and decision-making, designating the agencies responsible for its implementation, providing institutional arrangements among responsible agencies, and appropriating funds therefor
- Official position on SB2450, a proposed act establishing a framework for blue economy, promoting stewardship, and sustainable development of coastal and marine ecosystems and resources
- Submission of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to development on inputs for the report on climate justice and loss and damage
- Second position paper of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on HB 7705 (“Low Carbon Economy Act of 2022”)
- Official positions and recommendations of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on the Biennial Update Report and the upcoming Biennial Transparency Report
- Recommendations for the development of the ASEAN Environmental Rights Framework