PARIS PACT | Philippines plans to curb total emission by 75 percent

April 16, 2021 , 08:24 PM

(April 16, 2021) – The Philippines has committed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 75 percent by 2030, adhering to an international pact and helping local sectors fulfill the global ambitious target.

On Thursday, the government submitted the Philippines’ first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, fulfilling its role as a signatory to the Paris Agreement.

“The country’s climate change mitigation actions shall strengthen the resilience and adaptive capacity of the country, including through enhanced access to climate finance, technology development and transfer, and capacity building,” said the Philippine document, putting emphasis on implementing “policies and measures on and uptake of circular economy and sustainable consumption and production practices.”

But the government said the country cannot fulfill the goals on its own, saying that 72.29 percent of the emissions reduction target could be completed through external assistance from foreign countries.

Only 2.71 percent can be covered by the country’s own funding and resources.

Government officials plan to target the sectors of agriculture, wastes, industry, transportation, and energy to fulfill the reduction of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, pegged at an average of 1.98 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per capita in 2020.

In the NDC, the country also promised to create adaptation measures across different aspects of the environment, like the coastal and marine ecosystems, “to preempt, reduce and address residual loss and damage”.

“The country shall also endeavor to undertake equitable adaptation strategies with mitigation co-benefits and ensure their contribution to the national pandemic recovery. For this purpose, the Philippines shall diligently access the means of implementation under the Paris Agreement,” the NDC added.

At least 197 countries had signed the Paris Climate Change Agreement in 2015 where nations signified their commitment to reduce their carbon emissions to combat climate change. Developed countries have the responsibility to assist developing nations, like the Philippines, achieve their climate mitigation targets and adaptation efforts.

President Rodrigo Duterte, in a speech before the United Nations last year, urged developed nations to step up their efforts against climate change, adding that the problem should be urgently resolved in light of the pandemic.

But environmental groups believed the country could have done so much more, calling the commitment “not ambitious enough.”

“The commitment does not reflect the urgency needed to address the climate emergency,” said Greenpeace campaigner Khevin Yu.

“We still have a workable chance to overturn our situation if the government develops and updates their action plans to reflect the ambition necessary to respond to the crisis … Ambitious climate targets and corresponding action will help us attain a better normal.”

Rex Barrer of the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities expressed frustration over the remarkably low figure the government was willing to shoulder, urging the energy department to update its pledge as reflected in the Philippine Energy Plan.

“The challenge now is to see the NDC process as a means by which the modernization of the electricity sector is realized, driven by genuine competition and premised on greater reliance on flexible generation.”

“To this end, we are committed to support the government’s goal to rapidly modernize the country’s power sector and to ensure sooner rather than later the integration of transport modernization strategies into long-term energy development.”

(Beatrice Puente/MM)

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