5.4 Adaptation vs. Mitigation

• Adaptation - increase the resilience and coping capacity of the sector with the current and future changes
• Mitigation - limit the cause of climate change through measures that could slow down the buildup of atmospheric GHGs concentrations by reducing current and future emissions and by increase GHG sinks
• Adaptation Measures/Strategies

  Agriculture - adjustment of planning dates and crop variety; crop relocation; improved land management, e.g. erosion control and soil protection through tree planting
• Adaptation Measures/Strategies

  Water - expanded rainwater harvesting; water storage and conservation techniques; water re-use; desalination; water-use and irrigation efficiency
• Adaptation Measures/Strategies

  Human Health - heat-health action plans; emergency medical services; improved climate-sensitive disease surveillance and control; safe water and improved sanitation
• Adaptation Measures/Strategies

  Infrastructure/Settlement - Relocation; seawalls and storm surge barriers; dune reinforcement; land acquisition and creation of marshlands/wetlands as buffer against sea level rise and flooding; protection of existing natural barriers
• Mitigation Measures/Strategies

  Energy Supply - Improved supply and distribution efficiency; fuel switching from coal to gas, renewable heat and power (hydropower, solar, wind, geothermal and bioenergy); combined heat and power; early applications of Carbon Dioxide Capture (e.g. storage of removed CO2 from natural gas)
• Mitigation Measures/Strategies

  Transport - more fuel-efficient vehicles; hybrid vehicles; cleaner diesel vehicles; biofuels; non-motorized transport (cycling, walking); land use and transport planning
• Mitigation Measures/Strategies

  Buildings - efficient lightning and daylighting; more efficient electrical appliances and heating and cooling devices; improved cook stoves, improved insulation; passive and active solar design for heating and cooling; alternative refrigeration fluids, recovery and recycling of fluorinated gases
• We can make a difference

  •Save electricity

  -turn off lights and electric appliance when not in use

  -use more energy efficient electric appliances

  -use compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) that last 4 times longer and use just 1/4 of the electricity compared to incandescent bulbs
• We can make a difference

  •Plant trees in your neighborhood and look after them

  •Take the bus, ride a bike or walk; maximize the use of public transport systems.
• We can make a difference

  •Recycle cans, bottles, plastic bags and newspapers. When you recycle, you help save natural resources.

  •Generate as little trash as possible, because trash in landfill sites emit large quantities of methane, and if burned, carbon dioxide is released.
• We can make a difference

  • Reduce on the use of non-renewable sources of energy and increase in the use of renewable energy sources such as solar, hydro, and wind energy

  • Encourage cooperation and partnerships among other institutions in programs and activities that would help fight global warming.
• We can make a difference

  • Strengthen environmental awareness and action among your colleagues by initiating innovative and creative information and education campaigns

  • Consume less, share more, live simply
• Significant Milestones in the Philippines' Response to Address Climate Change

  ➢Created the Inter-Agency Committee on Climate Change (IACCC) in May 1991 to serve as the national coordination mechanism and administrative machinery to implement the country’s commitments to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
• Significant Milestones in the Philippines' Response to Address Climate Change

  ➢Signed the UNFCCC on June 1992 and ratified it on August 2, 1994

  ➢Signed the Kyoto Protocol on April 15, 1998 and ratified it on November 20, 2003
• Significant Milestones in the Philippines' Response to Address Climate Change

  ➢Designated the DENR as the National Authority for CDM on June 25, 2004 by virtue of Executive Order No. 320

  ➢Issued DENR Adm. Order 2005-17 on August 2005 on the IRR Governing E.O. 32
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  Significant Milestones in the Philippines' Response to Address Climate Change

  ➢Republic Act No. 9729: Climate Change Act of 2009 (Signed 23 October 2010)

  ➢An Act Mainstreaming Climate Change into Government Policy Formulations, Establishing the Framework, Strategy and Program on Climate Change, Creating for this Purpose the Climate Change Commission (CCC), and for Other Purposes
• Significant Milestones in the Philippines' Response to Address Climate Change

  ➢Climate Change Commission (CCC)- sole policy-making body of the government tasked to coordinate, monitor and evaluate Climate Change programs and action plans attached to the Office of the President

  ➢The National Framework Strategy on Climate Change – 2010-2022

  ➢The Philippine Strategy on Climate Change Adaptation – 2010-2022
• Climate change will not be effectively managed until individuals and communities recognize that their behavior can make a difference -The Royal Society, Climate Change: what we know and what we need to know. (2002)