One of AKP’s primary engagements on climate finance focuses on the national front, specifically on monitoring the use of the Climate Change Expenditure Tagging (CCET), the tool used by the national government to identify which programs, activities, and projects are supposedly align with the imperative of climate action – this is what we call the “national climate budget“.
After the reveal of massive corruption in mismanaged flood control projects and repeated cases of gray infrastructure projects being prioritized over the well-being of ecosystems and the communities that depend on them, the advocacy on ensuring transparency and accountability in determining, utilizing, and reporting the national climate budget has never been more relevant. This is an advocacy that AKP takes to heart through the following activities.
The network’s publications on the national climate budget have been cited by a few agencies as part of planning for their next annual budgets, by CSOs for improving their understanding of the budgetary process, and by legislators as part of the preparations for inquiries with agencies during the next national budgeting season.
These publications have also been directly presented to Philippine lawmakers, from the sidelines of the climate negotiations to the halls of the legislature. Its findings are also framed to support increased domestic public finance for the implementation of the “unconditional” target under the pending 2026 Nationally Determined Contribution.
AKP and its members also participate in budget consultations of government agencies, scrutinizing specific allocations and the alignment of proposed programs, activities, and projects with current climate, environment, and development objectives. However, this depends on the openness of government agencies to conduct such consultations.
Click on the following links to read the AKP report on the national climate budget for 2025 or 2026.