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Aksyon Klima Pilipinas

Position Papers

The following is a list of position papers that have been communicated to corresponding policymaking entities under the current AKP leadership.

Title of position paperDate transmittedSubmitted to
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, respectively12/09/2020CCC
Joint statement on the finalization and submission of the Philippines’ first Nationally Determined Contributions12/18/2020CCC
Statement on the Philippines’ first Nationally Determined Contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: An underwhelming, inadequate, and shameful climate commitment12/24/2020CCC
Official statement of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on House Bill Nos. 144 and 8089, on institutionalizing the mandatory environmental insurance coverage02/04/2021HORCCC
“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 Change02/15/2021CCC
Position paper on the proposed “Enhancing Climate Change Resiliency and Adaptability Act” (House Bill No. 9780)08/20/2021HORCCC
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)10/10/2022HORCCC
Position paper of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on House Bill 26 and other proposed legislation on the “Single-Use Plastic Products Regulation Act”12/09/2022HORCOE
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, respectively02/21/2023HORCCC
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 adaptability03/17/2023HORCCC
Official positions of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on key issues to be deliberated during the 2023 United Nations Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB58)03/19/2023Philippine government delegation
Official position of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on HB7705 (“Low Carbon Economy Act of 2022”)05/23/2023HORCCC
Official statement and recommendations of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on the progress of the Philippines’s Climate Investment Funds – Accelerating Coal Transition (CIF-ACT) Investment Plan08/11/2023ADB
Comments of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on the draft Philippine National Adaptation Plan (as communicated on 18 August 2023)08/20/2023CCC and DENR
Official statement and recommendations of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on the draft ADB Climate Change Action Plan08/23/2023ADB
Comments of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on the draft Philippine National Adaptation Plan09/15/2023CCC and DENR
Official statement and recommendations of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on the draft Philippines’s Climate Investment Funds – Accelerating Coal Transition (CIF-ACT) Investment Plan (as communicated on 15 September 2023)09/28/2023ADB
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)11/08/2023Philippine government delegation
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)11/10/2023UN 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)11/30/2023UN 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)12/09/2023Philippine government delegation
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 therefor02/20/2024Office of Sen. Legarda
Official position on SB2450, a proposed act establishing a framework for blue economy, promoting stewardship, and sustainable development of coastal and marine ecosystems and resources02/20/2024Office of Sen. Legarda
On inputs for the report on climate justice and loss and damage02/29/2024UN Special Rapporteur on the right to development
Second position paper of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on HB 7705 (“Low Carbon Economy Act of 2022”)02/29/2024HORCCC
Official positions and recommendations of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on the Biennial Update Report and the upcoming Biennial Transparency Report03/25/2024CCC
Recommendations for the development of the ASEAN Environmental Rights Framework04/30/2024DENR
Official position on HB 9609 (“Climate Accountability Bill”)05/14/2024HORCCC
Official position on key issues to be deliberated during the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany (SB60)05/20/2024Philippine government delegation
Second position paper on the Climate Accountability (CLIMA) Bill (HB9609 and HB10478)07/15/2024HORCCC
Official position of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on proposed legislation in the House of Representatives on the “Low Carbon Economy Investment Act of 2023”08/06/2024HORCCC
Official positions of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on key issues to be deliberated during the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)10/30/2024Philippine government delegation
Not Just A Transition: joint position of Philippine civil society, peoples’, and non-government organizations and networks on the formulation of the national just transition roadmap11/05/2024Several government agencies
Official positions of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on key issues to be deliberated during the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)11/21/2024Philippine government delegation
On inputs for the report on just transition and human rights, in the context of the climate crisis12/16/2024OHCHR
Additional positions on proposed legislation pertaining to the “Climate Accountability Bill” (HB 9609 and HB10478)01/15/2025HORCCC
Submission to the “Baku to Belem Roadmap to 1.3T”03/21/2025UNFCCC
Submission to the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage on responses to the draft policy on the participation of Active Observers in Board meetings and related proceedings and the draft background paper on consultative forums for engaging and communicating with stakeholders05/20/2025FRLD Secretariat
Official position on key issues to be deliberated during the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany (SB62)06/02/2025Philippine government delegation
Inputs on the draft updated version of Chapter 15 [“Accelerated climate action and disaster resilience”], as part of the mid-term review of the Philippine Development Plan 2023-202806/06/2025DepDev
Transition Together: submission by Philippine civil society, peoples’, and non-government organizations and networks of positions and recommendations for the development of the Just Transition Framework07/04/2025DENR
Official position of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on the Host Country Agreement on the Board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage08/20/2025Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Preliminary list of comments of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on the draft National ACE Strategy08/22/2025DENR
Official position of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on the Host Country Agreement on the Board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (HCA-LDF)09/01/2025Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Comments on the “Philippine National Nuclear Energy Safety Act”09/02/2025DENR
Official positions on HB 1817 (“Carbon Rights Act”)10/01/2025HORCCC
Official position of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas on HB 2055 (“Low Carbon Economy Investment Act”)10/01/2025HORCCC
Official positions on House Bill 4420 or the “Climate Accountability Bill”10/01/2025HORCCC
Post-Paris, Pre-2030 Climate Action: Official submission to the Philippine government delegation on recommended calls and positions for UNFCCC COP3010/17/2025Philippine government delegation
Recommendations to the Philippine government delegation on the draft Global Mutirão decision proposed to the 30th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change11/20/2025Philippine government delegation
Recommendations for the development of the Loss and Damage Priority Support Framework12/12/2025DENR
Official position in response to HR No. 516 and HR No. 593, submitted to the House of Representatives Committee on Climate Change01/22/2026HORCCC