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RA 9729 Flashcards

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This Act shall be known as the “Climate Change Act of 2009”

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9729

Signed Oct 23, 2009 by Gorilia Arroyo

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Climate vs Weather

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Climate = weather pattern in 30 years
Weather = short term

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What do NCCAP and LCCAP stand for

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National Climate Change Action Plan - established to serve as a roadmap towards a more climate risk-resilient communities

Local Climate Change Action Plan - these are programs of LGUs that integrate CC mitigation measures; once integrated, incorporate dayon to CG Land Use Plan.

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A list of emission sources and the associated emissions quantified using standardized methods.

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Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Inventory

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What are the key components of this Act?

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  1. National Framework Strategy on Climate Change
    - Provide a strategic framework for national CC
    - Integrate CC considerations
    - Align with international agreements
  2. NCCAP
    - Outline priority programs
    - Coordinate efforts
    - Address DRR and capacity building
  3. People’s Survival Fund (PSF)
    - Finance local CC adaptation programs
    - Assist vulnerable communities
    - Promote climate resilience
  4. LCCAP
    - Address climate change impacts at the local level
    - Developed by LGUs
    - Integrated into local devt planning
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What is/are the role/s of the Climate Change Commission?

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  • Lead policy making body
  • NFSCC formulated by CCC = basis of development programs in a national level that will help in CC adaptation
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What are the purposes of NFSCC

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  1. Strategic framework (reviewed every 3 years)
  2. Integration Across sectors and Govt Levels – DENR and others like DILG, DND, DSWD
  3. Align with international commitments – Paris Agreement
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What are the significance of the NFSCC?

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  1. Priority Programs and Projects for adaptation and mitigation
  2. Inclusion of DRR Measures
  3. Capacity-building
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What are the purposes of the NCCAP

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  • Serve as a guide for LCCAP
  • Priorities: food security, water sufficiency, ecosystem and envi stability, climate smart industries and services, sustainable energy, and capacity and knowledge development
  • Look for 17 SDGs
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What are the purposes of LCCAPs?

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  1. Address CC impacts locally
    - Tailor strategies to address specific local vulnerabilites
  2. Enhance local resilience
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This fund is intended for financing local CC adaptation programs and projects; assisting vulnerable communities; and promoting climate resilience.

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People’s Survival Fund

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These government agencies are mandated to implement this Act, except:

A. DoH
B. DENR
C. CCC
D. NEDA
E. None of the above

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A. DoH

Implementing agencies and their roles:

  1. CCC
    - Lead agency
    - Formulation NFSCC and NCCAP
    - Coordination
  2. DENR
    - Regulation and compliance
    - Mitigation efforts
    - EIA
  3. DILG
    - Local implementation
    - Capacity building
    - Coordination
  4. DOE - Energy related aspects of CC including renewable energy promo
  5. DOTr – sustainable transport solutions
  6. NEDA – integrate CC considerations into national devt planning
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These are climate change adaptation methods, except:

A. Infrastructure improvements
B. Ecosystem-based adaptation approaches
C. Climate-resilient Agriculture and water resources management
D. All are CC adaptation methods

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D. All are CC adaptation methods

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The law also emphasizes the country’s role in international climate change negotiations. Which international CC agreement tackled the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system?

A. Hyogo Framework for Action
B. UNFCCC of 1992
C. Kyoto Protocol
D. Montreal Protocol

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B. UNFCCC of 1992

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Under which section of Article II of the constitution institutionalizes that it is the * policy of the State to advance the right of the people to a healthful ecology?

A. Section 9
B. Section 11
C. Section 16
D. Section 21

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C. Section 16

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Which framework espouses sustainable development in the Philippines, party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change?

A. Hyogo Framework for Action
B. Philippine Agenda 21
C. National Framework for Strategy on Climate Change
D. None of the above

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B. Philippine Agenda 21

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Refers to the adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities.

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Adaptation

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This refers to the ability of ecological, social or economic systems to adjust to climate change including climate variability and extremes, to moderate or offset potential damages and to take advantage of associated opportunities with changes in climate or to cope with the consequences thereof

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Adaptive capacity

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A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts which exceed the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources

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Disaster

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This is a strategy for making women’s as well as men’s concerns and experiences an integral dimension of the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of policies and programs in all political, economic, and societal spheres so that women and men benefit equally and inequality is not perpetuated. It is the process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action, including legislation, policies, or programs in all areas and at all levels

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Gender mainstreaming

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This refers to the integration of policies and measures that address climate change into development planning and sectoral decision-making.

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Mainstreaming

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In the context of climate change, this refers to human intervention to address anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all GHG, including ozone-depleting substances and their substitutes.

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Mitigation

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Which government agency shall integrate climate change into the primary and secondary education curricula and/or subjects, such as, but not limited to, science, biology, sibika, history, including textbooks, primers and other educational materials, basic climate change principles and concepts?

A. DepED
B. PIA
C. SMNI
D. Office of the President

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A DepEd malamang. Kung lahi imong answer pagbalik grade 2 gowwwww

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