ICSC steered the critical junctures in PSF board meetings, which resulted to the operationalization of six approved proposals from LGUs amounting to more than Php300 million, as well as the deferment of other proposals that need to be improved. The organization also sent several online updates and hosted two webinars on operationalizing PSF, which was widely attended by civil society members.
You will find in this page reports, documents, notes and other materials related to People’s Survival Fund Board discussions, including the appointment papers of the CSO representative to the PSF Board, and some archival material showing the different legislative versions of what is today called the PSF Act, dating back to the original House and Senate bills that were eventually passed as RA 9729 or the Climate Change Act of 2009, which was eventually amended into what is today RA 10174 or the PSF Law.
This page intends to sustain the transparency and accountability agenda not only of the PSF Board but of ICSC itself as an organization that works on fair climate policy and sustainable energy solutions.
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Climate change science and Philippine governance
by Danica Marie Supnet Last week, I presented our report on slow onset events, or the creeping impacts of climate change, at the international conference of the Philippine Political Science Association (PPSA). The conference, held in Davao City this year, focused on multilevel governance in the 21st century. Most participants in the conference hailed from the academe; in fact, I [...]
NGO hails Duterte admin approval of P192M for local climate action
PHOTO: Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez signs local climate fund agreements with 4 LGUs on March 7. (c) AC Dimatatac/ICSC REACTIVE MANILA, March 7, 2018 – A Manila-based international climate policy group applauded the Duterte administration’s move granting close to P200 million in climate funds to four local governments. The approval is a response to communities grappling with food security [...]
Strengthening local partnerships through the climate finance ecosystem
by Danica Marie F. Supnet and Janssen Mozar Martinez Today is the second and last day of ICSC’s Knowledge Exchange on the People’s Survival Fund, which contained the bulk of the concept brainstorming and proposal writing. Almost all of the officials which participated in our writeshop - hailing from fourteen local government units (LGUs) from Benguet and Mountain Province - [...]
Cordillera collaborations for climate finance
by Isabella Mendoza Naimbag nga rabii sa Benguet! Good evening from Benguet! Earlier today, the ICSC policy team in partnership with Benguet State University (BSU) and the Canadian Embassy launched the two-day orientation and workshop on the People’s Survival Fund (PSF) at the BSU campus in La Trinidad. The PSF is a national fund meant to help communities adapt to [...]