In a bid to continue the implementation of the 2019-2023 Local Climate Change Action Plan, which aims to secure the city’s development gains and sustainability
efforts and initiatives by building disaster-resilient and climate change-adaptive communities, the city government has reconstituted the Davao City Climate Change Committee.
Based on Executive Order No. 21 Series of 2023 signed by Davao City Mayor Sebastian Baste Duterte on August 14, 2023, the DCC shall consist of more offices and members compared to its original composition.
The City Environment and Natural Resources Office, Davao City Investment and Promotion Center, Davao City Water District, and Davao Light and Water Company are added as members of the body, which was originally created in 2021.
Previously based on Executive Order No. 47 series of 2021, An Order Creating the Davao City Climate Change Committee, the member offices of the body are Davao City Planning and Development Office,
City Disaster Risk Management and Reduction Office, City Health Office, City Engineer’s Office City Agriculturist Office, City Veterinarian’s Office, City Transport and Traffic Management Office, Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau XI, Davao City Water District, Davao Light and Power Company and Interface Development Interventions for Sustainability and two representatives from the academe.
The secretariat of the body was changed from the City Environment and Natural Resources Office to the Davao City Planning and Development Office.
The duties and functions of the DCC include overseeing the implementation of the identified plans, programs, and activities under the thematic areas of LCCAP; formulating a strategic framework on Climate Change to serve as the basis for a program for climate change planning, research, and development, extension, and monitoring of activities on climate change.
The body shall also coordinate and synchronize climate change programs in the city; recommend legislation, policies, strategies, programs, and appropriations for climate change adaptation and mitigation and other related activities; conduct Greenhouse Gas Inventory and formulate strategies for mitigating Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, and anthropogenic sources and enhancing removal by sinks; oversee the popularization of climate change, local vulnerabilities, and risks, relevant laws and protocols, and adaptation and mitigation measures through campaigns and information dissemination; and create and publish the efforts, initiatives, and accomplishments of the city in mitigating climate change. CIO
