Climate Change Risk in the Philippines — Policy Lags & Corruption

 The Philippines has recently slipped 12 places to 19th in the Climate Change Performance Index, signaling a drop to a “medium” performer in its climate policy and mitigation efforts.  Experts behind the ranking point to the absence of a national net-zero emissions target, lack of intermediate goals, and missing long-term climate strategy as major weaknesses.  While the country has commendable policies like the Renewable Energy Act, pace of coal phaseout is slow, and social/environmental safeguards are viewed as inadequate — for example, some hydropower or floating solar projects have raised concerns about impacts on indigenous communities and fisherfolk.  


Meanwhile, corruption is severely undermining climate adaptation efforts. Greenpeace Philippines warns that as much as ₱1.089 trillion in “climate-tagged” government funds — especially those earmarked for flood-control projects under the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) — may have been misused or siphoned off since 2023.  According to their analysis (based on government data from the National Integrated Climate Change Database), around ₱560 billion of DPWH’s ₱800 billion in climate projects is potentially vulnerable to corruption.  This “theft of climate funds,” as Greenpeace calls it, seriously jeopardizes Filipino communities’ ability to cope with increasing flood risks, weakens public trust, and raises urgent demands for transparency, better oversight, and nature-based, community-led climate solutions.  


-Philstar https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2025/11/20/2488701/philippines-slides-19th-climate-change-performance-index

-Greenpeace Philippines

https://www.greenpeace.org/philippines/press/68522/flood-control-corruption-an-obscene-plunder-of-much-needed-climate-funds/




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