Climate Change and

Environmental Related

Regulations on Coal Power Plants

27 October 2017

Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila

…”It is the policy of the State to attain and maintain a rational and orderly balance between socio-economic growth and environmental protection”

- It is for this purpose that the Philippine EIS System was established under PD 1586 in 1978 and is continuously being implemented.

PD 1586 : Philippine EIS System

No person, par tnersh ip or corporat ion sha l l

under take or operate any envi ronmenta l ly cr i t i ca l project (ECP) or

locate a project wi th in an envi ronmenta l ly

cr i t i ca l area (ECA) wi thout f i r s t secur ing an Envi ronmenta l

Compl iance Cer t i f i cate

(ECC) .

Environmental Compliance Certificate

(ECC)

- Application decision document issued to the proponent

after thorough review of the EIA Report

- It outlines the commitments of the proponent which are

necessary for the project to comply with existing

environmental regulations or to operate within the

best environmental practices that are not currently

covered by existing laws

EIA PROCESS IN THE

PHILIPPINES

Expansion / Project

modifications

PROJECT SCREENING

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

MONITORING & EVALUATION / AUDIT

ISSUE ECC w/ recommendations to

other entities w/ mandate on the project

Secure permits / clearances from other DENR Units &

Other GAs / LGUs

Implementation

Change

Project

plan /

Relocate

Project

No EIA

DENY

ECC

P

U

B

L

I

C

I

N

V

O

L

V

E

M

E

N

T

EIA Required

Proponent

Driven

DENR-EMB

Driven

Proponent

Options

Not Part of

EIA Process

Public

Involvement

LEGEND:

EIA Study / Report preparation by Project

Proponent as a requirement for ECC application

EIA STUDY SCOPING

REVIEW & EVALUATION of EIA as

facilitated by DENR-EMB

MC 2014-005

Mainstreaming DRR and CCA

Philippine EIS System (PD 1586 s 1978)

Climate Change Act of 2009

(RA 9729)

Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of

2010 (RA 10121)

National Climate Change Action

Plan (2011)

EMB Memorandum Circular 005 (2011)

EMB MC 2011-005 (11 Nov. 2011)

Incorporating Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change

Adaptation (CCA) concerns in the Philippine EIS System

Adoption of “EIA Technical

Guidelines incorporating DRR

and CCA concerns” (EIA

DRR/CCA Technical Guidelines)

To promote climate change adaptation and disaster

risk reduction at the project level

Rationale for DRR/CCA Integration in EIA

As a planning and decision-making tool, one

essential purpose of the EIA process is “to

improve decision making” (World Bank,

1999).

It is strategic that EIA covers natural hazards

and related risk as well as the anticipated

rise in the frequency and intensity of

climatological hazards associated with

climate change.

DRR/CCA Enhanced EIA

a mechanism for ensuring that future projects are

resilient and that their environmental impacts do

not aggravate natural hazards or climate

change’s effects on human or natural systems.

Inclusion of DRR and CCA considerations into the EIA

process requires no change to the essential steps

or sequence of the EIA process itself.

Objectives of DRR/CCA Integration in EIA

to enhance the role of the PEISS as a risk-

based planning tool which considers

Disaster and Climate Change risks.

Guide project proponents in integrating

DRR and CCA concerns in the project

design by examining these concerns at the

project planning stage through the EIA

Process

Objectives of the Technical Guidelines

Provide EIA practitioners and stakeholders with:

Guidance on examining the implications of

disaster and climate change risks in

relation to the conduct of an EIA;

direction on a project-specific basis on

how disaster risks and climate change are

to be considered in an EIA;

The EIA Technical Guidelines on DRR/CCA is intended

as the guide on mainstreaming DRR/CCA at the

project level

not intended to replace the responsibilities of

government agencies in the conduct at the national

and sub-national levels of :

- natural hazard assessment

- disaster risk assessment (DRA),

- sectoral impact assessment,

- vulnerability assessment and other similar studies

MC 2011-005

Technical guidelines as general guide which

provides the conceptual framework for

mainstreaming DRR/CCA in EIAs

Developed

EIS Screening Forms

IEE Checklist Report Forms

End of Presentation

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