Philippines
Administrative order no 220 creating an inter-agency committee on Climate change
The administrative order No.220 signed by the President of the Philippines creates an Inter-Agency Committee on Climate Change.
The functions of the Committee are the following: 1) to formulate policies and response strategies to climate change; 2) to determine the national information requirements relevant to negotiations for the adoption of a central instrument at the UN Conference for Environment and Development, Brazil (1992); 3) to establish working groups to monitor and assess local climate change and its environmental and socio-economic impact in coordination with international agencies; 4) to designate a focal point to serve as the links between the Philippines and the Secretariats of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
The functions of the Committee are the following: 1) to formulate policies and response strategies to climate change; 2) to determine the national information requirements relevant to negotiations for the adoption of a central instrument at the UN Conference for Environment and Development, Brazil (1992); 3) to establish working groups to monitor and assess local climate change and its environmental and socio-economic impact in coordination with international agencies; 4) to designate a focal point to serve as the links between the Philippines and the Secretariats of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).