Local Climate Change Adaptation for Development (LCCAD, Inc.

Common barriers to LCCAP

preparation and implementation
a) Limited knowledge and understanding of
climate change and disaster risk r e d u c t i o n
issues at city and municipal levels
b) Limited transfer of knowledge and technology from involved agencies, particularly
CCC, OCD, HLURB
and NEDA
c) Limited awareness of CCA, DRVR
focal persons of provincial, city and municipal officers of the
DILG
d) Limited guidance, low human capacity & competency
at local level to undertake this kind of
adaptation planning
e) Tendency to
rely solely on available data by other
LGUs and government agencies and
institutions in formulating their respective
LCCAP/etc.
f) Lack of dynamism and dedication
among LGUs that
would be the CORE
of creating resilient community

g) Inability to share knowledge and available

data to replicate to their respective institutions and
community
h) Limited financial resources and competing
priorities of the LGU
i) Lack of legislative
framework that will guide
all cities and municipalities to prepare & formulate
a comprehensive local
climate change adaptation
plan (LCCAP)
j) Difficulty in mobilizing multi-stakeholders
to participate in vulnerability assessment and
adaptation planning and
implementation activities
k) Short political life
of the LCE and decision
maker
l) Lack of support from
the national government
agency mandating and
encouraging the LGUs to
attend and to achieve Top
to Bottom approach and
vice versa
m) Untapped and immobilized PPP initiatives and
resources.

LGA Exec. Director Marivel C. Sacendoncillo, CESO III (3rd from left) and LCCAD Exec. Director
and LCCAP formulation Resident Trainer Nong C. Rangasa (center) during the pilot-testing of the
Local Climate Change Action Plan (LCCAP) Guidebook for 16 regions & 18 major river basins held
at the Local Government Academy (LGA) Training Center at University of the Philippines, Los Baos
(UPLB) Laguna

Local Climate Change Adaptation for Development (LCCAD)

Unit 102, OroSteelCem Bldg., Bogtong, Legazpi City, Philippines

Website: www.lccad.org; Email: lccad.org@gmail.com or nongrangasa@yahoo.com; Mobile: 63927-255-6030

Website: www.ccadapt.org; Email: lccad.org@gmail.com; FB: LCCAD

(A Service Provider for LGUs in the Philippines)

Training-Workshop on the Formulation of

LOCAL CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION
PLAN (LCCAP) in the Philippines
- Mentoring & Coaching -

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACADEMY

BICOL REGION

Rationale:
Republic Act No. 9729 (Climate Change Act of 2009), as amended by R.A. No.
10174 (Peoples Survival Fund Act of 2012), and R.A. No. 10121 (Philippine
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010), require climate and
disaster-proofing of all government policies, plans and programs for the prevention
of climate-related events and other disasters. This requirement calls for top to
bottom (initiatives from national government agencies down to the smallest

LCCAP Mandates,
Legal Framework

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Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)

Memorandum Circular No. 2014-135 dated October
21, 2014 and Department of Budget and Management
(DBM)-Climate Change Commission (CCC)-DILG Joint
Memorandum Circular No. 2014-01 dated August 7, 2014;
Links:1)http://lmp.org.ph/default/images/LCCAP/dilg%20
mc%202014-135%20lccap%20guidelines.pdf
2) http://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/
Issuances/2014/Joint%20Memorandum%20Circular%20/
JMC2014-01_CC-DILG.pdf
3) http://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/
Issuances/2014/Local%20Budget%20Memorandum/LBM%20
No.68.pdf); http://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/
Issuances/2014/Local%20Budget%20Memorandum/LBM_68-A.
pdf
4) (http://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/
Issuances/2014/Joint%20Memorandum%20Circular%20/

MENTORING & COACHING:

Resident Trainer Nong C. Rangasa
personally assisting the participants of
LCCAP Batch 11, Aug. 20-22, 2014

C L I M AT E C H A N G E A D A P TAT I O N
PRACTITIONER & LCCAP CHAMPION
LEGAZPI CITY MAYOR NOEL E. ROSAL

Vision, Mission,
Goals & Objectives
Vision
Establishing robust Public-PrivatePartnerships (PPPs), the LCCAD
is envisioned as a dedicated Center
for Excellence for developing
new competencies for integrating
Climate Change Adaptation
(CCA) and Disaster Risk and
Vulnerability Reduction (DRVR)
for local developments. A synergy
of strategies is within reach to the
emergence of resource efficient
climate resilient communities that
render low carbon footprints relevant
to globally recognized contributions
in addressing specific challenges
faced by the stakeholders in the
micro, the meso, as well as the macro
scale level. The LCCAD firmly
believes that the science of CCA &
DRVR must be everybodys task and
obligation. Thus without exemption,
CCA & DRVR are not the mere
outcome of instinctive processes but
rather due to deeper, more prompt
and expedient scientific approaches

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government entities) and the Bottom-up approach which is

carrying out the strategies from the local level up to the top
in reverse fashion so called no regrets methodology.

Local Government Academy (LGA)-Department of the

Interior and Local Government (DILG), in partnership with
the Local Climate Change Adaptation for Development
(LCCAD, Inc.), the City Government of Legazpi and
Philippine Information Agency,
Bicol Regional Office (PIA, ROV)
P ro j e c t I m p l e m e n t a t i o n /
Duration: January 2014 to
December 2014 (extended until
2015)

Formulation of Local Climate Change Action Plan (LCCAP)

organizations working on CCA and DRR and international financial
institutions was held in Legazpi City where Albays best practices as
role model on zero casualty during calamity as recognized by the
UN was showcased. The second leg was held in Iloilo City in the
Visayas attended by Vice President Jejomar Binay and UNDP country
director Renaud Meyer and participated by members of the League
of Cities of the Philippines in cooperation with the Development
Academy of the Philippines. The event was an advocacy activity
for LGUs on CCA given their critical responsibility in shaping and
implementing measures that would ensure continuity of development
and provide safety nets for highly vulnerable groups at the local
level. The third leg was held in Davao City in Mindanao attended
by members of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines and

Place of Implementation
Legazpi City

The Government of the Philippines

(GOP) has embarked on climate-disaster
proofing of all planning processes for a)
Philippine Development Plan (PDP) and
sectoral plans; b) Regional and Provincial
Physical Framework and Development
Plans (PPFDPs); c) Comprehensive Land
Use and Development Plans (CLUDPs); d)
Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP);
and e) Annual Investment Plan (AIP).
The National Framework Strategy on
Climate Change (NFSCC), which serves as
the guide for all climate change planning,
research and development, extension, and monitoring,
declares all 1,700 cities and municipalities in the Philippines
vulnerable to climate change and disaster impacts.
As the agencies mandated by law to be front liners in the
formulation, planning and implementation of Local Climate
Change Action Plans (LCCAPs) in their respective areas...
(R.A.9729, Sec. 14), all LGUs should base their planning
activities and measures on their own identified vulnerabilities
and highlight such in their LCCAP.
In compliance with the Framework Strategy for scienceand risk-based planning processes and results, LGUs must
consider the local assessment of climate change impacts
on the most vulnerable communities and areas and the
ecosystems and other resources within their territories.
Implementing Body

Target Beneficiaries
This training-workshop is
designed for different institutions
and entities. It is particularly
useful for:
Loc al c hie f e xe c utiv e s
(provincial, city, municipality,
barangay), policymakers (Vice,
Governors, Vice Mayors,
Councilors, SB Secretary/s),
administrators; Municipal, city
and provincial practitioners
(Planners, disaster risk
managers, environmental,
agriculture, health, tourism,
engineering, accounting,
treasurer, budget officers, social
welfare officers and development workers, UN and other
international, regional and local NGO staff working in
the fields of climate change adaptation, disaster risk and
vulnerability reduction management and development.
To ensure the quality of the guided training workshop on
LCCAP formulation, a maximum of 100 total participants
from Fifteen (15) LGUs including the regional, provincial,
city and municipal officers of the Department of the Interior
and Local Government (DILG) were accepted on a firstcome, first-served basis.
Overview
The Department of the Interior and Local Government
(DILG) and its Local Government Academy (LGA), in
partnership with the Local Climate Change Adaptation

Local Climate Change Adaptation for Development (LCCAD)

Unit 102, OroSteelCem Bldg., Bogtong, Legazpi City, Philippines

Website: www.lccad.org; Email: lccad.org@gmail.com or nongrangasa.lccad@gmail.com; Mobile: 63927-255-6030

graced by his Excellency President Benigno C. Aquino III. CIRCA

executive director and Summit convener, Nong Rangasa said the
events were valuable in broadening collective action to develop the
resilience and adaptive capacities of local communities to the adverse
impacts of climate change.

In August 2012 the last in the line of firsts to be convened in
Legazpi City was the 1st Philippine Tourism Conference on Climate
Change Adaptation that gave birth to the Legazpi Declaration
recommending for the integration of climate change adaptation into
the National Tourism Development Plan (NTDP). No less than the
late DILG Secretary, Jesse Robredo issued a Memo Circular to all
Local Chief Executives (LCEs) and stakeholders in the country and
strongly endorsed their participation in the conference. His untimely
death was greatly mourned when he failed to come for the opening
ceremony as guest speaker. For this reason former Legazpi City
Mayor and then City Administrator, and colleague, Noel E. Rosal
dedicated the 1st PTCCCA in his honor.
The 1st PTCCCA (2012) was doubly significant to the LCCAD

because it coincided with the launching of the maiden issue of The

Philippine EPICENTRE, LCCADs Climate Change Magazine.

The Philippine EPICENTRE was lauded by President Aquino, who
together with Vice President Jejomar Binay; Senator Loren Legarda; Climate
Change Commission Vice Chairperson and Executive Director Mary Ann
Lucille Sering; Presidential Assistant for Climate Change Secretary Elisea
Gozun; Presidential Adviser on Environmental Protection Nereus Acosta,
Jr.; the late DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo; Tourism Secretary Ramon
Jimenez, Jr.; DENR Secretary Ramon Paje; and then Legazpi City Mayor
Carmen Geraldine Rosal extended their congratulatory messages to the
magazine.

The Legazpi Declaration was adopted by the First Malolos Green
Covenant on Eco-Cultural Tourism, Climate Change Adaptation and
Sustainable Development on the occasion of the 114th Anniversary of the
Malolos Constitutional Congress held in historical Barasoain Church in
Malolos City, Bulacan where Malolos and Legazpi adopted each other as
Sister Cities.

Through House Resolution No. 3016, the First Malolos Green
Covenant signed by Mayors Atty. Christian Natividad and Carmen
Geraldine Rosal of Sister Cities Malolos and Legazpi, respectively; and
the National Presidents of the League of Provinces of the Philippines,
Gov. Alfonso V. Umali, Jr.; League of the Municipalities, Mayor
Donato Marcos; League of Cities, Mayor Oscar Rodriguez; Liga ng
mga Barangay, Hon. Ricojudge Jonner Echiverri , and witnessed by
5,000 government officials led by LCCAD President and Chairman
Nong Rangasa and My Shelter Foundation Executive Director Illac
Angelo Diaz, was presented to the 3rd Regular Session of the Fifteenth
Congress by Representative Dan S. Fernandez.

The House Resolution urged President Aquino to adopt the
Covenant and support the concerted call for action of national and
local government agencies and stakeholders for local capacity building
for climate-proofing land use plans and development programs and
the public recognition of best practices and practitioners through the
Climate Change Awards.

To date, the LCCAD, under the management of Manuel
Nong C. Rangasa, continues to carry the torch advocating climate
change adaptation and disaster risk and vulnerability reduction
so that communities need not be left wallowing unaided in their
vulnerabilities.

What was first considered as suntok sa buwan is now within
the grasp of local chief executives (LCEs) in the provinces, cities,
municipalities, and barangays across the Philippine Archipelago
through the formulation of Local Climate Change Action Plans
(LCCAPs) and Barangay Contingency and Recovery Plans (BCRPs).l

And like the advocate that he is, LCCAD executive director Nong
Rangasa is commissioned by the Local Government Academy of the
DILG as Resident Trainer, Coach and Mentor in the Formulation of
LCCAPs in the Philippines..

Local Climate Change Adaptation for Development (LCCAD)

Unit 102, OroSteelCem Bldg., Bogtong, Legazpi City, Philippines

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Formulation of Local Climate Change Action Plan (LCCAP)

Backgrounder

f a dream is meant to come true, then the Climate Change

Act of 2009 is the epitome of that dream. The Local
Climate Adaptation for Development (LCCAD) and the Climate
Change Academy (CCA) attest to this.

Manuel Nong C. Rangasa, then Project Manager of the
United Nations Millennium Development Goal Fund (MDGF)
1656, Governance Component, United
Nations Development Programme
(UNDP), a Joint Program of the
Government of the Philippines,
Government of Spain and the
United Nations, spearheaded the
conceptualization of a national policy
ordaining LGUs as frontline agencies
for addressing the impacts of climate
change.

Albay Governor, Joey Sarte
Salceda, the Philippines Green
Economist chided Rangasas proposal
as suntok sa buwan (shooting
for the moon). This challenged
Rangasa more and made him seek
the assistance of the Sangguniang
Panlalawigan to pass resolutions for
the adoption of policies and strategies,
their institutionalization and provision
of financial resources to strengthen
LGUs capabilities against climate
change.

And so the Government of Albay,
assisted by donor agencies and the UN
in the Philippines rendered support
that led to the establishment of the
Centre for Initiatives and Research on Climate Change Adaptation
(PGA-CIRCA) of which Nong Rangasa became the first Executive
Director from 2007 until 2011. CIRCA became the institution for
climate change concerns while its twin offshoots: the Climate Change
Academy (CCA) was for enhancing LGUs capabilities and the Local
Climate Change Adaptation for Development (LCCAD) was for the
propagation of knowledge and expertise in the mainstreaming of
climate change adaptation. The CCA was officially inaugurated in
November 25, 2011 by His Excellency, President Benigno C. Aquino
III while the LCCAD was registered as a mobile service provider at
the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Provincial Government of Albay and donor agencies
also supported the a)Integration of climate change concepts in the
curricula of primary and secondary education; b) establishment of
the Albay model for local, national and international advocacy; and
c) public-private partnership initiatives on DRR-CCA.

In that same year, the 1ST National Conference on Climate
Change Adaptation (1st NCCCA) was convened in Albay giving
birth to the Albay Declaration that was recognized by the Office
of the President, the Philippine Senate, House of Representatives,
the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Asian
Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank (WB), the International
Centre for Agroforestry (ICRAF), the Department of Environment

and Natural Resources (DENR) and other international development

partners. It was presented to the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bali, Indonesia as the Philippine
Paper on Climate Change and recognized by UN Secretary General,
Kofi Annan and then US Vice President Albert Gore. And so the
dawning of the realization of Nong Rangasas dream has begun.

Albay owes it to Rangasa as first
executive director of PGA-CIRCA,
such best practices as: a) Socio-Political
Advocacy for Green Economy; b)
Mainstreaming DRR-CCA into Local
Development Planning Processes for
Integrated Physical Framework; and
c) Mainstreaming Climate Change in
the Philippine Educational Curriculum
Focused in Albay, the first of its kind in
the country, in Asia Pacific, and in the
world. This best practice is the main
contributing factor that earned for
Salceda the title First UNISDR Senior
Global Champion on DRR and CCA
in 2010. It was also during the world
conference of the UNFCCC in Durban,
South Africa in 2011 that Director
Rangasa advocated for Governor
Salcedas nomination as the Philippine
representative to the World Leaders
Conference on the newly-created Green
Climate Fund of the United Nations.
This initiative was inspired by the
worlds best international negotiator,
an icon in her own right, Madam
Bernarditas Muller.

The Albay Declaration of 2007 called for the early passage
of the Climate Change Act and the creation of the Climate Change
Commission. In October 23, 2009, House Bill No. 2583 proposed
by Senator Loren Legarda, the Asia Pacific Regional Champion for
DRR-CCA, was signed into law by then President Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo, now known as Republic Act 9729, the Climate Change Act
of 2009.

In October 24, 2009 the 2nd NCCCA +2 was convened by
the Albay-CIRCA, the GIZ, DENR, UNDP and the Senate of the
Philippines, the output of which was the Manila Declaration that
called for the early passage of the National Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management Act (R.A. 10121) and the creation of the NDRRMC.

In November 2011, the 1st National Media Conference on
Climate Change Adaptation (NMCCCA) was convened attended
by foreign and local media practitioners and produced the Media
Declaration calling for more people participation in raising climate
change awareness and officially turned over to President Aquino III
by PCOO Secretary Herminio Sonny B. Coloma Jr.

In 2010 the LGU Summit +3i took place in the three main
islands of the country namely, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
The Summit was aimed at strengthening LGUs involvement in
climate change adaptation. The first leg of the Summit, participated
by governors, vice governors, planning officers, civil society

Local Climate Change Adaptation for Development (LCCAD)

Unit 102, OroSteelCem Bldg., Bogtong, Legazpi City, Philippines

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for Development, Inc. (LCCAD),

developed the Guidebook on the
Preparation of Local Climate Change
Action Plan for LGUs, which was pilot
tested by the DILG Regional CCADRR at the LGA Training Center at
the University of the Philippines Los
Banos (UPLB) and the Conference
Hall, DILG Central Office Building.
Participants included focal persons of
the 16 regions, representatives from
partner government agencies and select
LoGoTri Philnet member institutions
as LGAs partners in implementing the
program for LGUs particularly within
the eighteen (18) Major River Basins
(LGUs) and the National Capital Region
(NCR) composed of 16 urbanized cities
and 1 municipality.
In view of the limited awareness
among participants about the policy and
practical application of mainstreaming
climate change and disaster concerns,
the LCCAP training-workshop
design builds on and expands the
use of the concept in present and
future adaptation planning, policy
and decision-making processes. The
Local Framework and principles on
climate change adaptation (CCA),
disaster risk (DR) and vulnerability
reduction (VR) and management were
integrated in a science-based approach
and probabilistic risk assessment
requirement to guide Bottom-up
planning as well as identification and
adoption of No regret options and
actions.
In 2014, the LGA-DILG formally
forged with LCCAD a complementary
partnership with the city government
of Legazpi to roll out the trainingworkshop of 1,700 LGUs in the country.
As the residential trainer, the LCCAD
assisted the LGA in enhancing the
competencies of DILG field officers and
LGUs in LCCAP formulation through
mentoring and coaching.

putting man on top of a heirarchy

of every living soul.
LCCAP Objectives:
The training-workshop assisted and
groomed participants in designing and
formulating LCCAP, specifically in:
1) Mainstreaming climate change
adaptation, disaster risk and vulnerability
reduction in policies, plans, and
programs (Local Framework)
2) Conducting climate change sectoral
vulnerability assessments, anticipatory
adaptation and management (VAAAM);
3) Formulating Local Climate Change
Action Plan (LCCAP); and
4) Formulating Barangay Contingency
and Recovery Plans (BCRPs) and
Barangay Governance Automated
System (BGAS)
Structure:
The basic 3-day training-workshop
features:
a) Lectures and discussions (1 days);
b) Planning workshop and coaching on
the formulation and drafting of LCCAP/
BCRP with presentation of draft outputs;
(1 days).
Methods and Scope:
The training, conducted in English,
consisted of lectures highlighting current
climate change issues and case studies on
local best working practices, interactive
discussions among participants, and
panel discussions with leading experts
and practitioners from national agencies
and LCCAD. The guided workshop
sessions ensured that the participants
went back to their respective LGUs
with tangible outputs, in this case, a
draft local climate change action plan
(LCCAP) tailored to the needs of the

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Mission
To provide scientific moorings
for climate adaptive localities,
practical experiences and best
practices in DRVR and climate
change impact management that
will be shared with LGUs, the
frontline agencies for climate change
risk s management. the LCCAD
contributes to addressing some of
specific chanllenges faced by the
localities in the Bicol region and other
parts of the Philippines. It initiates
and supports the implementaton
of selected projects in the short,
medium to long term developments
by helping to secure their funding.
The strategies will finally develop
common positions on climate
change demostrating leadership and
strong commitment to action in the
bottom-up approach starting from the
barangays linking the three-scaled
levels of stakeholders profiles. The
LCCAD stimulates impulses to
spur enthusiastic participation in
the multi-sectoral accessibilty of
CCA-DRVR for all walks of life both
from government institutions and
non-government organizations and
the combination of these avenues.
Goals
- To create strong public & private
awareness on Climate Change
Adaptation and Disater Risk and
Vurnerability Reduction (CCADRVR), Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) issues;
- To enhance community of practice
(COP);
-To interface with the private public
partnership initiatives (PPPIs);
- To provide technical assistance to
stakeholders;
-To provide capacity assessment and
development for local government
units;

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participants institution/organization.
Strategies
L C C A D s e x p e r t p r a c t i t i o n e r,
with guest scientific and technical
lecturers, conducted regular and
tailored trainings, based on extensive
knowledge, expertise and experience in
the field of climate change adaptation,
disaster risk and vulnerability reduction
management and development.
This LCCAD Training Program is:
Innovative and the first of its kind
in introducing novel frameworks,
strategies, measures, techniques and
best working practices.
Inclusive and wide-ranging in that
it integrated the latest developments
in climate change science and new
concepts and principles from various
community of practices (COP) and/
or disciplines on climate change
adaptation (CCA), disaster risk (DR)
and vulnerability reduction (VR)
management and reduced potential
damages and casualties in development
programs and projects.
Focused on practical learning
experience in climate change
sectoral vulnerability assessment and
anticipatory adaptation management
(VAAAM) and formulation of LCCAP
to ensure that participants return to their
respective local government units with
their respective training outputs.
A continuing learning engagement
in that it provided post-training technical
assistance and support network/
linkages essential to mobilization and
implementation of LCCAPs programs
and projects.
Local Government/CommunityDriven in that it is facilitated and
provided by LGUs that relate scientific,
societal, institutional arrangement,
knowledge management and aspects
of climate change adaptation (CCA),
disaster risks (DR) and vulnerability

reduction (VR) measures in the

prioritization of local investment
programs and development.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
There have been 24 batches that
finished the course on LCCAP/BCRP
formulation. There were 19 batches in
2014, with already five this year and
counting. The first batch, among others,
was composed of 89 various technical
and elective officials directly involved
in the CCA-DRVR aspects of local
governance representing a total of 16
government units namely:

1. San Jose de Buenavista, Antique
2. San Juan City, NCR
3. Manila City, NCR
4. Balasan, Iloilo
5. Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte
6. Sorsogon City, Sorsogon
7. Alegria, cebu
8. Bacuag, Surigao del Norte
9. Cabadbaran City, CARAGA
10. Catarman, Northern Samar
11. Bislig City, Surigao del Sur
12. Sogod, Southern Leyte
13. Jagna, Bohol
14. Lope de Vega, Northern Samar
15. Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
16. Bien Unido, Bohol
However, only the following LGUs
were able to submit their outputs that
the LCCAD imperatively required them
to accomplish:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6,

Manila City
San Jose de Buenavista, Antique
San Juan City, Metro Manila
Balasan, Iloilo
Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte
Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte

Some submitted their soft copies to

the Secretariat and the others through
electronic mail (email) system. Thus,
the secretariat was the one that printed

those outputs for hard copy filing

purpose.
Batch 2 was composed of 10 LGUs,
namely:
1. Las Pias City, NCR
2. Silago, Southern Leyte
3. Cabucgayan, Biuliran
4. Tudela, Misamis Occidental
5. Pasig City, NCR
6. Quezon City, NCR
7. Pantukan, Compostela Valley
8. Cagwait, Surigao del Sur
9. Hinatuan, Surigao, del Sur
10. Catarman, Northern Samar
The participating contingents of Batch 2
consisted of sixty one (61) participants
and those that submitted their outputs
were:
1. Tudela, Misamis Occidental
2. Silago, Southern Leyte
3. Catarman, Northern Samar
The first two batches were held in
Legazpi City while the third batch was
in Catarman, Northern Samar
upon special request of its MDRRMO.
H o w e v e r, f a r f r o m L C C A D s
expectation, only four LGUs
participated, namely:
1. Catarman
2. Catubig
3. Gamay
4. Pambujan
The ABC president of LGU San Jose
came to participate but had a heat stroke.
Amid the scorching heat in the venue
the participants were elated because
the WeatherPhilippines Foundation,
another partner of LCCAD, distributed
seven automated weather stations to the
following LGUs, namely:
1. Allen

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2. Catarman
3. Catubig
4. Gamay
5. Pambujan
6. Laoang
7. San Jose
General Mariano Alvarez, Cavite
(GMA), was the latest to attend last
Apr. 8-10, 2015 with 117 participants,
the biggest delegation so far, joined in
by several teams from the City of Imus
and Ferrol town, Romblon.
The LCCAD Secretariat was also
able to disseminate news articles to
various national, internations and
local media outlets, on TV, Radio,
Newspapers, as well as private and
governemnt websites. A total of 18
batches finished their training in 2014
alone while others are availing the same
this year (2015)
ASSESSMENTS
As to the level of understanding of
climate change and its impacts to
localities and the people, the pre-tests
revealed a low in batch 1, medium low
in batch 2 and very low in batch 3, while
the post tests indicated that they learned
new concepts and ideas specifically
adaptation, mainstreaming and best
practices. What they learned will be
useful in the refocusing of their priorities
and the formulation of their strategic
action plans, thereby arming them with
the appropriate tool for securing fund and
maximizing their implementation ahead
of calamities not only to rehabilitate and
respond but to anticipate in a reversed
fashion (after-during-before).
They were inculcated with the
fact that the reversed fashion of
responding to climate change as a holistic
science equivalent to the bottom up
approach and the no regret strategy
of empowering the smallest form of
communities that are tightly being
knitted with their national counterpart
through the micro-meso-macro scale

calibration of Climate Change Adaptation

and Disaster Risk and Vulnerability
Reduction (CCA-DRVR).
The fact that the barangay and the
municipal/city LGUs are at the forefront
of climate change has encouraged the
participants to put their heads together
and pay keen attention to lectures that
inspire them to dig out the best in the
local level of governance where the
macro level picks information for a
wiser, even more well informed national
decision making and even policy making
capacities.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Based on the results of the pre and
post assessments LCCAD would like
to recommend that LGA-DILG issue
a memorandum circular encouraging/
enjoining local executives and other
technical and elective LGU officials
directly involved in CCA-DRVR aspects
of governance to participate in the training
workshop on the formulation of LCCAP.
With their participation it is hoped that
the low level of awareness, understanding
and appreciation of climate change and its
impacts will be highly improved because
in the course of the training workshop
LCCAD was able to conclude that AT
THIS TIME, ONLY ADAPTATION
IS THE BEST OPTION THAT CAN
GUARANTEE ATTAINMENT OF A
ZERO CASUALTY GOAL, PROVIDED
THAT IT IS SCIENTIFICALLYBASED AND APPROPRIATELY
IMPLEMENTED, HENCE, MORE
EFFECTIVE, LESS EXPENSIVE AND
MORE SUSTAINABLE THAN SHORTTERM PREVENTION MEASURES
LIKE PRE-EMPTIVE EVACUATION
OR REACTIVE RESPONSES SUCH AS
RESCUE AND RELIEF OPERATION.

- To provide geniune information,

education and creative
communication campaigns;
-To provide green technology
and products for climate change
mitigation, adaptation measures and
activities.
-To create programs and projects
for the development of indigenous
people and cultural minorities.
-To create programs and projects
for the development of vulnerable
communities; to promote an
integrated strategies for Coastal,
Health, Agriculture, Water, Food,
Biodiversity, Energy, Tourism,
Infrastructure, Investment,
Settlement and even Mining
(CHAWFBTIISEM)
- To mobilize all possible resources,
human and material, local, national
and international, public and private,
to carry out their community-based
adaptation approach (CBAA)
programs, thus laying a firm
foundation for the building of strong
democratic nations.
LCCAD Objectives
The LCCAD aims to contribute to the
overall national effort to fast tract the
development of climate adaptation
capacities towards climate proofing the
Philippines vulnerable localities and their
vulnerable groups/sector, specifically, it
seeks the development and strengthening
of theoretical knowledge and practical
skills of major local stakeholders, primarily
within the Bicol region, and scondarily,
other vulnerable regions of the country in:
a) Climate Change Risk Assessment,
focusing on characterization and evaluation
of climate hazards, vulnerabilities and
adaptive capacities.
b) Climate change adaptation/climate
change risks management, planning and
programming and
c) Disaster Risk and Vulnerability
Reduction (DRVR).

Local Climate Change Adaptation for Development (LCCAD)

Unit 102, OroSteelCem Bldg., Bogtong, Legazpi City, Philippines

Website: www.lccad.org; Email: lccad.org@gmail.com or nongrangasa.lccad@gmail.com; Mobile: 63927-255-6030