AN ACT MANDATING THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHED) TO INCLUDE A THREE (3) UNITS SUBJECT FOR THE STUDY OF CLIMATE CHANGE AS PART OF THE CURRICULA FOR ALL COURSES IN THE TERTIARY EDUCATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE TO SIGNIFY ITS COMMITMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE PROMULGATION OF A JUST TRANSITION FRAMEWORK IN ADDRESSING LABOR AND CLIMATE ISSUES AS ADOPTED BY VARIOUS INTER GOVERNMENTAL AND INTERNATIONAL BODIES

RESOLUTION URGING THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO INSTITUTIONALIZE THE USE OF THE GEORISKPH PLATFORMS, AND ADOPT THE POST-DISASTER SHELTER RECOVERY POLICY FRAMEWORK AND THE READY TO REBUILD: DISASTER REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY PLANNING GUIDE WORKBOOK AS TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING CLIMATE ACTION PLANS AND BUILDING A DISASTER RESILIENT AND EQUITABLE RECOVERY FROM THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND DISASTERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PALPABLE AND EMERGING EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF FILIPINOS AMIDST THE THREATS AND DANGERS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE INCREASING FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND CALAMITIES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING THAT SYSTEMS AND POLICIES THAT WILL UPHOLD SAFETY AND RESILIENCY ARE INSTITUTIONALIZED

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY; AND JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED DETRIMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH IMPACTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS INFRINGEMENTS ARISING FROM THE OPERATION OF COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS, WITH THE END VIEW OF DETERMINING THE VIABILITY OF IMPOSING A MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL COAL-FIRED PLANTS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CLEAR POLICY TOWARDS A LOW CARBON ECONOMY IN LIGHT OF OUR COUNTRY'S COMMITMENTS UNDER THE UN FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON CLIMATE CHANGE; AND WAYS AND MEANS TO LOOK INTO THE VIABILITY OF ESTABLISHING CARBON PRICING MECHANISMS IN THE COUNTRY TO ENSURE ITS COMPLIANCE WITH THE TARGETS FOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTIONS SET IN THE COUNTRY'S INTENDED NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER THE PARIS CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENT

RESOLUTION URGING THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO UPDATE OUR DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS TO REFLECT THE HAPPINESS AND WELL-BEING OF FILIPINOS, ADOPTING THE GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS CONCEPT OF THE ROYAL GOVERNMENT OF BHUTAN FOR THIS PURPOSE, WITH THE END VIEW OF PURSUING THE HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY AMID THE THREATS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND INCREASED DISASTER RISKS

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE LA NIÑA PHENOMENON AND TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION, WITH THE INTENT OF STRENGTHENING THE MANDATES OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND ENSURING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE

RESOLUTION URGING THE CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2010 TO IMMEDIATELY CONDUCT A SUNSET REVIEW PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 26 AND 27 OF R.A. 10121, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT PHILIPPINE RATIFICATION OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT WILL BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE COUNTRY'S PROGRESS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND STRENGTHEN ITS CAPACITY TO REDUCE DISASTER RISKS AND ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON FINANCE AND CLIMATE CHANGE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PHILIPPINES' ACCESS TO CLIMATE CHANGE FINANCE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS FINANCED BY CLIMATE FINANCE MECHANISMS AND INSTRUMENTS, TOWARD STRENGTHENING THE COUNTRY'S ABILITY TO MAXIMIZE THESE FUNDS FOR TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PROGRAMS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND FINANCE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CLIMATE-CHANGE-RELATED RISKS AND CAPACITY CHALLENGES THAT IMPACT THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES ABILITY TO RESPOND TO NON-TRADITIONAL FORMS OF THREATS AND TO RECOMMEND MEASURES TO BRING ABOUT A RESILIENT AFP WITH BETTER CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION CAPACITY, PRACTICE AND GOVERNANCE THAT CONTRIBUTE TO BUILDING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF ARROCEROS FOREST PARK FOR THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF GREEN SPACES IN THE ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND SEVERE POLLUTION

RESOLUTION URGING THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO DEVELOP NEW INDICATORS THAT WILL REFLECT THE HAPPINESS AND WELL-BEING OF FILIPINOS, ADOPTING THE GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS CONCEPT OF THE ROYAL GOVERNMENT OF BHUTAN, WITH THE END VIEW OF PURSUING THE HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY AMID THE THREATS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION VIS-A-VIS THE GOVERNMENT'S LONG TERM STRATEGY IN ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO LOOK INTO THE GOVERNMENT'S ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES IN LIGHT OF THE REPORTED ONSET OF EL NINO THIS YEAR WITH THE END VIEW OF INSTITUTING LONG-TERM MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE COUNTRY'S RESILIENCE TO THE WORSENING IMPACT OF A CHANGING CLIMATE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION PHENOMENON AND DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION, WITH THE INTENT OF STRENGTHENING THE MANDATES OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND ENSURING THE ADEQUATE, SAFE AND AFFORDABLE WATER SUPPLY

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON CLIMATE CHANGE; AGRICULTURE AND FOOD; AND PUBLIC SERVICES TO LOOK INTO THE EL NINO PHENOMENON, TO PUT IN PLACE MEASURES TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF A PROLONGED DRY SPELL, AVERT A LOOMING WATER CRISIS AND PROTECT THE PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE TO REQUEST THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO FORMALLY INSCRIBE ON THE AGENDA FOR THE 70TH SESSION (2015) OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE PROPOSAL TO REFER TO THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE FOR AN ADVISORY OPINION THE QUESTION, UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW, WHAT ARE THE LEGAL DUTIES OF STATES TO PROTECT HUMANKIND OF THE PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS FROM THE CLIMATE CRISIS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT THE PHILIPPINES SHOULD BRACE FOR DROUGHT IN 2015.

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON CLIMATE CHANGE, AGRICULTURE AND FOOD AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE PREPARATIONS BEING UNDERTAKEN TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF EL NINO, PARTICULARLY IN THE ISLAND OF LUZON

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT SIXTEEN MAJOR PHILIPPINE CITIES ARE NOT READY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO LOOK INTO THE EFFORTS OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION AND ALL OTHER INVOLVED AGENCIES IN PREPARING THE COUNTRY'S INTENDED NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTION AS PART OF ITS COMMITMENT FOR THE COP21 NEGOTIATIONS IN PARIS THIS DECEMBER 2015

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON CLIMATE CHANGE, AGRICULTURE AND FOOD AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE WATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS BEING UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE SUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF SAFE AND POTABLE WATER AMIDST THE DRY SPELL BEING EXPERIENCED IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE, AGRICULTURE AND FOOD, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE THREATENED DISPLACEMENT OF SOME ONE MILLION FARMERS DUE TO THE EL NINO PHENOMENON

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND CONVERSION ARE KILLING COFFEE FARMS IN BATAAN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON CLIMATE CHANGE; AND WAYS AND MEANS TO LOOK INTO THE VIABILITY OF ESTABLISHING CARBON PRICING MECHANISMS IN THE COUNTRY TO ENSURE ITS COMPLIANCE WITH THE TARGETS FOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTIONS SET IN THE COUNTRY'S INTENDED NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER THE PARIS CLIMATE CHANGE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON CLIMATE CHANGE; AND FINANCE TO LOOK INTO THE DISBURSEMENT AND USE OF ALL PUBLIC FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR MITIGATING THE IMPACT OF THE EL NINO PHENOMENON IN THE COUNTRY IN LIGHT OF THE VIOLENT DISPERSAL OF FARMER PROTESTERS IN KIDAPAWAN CITY THUS HIGHLIGHTING THE INVIOLABLE LINK BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AS A MATTER OF CLIMATE JUSTICE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THE VULNERABILITY OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES SECTOR TO THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE WITH THE END IN VIEW OF INSTITUTING ROBUST ADAPTATION STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE FOOD SECURITY AND ALLEVIATE RURAL POVERTY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED NEED FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO INVEST ON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS TRAINING AND INTER-GOVERNMENT COORDINATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE LACUNA IN THE CLIMATE CHANGE ACT, WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO THE LAW'S INSUFFICIENCY IN MITIGATING THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPLICATION OF THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK'S (ADB) 'MIGRATION CRISIS REPORT' AND ITS IMPACT ON THE PREPAREDNESS OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT WITH THE END IN VIEW OF CREATING CLEARER, WELL-COORDINATED AND CONCERTED POLICIES AND MECHANISMS TO ADDRESS THE PROJECTED POPULATION SHIFTS DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, AND COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE STATUS AND PREPAREDNESS OF OUR NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES' DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT PLANS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE 8.9 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO LOOK INTO THE INTEGRATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE CONSIDERATIONS INTO THE 2011-2016 MEDIUM-TERM PHILIPPINE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING THE ACHIEVEMENT OF DISASTER-RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT

RESOLUTION URGING THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO DEVELOP NEW INDICATORS THAT WILL REFLECT THE HAPPINESS AND WELL-BEING OF FILIPINOS, ADOPTING THE GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS CONCEPT OF THE ROYAL GOVERNMENT OF BHUTAN, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PURSUING THE HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY AMID THREATS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO LOOK INTO THE NECESSITY OF INSTITUTING A SYSTEM OF MANDATORY ENVIRONMENTAL INSURANCE COVERAGE IN LIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES GENERATED BY COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES AND WORSENED BY THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE FINANCING OF CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS OF THE GOVERNMENT WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING THE JUDICIOUS AND EFFECTIVE USE OF BUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS AND FUNDING MECHANISMS FOR THE SAME

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO INCORPORATE A GENDER-SENSITIVE PERSPECTIVE IN ITS MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION EFFORTS AGAINST THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND IN THE PROMOTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE VIABILITY OF AN ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAM WITH THE END-IN-VIEW OF REDUCING ITS NEGATIVE EFFECTS AND INTRODUCING RELEVANT REGULATIONS INDICATING THE COUNTRY'S RESILIENCE TO FUTURE IMPACTS THEREOF

RESOLUTION HONORING AND REMEMBERING ODETTE ALCANTARA FOR HER EXEMPLARY WORKS AS A PASSIONATE ENVIRONMENTAL CRUSADER WHO WILL SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION FOR MANY PEOPLE ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME WHEN THE EARTH IS DRAMATICALLY IN DANGER FROM THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT A STUDY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF CROP FORECASTING, AGROMETEOROLOGY AND SIMILAR MODERN AGRICULTURAL TOOLS TO ASSIST THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR, ENSURE FOOD PRODUCTION AND TO ENABLE THE FARMERS TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; AND CLIMATE CHANGE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE PREPAREDNESS OF THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO THE EL NIÑO IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD AND THE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE GOVERNMETN'S POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THE VULNERABILITY OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES SECTOR TO THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, IN LIGHT OF THE EL NIÑO PHENOMENON, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF INSTITUTING ROBUST ADAPTATION STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE FOOD SECURITY AND ALLEVIATE RURAL POVERTY

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS OF THE PHILIPPINES IN CONVENING THE ASIA PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND URGING THE SENATE TO SUPPORT THE HOSTING OF THE CONFERENCE IN MANILA IN NOVEMBER 2008 BY ACTIVE PARTICIPATION AND A CONTRIBUTION OF P2 MILLION FROM THE SENATE PRESIDENT'S FUND

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE FILIPINO SCIENTISTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BALIK-SCIENTIST PROGRAM FOR SHARING THEIR EXPERTISE AND REMAINING COMMITTED TO OUR COUNTRY THEREBY CONTRIBUTING TO THE INITIATIVES AND EFFORTS IN ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND PROMOTING A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR THE FILIPINO PEOPLE