Presented by Mercedita A. Sombilla (National Economic and Development Authority, Philippines) at the 2nd Targeted Topics Forum, Jamaica, March 2016

1. Mobilizing a Climate
Responsive National Budget
The case of the Philippines
Presented by: Mercedita A. Sombilla
Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Staff
National Economic and Development Authority
15 March 2015

2. Climate appropriations have been increasing at a faster rate
relative to the rate of increase of overall Government Budget…
Source: Department of Budget and Management, 2015
1.2% 1.2%
1.6%
1.9% 1.8%
3.1%
5.0%
4.3%
0.0%
1.0%
2.0%
3.0%
4.0%
5.0%
6.0%
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Climate Budget 2009-2016
Annual Budget (in billion Php) % of National Budget
Note: 2016 budget is only partially climate-tagged. Complete tagging in the 2016 GAA is ongoing.

3. Program Approach to Budgeting
• National Budget Memorandum (NBM)
No. 114 – Adoption of a Program
Approach for FY 2013 budget
preparation
• NBM No. 115 – Policy Guidelines and
Process in the preparation of the FY
2014 budget proposals

4. National Climate Change Tagging
DBM-CCC Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) 2013-01
• Mandates national agencies to track CC expenditures in their
respective budget submission.
• Expenditures are tagged as CC adaptation or mitigation based
on the intent (goal and objectives); range of activities/projects;
and context (i.e. the PAP is included in priority list of the National
Climate Change Adaptation Plan or NCCAP).
The tagging showed:
• 5% of the total 2015 national budget were CC expenditures
• Nearly 59% of the tagged CC expenditure is related to flood
control and protecting road surfaces from water run-off

5. Climate Change Typologies
• Policy Development and Governance
• Research, Development and Extension
• Knowledge Sharing and Capacity Building
• Service Delivery
Source: JMC 2013-01 & 2014-01

6. Planning and Activity
Programming
Budget Preparation
Budget Legislation
Budget Accountability
Climate Change Expenditure Preparation and Tagging Process
Mainstreaming of CC
actions in agencies’ plan,
programs and activities
Budget Call
Agencies identify and tag its
CC expenditure in BP Form
201F or DBM Form 712
Technical Budget Hearings
Agencies present a summary
of its climate budget (if any)
during TBH
National Expenditure Program
Agencies will retag its CC
expenditure and manually submit
Form 201F or Form 712
General
Appropriations Act
Agencies will retag its
CC expenditure and
manually submit Form
201F or Form 712
CC expenditure will be published in
the Open Data Portal for
transparency
Tracking climate budget execution
using BFAR
Source: DBM-CCC JMC 2015-01
Planning and
Budgeting for
Climate Change
Response

7. Local Climate Change Tagging
DBM-CCC-DILG JMC 2014-01
• Encouraging LGUs to track their CC expenditures in their
annual investment programs
• 42 LGUs have begun to tag their 2015 Annual Investment
Plans (AIPs) on a pilot basis
• For example, the Annual Investment Plan of Santa Rosa City
in Laguna is comprised of 7% CC-related expenditures
including:
– Climate-proofing and retrofitting of government infrastructure
– Risk mapping and profiling of highly disaster-prone areas and
communities
– Incorporating CC and climate variability in design and standards
for flood control and drainage systems
Source: DBM-CCC JMC 2015-01

8. Gaps and Challenges
• inconsistencies and overlaps in management roles
between oversight agencies and coordination synergies
between the Departments
• challenges in identifying and tracking CC related
expenditures in the national budget or special
accounts/funds and options to introduce a coding system
for CC expenditures,
• disparities in LGUs fiscal and management capacity to deal
with CC aspects
• untapped synergies between Disaster Risk Management
and Climate Change planning tools at the sub-national
level.

9. Thank you!