Climate Change Act of 2009

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refers to the adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits
beneficial opportunities.

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Adaptation

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refers to the ability of ecological, social or economic systems to adjust to climate change including climate variability and extremes, to moderate or offset potential damages and to take advantage of associated opportunities with changes in climate or to cope with the consequences thereof.

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Adaptive capacity

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refer to causes resulting from human activities or produced by human beings.

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Anthropogenic causes

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refers to a change in climate that can be identified by changes in the mean and/or variability of its properties and that persists for an extended period typically decades or longer, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity.

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Climate Change

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refers to the variations in the average state and in other statistics of the climate on all temporal and spatial scales beyond that of individual weather events.

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Climate Variability

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refers to the product of climate and related hazards working over the vulnerability of human and natural ecosystems.

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Climate Risk

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refers to a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and
impacts which exceed the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its
own resources.

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Disaster

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refers to the concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through systematic efforts to analyze and manage the causal factors of disasters, including through reduced exposure to hazards, lessened vulnerability of people and property, wise management of land and the environment, and improved preparedness for adverse events.

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Disaster risk reduction

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refers to the strategy for making women’s as well as men’s concerns and experiences an integral dimension of the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of policies and programs in all political, economic, and societal spheres so that women and men benefit equally and inequality is not perpetuated. It is the process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action, including legislation, policies, or programs in all areas and at all levels.

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Gender mainstreaming

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refers to the increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s near-surface air and oceans that is associated with the increased concentration of
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

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Global Warming

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refers to the process by which the absorption of infrared radiation by the atmosphere warms the Earth.

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Greenhouse effect

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refers to constituents of the atmosphere that contribute to the greenhouse effect including, but not limited to, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride.

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Greenhouse gases (GHG)

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refers to the integration of policies and measures that address climate change into development planning and sectoral decision-making.

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Mainstreaming

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in the context of climate change, refers to human intervention to address anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all GHG, including
ozone-depleting substances and their substitutes.

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Mitigation

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shall refer to the scale of GHG reductions that could be made, relative to emission baselines, for a given level of carbon price (expressed in cost per unit of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions avoided or reduced).

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Mitigation potential

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refers to an increase in sea level which may be influenced by factors like global warming through expansion of sea water as the oceans warm and melting of ice over land and local factors such as land subsidence.

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Sea level rise

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refers to the degree to which a system is susceptible to, or unable to cope with, adverse effects of climate change, including climate variability and extremes.
It is a function of the character, magnitude, and rate of climate change and variation to which a system is exposed, its sensitivity, and its adaptive capacity. It is a function of the character, magnitude, and rate of climate change and variation to which a system is exposed, its sensitivity, and its adaptive capacity.

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Vulnerability

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the sole policy-making body of the government which shall be tasked to coordinate, monitor and evaluate the programs and action plans of the government relating to climate change pursuant to the provisions of this Act.

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Climate Change Commission

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It shall provide technical advice to the Commission in climate science, technologies, and best practices for risk assessment and enhancement of adaptive capacity of vulnerable human settlements to potential impacts of climate change.

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Panel of Technical Experts

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shall be formulated based on climate change vulnerabilities, specific adaptation needs, and mitigation potential, and in accordance with the international agreements.

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Framework Strategy and Program on Climate Change

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espouses sustainable development, to fulfill human needs while maintaining the quality of the natural environment for current and future
generations.

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Philippine Agenda 21 framework

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Climate Change Act of 2009

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Republic Act No. 9729