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The PAPs in the FY2016 clim ate
budget that received the largest
increases in expenditures were
m ainly for som e of FY 2015’s
largest PAPs, such as the National
Road Network Services (+19%), flood
mitigation
structure
(+42%),
the
National Greening Program (+14%) and
the Philippine Rural Development
Program (+25%). Additionally, financing
for DOTC’s light rail transit (LRT) and
bus rapid transit (BRT) increased by
33%. In addition, PHP 7.3 billion was
allocated for new PAPs.
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Am ong
the
m ost
notable
decreases in the clim ate budget
were the E-trike Project (dropped), the
Protected Area Development and
Management Program (-22%), DPWH’s
feasibility studies and R&D (-14%), and
PAGASA, as several of its projects were
completed in FY 2015 (-69%). An
additional 111 PAPs, totaling PHP 2.9
billion, were dropped and/or terminated
in 2016.
Relative to the GoP’s clim ate change action roadm ap, the approved clim ate budget in
2016 focuses prim arily on two m ain strategic priorities: W ater Sufficiency (41% ) and
Sustainable Energy (38% ). Compared to FY2015 GAA, this represents an increase in the share of
the budget for Water Sufficiency, from 34% in FY 2015, and a decrease in the share for Sustainable
Energy, from 42% in FY 2015. This shift in priorities results from a more dramatic increase in climate
expenditures for WS (+54%) than for SE (+12%).
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WS climate expenditures are spread
across 170 PAPs, with the majority
(93%) of PAPs for flood control and
drainage from three NGAs: DPWH,
Metro Manila Development Authority
(MMDA), and Pasig River Rehabilitation
Commission (PRRC).
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For Sustainable Energy, large PAPs are
focused on climate proofing and
rehabilitation of infrastructures (DPWH,
PHP 58.4 billion). As of FY2016, four SE
outcome
areas
have
climate
expenditures, with the large majority
(88%) by DPWH, despite DPWH not
being designated as a lead NGA for SE
in the NCCAP. Most of this (93%, or PHP
54.2 billion) is for the rehabilitation,
reconstruction, and upgrading of roads.
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In addition to SE, the NCCAP identified
Ecological and Environmental Services
(EES) as a priority for 2011-2016. Seven
percent (or PHP 11.4 billion) of the
approved climate budget in 2016 is
allocated to outcomes under this
priority, representing a 13% increase in
climate expenditueres compared to the
2015 GAA. Of total EES expenditures,
the large majority (99%) is for DENR.
DENR’s EES budget mainly supports
the National Greening Program (NGP),
which was allocated 14% more in 2016
(from PHP 7.0 billion to PHP 8.0 billion).
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Only one NCCAP priority experienced a
decrease in its overall climate budget in
FY16 – the Knowledge and Capacity
Building strategic priority is 46% lower
than in FY 2015.