The RRP is an im portant vehicle for operationalizing the NCCAP, as it com prises half (50% ) of the clim ate expenditure in the FY16 NEP (Figure 17). The RRP budget in the FY16 NEP has increased the mitigation budget, with the share of mitigation rising from about 11% in the FY 2015 NEP to more than a fifth (22%) in FY16. However, this partially scales back the shift towards mitigation in the RRP FY16 NGA budget request, which reached one-third (33%). Figure 17: RRP Clim ate Expenditure in the FY16 NEP: by Clim ate Pillar   The RRP accounts for nearly all of the FY16 NEP clim ate expenditure for W ater Sufficiency (99.3% ) and Ecological and Environm ental Stability (85%), along with about half of the Knowledge and Capacity Development priority and half of cross-cutting programs—making the PAPs in the RRP critical for attaining outcomes in these areas. response program for climate change may include improvements in understanding adaptation and resilience investment needs, mobilizing investments to support them, developing appropriate and results-oriented plans to achieve their objectives, and evaluating and learning from these experiences to inform future investments. As a result, the climate processes between NGAs, LGUs and communities, as well as coordination and consensus-building among them, will be continually strengthened. Despite this strong progress, com m itm ent, and leadership, there are significant opportunities for the Governm ent’s response to clim ate change to further im prove on a program m atic basis. The planning and execution, implementation, and operational frameworks remain a work in progress and, building on the lessons and achievements over the past three years, the budgeting process could also be strengthened. Further development of the Government’s national   41