Manila aims for more ambitious climate goals

The Philippine government is currently sharpening its next climate battle plan that will anchor its third round of nationally determined contributions (NDC 3.0) submission ahead of the COP30 Climate Change Summit slated at the Amazonian city of Belem in Brazil by November this year.

- BY MYRNA M. VELASACO

In an interview on the sidelines of the recently concluded Ecosperity Week 2025, Climate Change Commissioner Albert P. Dela Cruz Sr. indicated that the submission of the country’s NDC 3.0 “is part of our obligation, so we will be submitting that and we are doing this as a whole of government approach,” qualifying that the transition phase currently being advanced in the energy sector will be also be a crucial component to that commitment.

The Climate Change Commission (CCC) official added that the various agencies sorting out the country’s new climate action plans “have regular meetings and we have a tracking system,” although he emphasized that the final announcement on the country’s NDC 3.0 shall be done by Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga.