September 18, 2025 · Senator Win Gatchalian underlines the role of the Climate Change CommissionPH Laws & FrameworksClimate Change Commission (CCC)The lead policy-making body on climate change, attached to the Office of the President. It coordinates national climate programs and represents the Philippines internationally.Read more in the Glossary → (CCC) in the country’s fight against climate change by calling the agency to track greenhouse gasGlobal EssentialsGreenhouse GasesThe gases that trap heat in the atmosphere — chiefly carbon dioxide and methane. Every climate target, market, and lawsuit ultimately counts them.Read more in the Glossary → emissions, and provide scientific data to aid flood control solutions.
“We need annual tracking of greenhouse gas emissions to know if we’re improving and winning the war against them and that’s the whole point of the CCC,” he emphasized.
“We want the CCC to give us scientific solutions to climate change and be relevant to our constituents,” he added, stressing how the CCC should make itself relevant to ordinary Filipinos, and not only focus on international compliance.
