Senator Win Gatchalian urged the Climate Change Commission (CCC) to track greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate the impact of climate change and improve the country’s flood control program.

“The CCC should show the science behind climate change to guide flood control projects. It’s easy to blame climate change, but if it’s truly the cause of increased flooding, we need actionable solutions like an effective flood control program,” Gatchalian said during the hearing on the CCC’s proposed 2026 budget.

“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.  

According to him, the CCC should not only focus on its compliance with the country’s international commitments but also zero in on making itself relevant to ordinary Filipinos. “We want the CCC to give us scientific solutions to climate change and be relevant to our constituents,” he added, noting that climate-change-related issues such as flooding currently resonate with a lot of Filipinos amid the discovery of anomalous flood control projects.