MANDATING THE PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO DEVELOP THE NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE FRAMEWORK, DIRECTING THE TASK GROUP ON INFORMATION TO DEVELOP AND COORDINATE A NAT…

WHEREAS, EO 774, Section
19 provides that the Presidential Adviser on Climate Change shall
oversee the execution and implementation of said
EO;

NOW THEREFORE I, GLORIA M.
ARROYO, President of the Philippines, by the powers vested in
me by law, do hereby order:

Section 1.
Powers and Functions. – The Presidential Task Force on
Climate Change (PTFCC) shall:

1. Formulate and develop a national climate change
   framework that will integrate, consolidate and institutionalize
   government initiatives to achieve synergy in the implementation of
   climate change programs and
   projects;
2. Coordinate and review
   government and official development assistance programs and
   projects;
3. Monitor the implementation of
   climate change projects as identified in Executive Order No. 774 and
   hereunder;
4. Perform other functions that
   may be assigned by the
   President.

Section 2. Task
Group on Information. – The Task Group on Information shall
develop and coordinate a national Information, Education and
Communication Program on climate
change.

Section 3. Presidential Adviser on
Climate Change (PACC). – The PACC shall coordinate and review
government projects on adaptation and mitigation as identified in EO
774 and herein, as well as official development assistance projects on
adaptation and mitigation.

Section 4.
Repealing Clause. – All orders, rules and regulations and
issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Order are
hereby repealed, amended or modified
accordingly.

Section 5.
Effectivity. – This Order shall take effect
immediately.

DONE, in the City of
Manila this 26^th day of February in the year of
Our Lord, Two Thousand Nine.

By the
President:

(Sgd.) EDUARDO R.
ERMITA
Executive
Secretary