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Dr. Doracie Zoleta-Nantes, chair of the CCC’s National Panel of Technical Experts, said the expert panel is tasked to come up with LGU-based climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction initiatives to reduce the vulnerabilities of local communities.

The UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said human activity was causing planetary-scale changes on land, in the ocean and in the atmosphere, with harmful and long-lasting ramifications for ecosystems.

Critics long-delayed Tampakan project said the policy reversal will endanger the environment and the residents.

Pollution is an "existential threat to human health and planetary health, and jeopardizes the sustainability of modern societies," The Lancet Commission on pollution and health said.

In a release Tuesday, the DENR said acting environment chief Jim Sampulna signed Administrative Order 2022-04 or the “Enhancing Biodiversity Conservation in Mining Operations.”